Articles & Archive
Read recent features published in our alumni magazine SLU LAW Brief, or download PDF versions of past issues.
Meet Dean Johnson
In her first year as dean, Twinette Johnson, Ph.D., reflects on milestones, growth
and the vision shaping the school's future.
The Next Big Idea: The Expanding Intellectual Property Concentration at SLU LAW
Highlighting SLU LAW's expanding Intellectual Property concentration's faculty advisor,
Professor Yvette Liebesman, and current faculty and students.
Feature: Navigating History
Monica Eppinger, professor and co-director of the Center for International and Comparative
Law (CICL), and her role of assisting Americans understand Ukraine.
Spotlight: The Center for Health Law Studies
The School of Law's health law faculty has risen to the challenge to help craft the
public health response to COVID-19.
Alumni Feature: Hon. Lisa Van Amburg
Just after the pandemic broke out, Judge Lisa Van Amburg received a call asking her
to come out of retirement to co-chair the Missouri Bar's COVID-19 Task Force.
Feature Story: Life Lessons Learned in the Civil Litigation Clinic
Professor John Ammann (’84) taught in and directed the Clinic for 25 years before
retiring in 2019. This article features some of his former students, their memories
of their time in the clinic under his mentorship, the lessons they learned and where
they are now.
Alumni Reflection: Hon. Nicole Colbert-Botchway
Judge Colbert-Botchway says SLU LAW prepared her to achieve the professional success
and personal satisfaction she now enjoys 23 years later, as the associate presiding
judge for the 22nd Judicial Circuit of the City of St. Louis.
Alumni Feature: Jay Krupin
Jay Krupin, partner at BakerHostetler, was recently named a 2019 inductee of the Corporate
Employment Lawyers Hall of Fame by Lawdragon. Here, he chats about his 40 years of
practice in labor relations, his SLU LAW experience and his family.
Faculty View: Brendan Roediger
Prof. Brendan Roediger shares a reflection on the occasion of Prof. John Ammann’s
retirement.
Spotlight: The Wefel Center for Employment Law
The Wefel Center has been receiving exciting national recognition this year.
Feature Story: Celebrating 175 Years
For this special issue, we reached out to some of our notable alumni in different
areas of practice with a question: “What do you hope the future holds for SLU LAW,
its graduates and its role in the legal landscape?”
Alumni Feature: Doreen Dodson
This employment lawyer made state history in 1990 by being elected the first woman
president of the Missouri Bar.
Alumni Feature: Hon. Jimmie Edwards
The former circuit judge and current public safety director of the City of St. Louis
has received accolades from the highest court in the land for his work helping at-risk
youth get their education.
In My View: Marie Kenyon
Marie Kenyon ('86) describes how her education at Saint Louis University School of
Law shaped not only her career but her life's purpose.
Faculty Spotlight: Dana M. Malkus
Today, Malkus is the associate dean for experiential education, an associate professor
and the director of the Entrepreneurship and Community Development (ECD) Clinic.