SLU is moving its 1,100 student and faculty Law School to downtown St. Louis. This is sure to add more vibrancy in this part of downtown and create a need for more support services and retail. Read more below.
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"The 11-story, 260,000-square-foot building is in excellent structural condition and features a main lobby, ground-floor auditorium, a secured, enclosed, three-story parking garage and seven large, occupiable floors.
"The interior is essentially a blank canvas, which means that we can develop the flexible, multipurpose, technology-centric spaces we need to support how legal education is being taught today," Clark said. "The needs of our students are always our first priority, and we are confident that this project will have an immediate impact on their education."
The University has engaged the design services of the Lawrence Group Architects and construction services of Clayco Inc. for the project. The target completion date is early August 2012, in time to welcome students for the beginning of the 2012-2013 academic year.
“The move of our Law School to downtown St. Louis will be a major highlight of my nearly 25-year tenure as president,” Biondi said. “This is truly a momentous day for Saint Louis University and our School of Law.”
The model of off-campus law schools is found at many of the nation’s finest universities, including Boston College, Fordham University, Georgetown University, Loyola Marymount, Loyola University Chicago and the University of Detroit-Mercy.
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