<P> St. Thomas Law is located in downtown Minneapolis . The 158,000 square foot building opened in 2003, and sits at the corner of 11th Street and LaSalle Avenue . The $34.8 million building includes a four - story atrium, a 40,000 - square - foot (3,700 m) law library, a two - story chapel, and a classically designed moot court room . The law school is connected by skyway to the downtown Minneapolis legal and business communities . </P> <P> Students at St. Thomas Law participate in a mentor externship program where students are partnered with lawyers and judges to experience the law in practice . St. Thomas Law is one of just two law schools in the country that offer more externships than full - time enrollment . In 2005, the Mentor Externship Program was awarded the prestigious E. Smythe Gambrell Professionalism Award by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Professionalism . It was ranked the #1 law school in the nation for having the most externship placements per full - time student in 2010, 2011 and 2013 . (The Mentor Externship Program matches each J.D. student with a mentor during all three years of law school .) </P> <P> In 2016, for the first time, St. Thomas Law ranked in the U.S. News and World Report "Best Law Clinics" at #27 . The school has remained on the Best Law Clinics list ever since . </P> <P> According to St. Thomas's ABA - required employment disclosures, 80.2% of the Class of 2016 obtained full - time, long - term JD - required or JD - advantage jobs within 10 months of graduation . St. Thomas Law's Law School Transparency under - employment score is 21.7%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2016 who were unemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short - term or part - time job 10 months after graduation . </P>

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