St. Mary’s University School of Law held its Spring Commencement Exercises on Saturday, May 19, 2012. 284 students graduated and the commencement speaker was the Hon. Nelson Wolff (J.D. '66), Bexar County Judge. During the ceremony, the School of Law honored St. Mary's University President Charles L. Cotrell, Ph.D., with the St. Thomas More Award; Congressman Charles A. Gonzalez (J.D. '72) with the Lifetime Achievement Award; and the Hon. Pamela A. Mathy, United States District Court, Western District of Texas, with the Rosewood Gavel Award.

St. Mary’s University has unveiled its retooled Masters of Business Administration Program, which specializes in a professional education that prepares graduates to succeed with a foundation of strong ethics and socially responsible business practices. The program, now known as the Greehey M.B.A., it is an 18–month, cohort–based program that incorporates advanced graduate–level academic preparation with a special emphasis on ethical leadership, corporate social responsibility, sustainability and social entrepreneurship topics that have become hallmarks of St. Mary’s University and the Bill Greehey School of Business.

The St. Mary’s University School of Law Moot Court team of third–year law student Phillip Ripper and second–year law student Rachel Felderhoff won the 2012 Federal Bar Association Thurgood A. Marshall Memorial Moot Court Competition this spring in Washington, D.C. St. Mary’s team of third–year law student Erin Oglseby and second–year law student Meagan Scott finished in third place.

The School of Law and the Center for Latina/o Legal Studies encouraged minority students from around the state to reach for their dreams of attending law school at the 10th Minority Pre–Law Symposium for high school and college students.