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Julie Craven Named Ombudsperson for Archdiocese
Julie Craven, associate director of St. Thomas Law’s Initiative on Restorative Justice and Healing, has been named as ombudsperson for victim-survivors of clerical sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. She succeeds Twin Cities attorney Victoria Newcome Johnson, who had served as ombudsperson since May 2020. The ombudsperson position was created in… The post Julie Craven Named Ombudsperson for Archdiocese appeared first on Newsroom | University of St. Thomas.
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Q&A With School of Law Alumna Amanda Harrington ’19 J.D.
Amanda Harrington ’19 J.D. is the manager of Be@School, a program of the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office (HCAO) that works to address the barriers to school attendance for K-12 students. Its goal is to keep students out of the juvenile justice system for violating compulsory education laws by facilitating early interventions and providing services. The… The post Q&A With School of Law Alumna Amanda Harrington ’19 J.D. appeared first on Newsroom | University of St. Thomas.
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Hearing From and Learning Alongside Inmates
A recent visit to the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Stillwater provided students in the law school’s Restorative Justice, Law and Healing course the opportunity to learn about the rehabilitation efforts of a local prison community, and to sit beside convicted men in the Restorative Justice 101 course offered at the facility. Below are reflections about… The post Hearing From and Learning Alongside Inmates appeared first on Newsroom | University of St. Thomas.
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Religious Liberty Legal Clinic Files Brief in Support of Preserving Sacred Land Threatened by Mining
The University of St. Thomas School of Law Religious Liberty Appellate Clinic has filed an amicus curiae brief in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the case Apache Stronghold v. United States. The brief is filed on behalf of five leading religious liberty scholars at law schools around the nation. The brief argues… The post Religious Liberty Legal Clinic Files Brief in Support of Preserving Sacred Land Threatened by Mining appeared first on Newsroom | University of St. Thomas.