Southern Methodist University has named Bryan P. Stone dean of its Perkins School of Theology, a flagship UMC seminary.

A Texas Supreme Court hearing marked the climax of a significant six-year legal battle. SMU has declared its independence ...

Essential to the practice of law, the paralegal profession is expected to grow 10% by 2029, which is much faster than the average for all occupations, according to The Bureau of Labor Statistics. The ...

An SMU grad's life tragically ended last Thursday night when she was struck by a vehicle in Dallas while walking to her rideshare. Reports from FOX 4 News state that the 23-year-old, Katie Kerl, a ...

DALLAS — The Texas Supreme Court Wednesday heard a case that could determine whether or not SMU can sever ties with the United Methodist Church. The case stems from a lawsuit the United ...

A spokesperson for SMU told The Dallas Morning News the university does ... and controlled by the South Central Jurisdictional Conference of the United Methodist Church.” Allyson Ho, arguing ...

Southern Methodist University and United Methodist Church have been in a legal battle over the university's authority since 2019. In a bid to sever ties with the United Methodist Church ...

The church sued the university in 2019 after SMU's board of trustees voted to split from the church without approval from the South Central Jurisdictional Conference of the United Methodist Church.

and its dissolution risks “diminishing the distinct Methodist character that has shaped the university’s identity,” the Rev. Dr. Derrek Belase, chairman of the South Central Jurisdiction ...

The Board of Trustees also removed language that the university was “to be forever owned, maintained and controlled by the South Central Jurisdictional Conference of The United Methodist Church.” The ...

What is now known as the United Methodist Church founded SMU in 1911. The university's articles of incorporation previously stated that it was "to be forever owned, maintained and controlled by the ...

Jay Hartzell, president of the University of Texas at Austin, has been named president of Southern Methodist University ... named president and dean of the South Texas College of Law Houston.