Saint Louis University has added a new degree, a master’s of science in human resources law.

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Saint Louis University School of Law is among the 25 law schools with the largest percent declines in enrollment, according to a new study by legal education magazine The National Jurist.

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A university and the federal government have agreed to resolve a lawsuit over taxing medical residents.

Saint Louis University sued the U.S. government last fall alleging it overpaid $24.6 million in Social Security and Medicare taxes from 1995 through March 2005.

Several other teaching medical programs have made similar claims, including Barnes-Jewish Hospital, which sued seeking a nearly $25 million refund.

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Saint Louis University School of Law’s two moot court teams placed first and second in a regional competition over the weekend. But, due to competition rules, only one team will be allowed to participate in the National Moot Court Competition. ...

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The federal government owes Saint Louis University $24.6 million in Social Security and Medicare taxes the university says were wrongfully collected on stipends medical school residents received from 1995 through March 2005, according to a federal lawsuit. The issue of ...

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A jury awarded more than $6 million to a couple that alleged Saint Louis University's failure to diagnose and treat a bacterial infection led to their 6-month-old son's death. A St. Louis jury awarded Dewayne and Suzanne Blankenship $80,000 in medical expenses, $3 million in past noneconomic damages and $3 million in future noneconomic damages. The case was filed before the 2005 tort reform caps.

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Saint Louis University is looking for local lawyers to serve as judges in its annual mock trial tournament. The annual undergraduate mock trial tournament, The Fifth Annual Billiken Barrister Invitational, will take place Oct. 9 through 10. The university needs ...

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Saint Louis University has filed a lawsuit against its assistant dean of students at the law school trying to enforce a settlement agreement that she supposedly entered into. The lawsuit accuses Tracy Templeton-Hoefer and her attorney, Jerome “Jerry” Dobson, of ...

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Another potential buyer will be entering the St. Charles real estate market soon. Brad Soderberg, who sold his manse in St. Charles after Saint Louis University fired him as its men’s basketball coach, is returning to live here. He and ...

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The president of the American Bar Association says that courts across the nation are facing potential threats to their independence. H. Thomas Wells Jr. (pictured with recently exonerated prisoner Josh Kezer, center, and Bryan Cave attorney Charlie Weiss, right, whose pro bono representation freed Kezer) said the threats ranged from ballot initiatives to partisan elections to rating systems from special interest groups. Wells was at Saint Louis University School of Law on Monday as a panelist for a roundtable discussion on the independent judiciary.

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Correction: In the original version of this article, the first name of Janis Good was misspelled. Good, an assistant public defender, is one of the recipients of the St. Louis Daily Record’s Public Service Practitioner Award. We regret the error. ...

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