Minnesota Law

Summer 2022
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Rising 3L Jackie Cuellar, Legal Intern, Food & Water Watch

Jackie Cuellar is spending the summer working remotely as a legal Intern for Food & Water Watch (FWW), a Washington D.C.-based NGO focusing on corporate and government accountability relating to food, water, and corporate overreach.
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Summer Experiences: Rising 2L Andrew Kim, Legal Intern, Edtech Startup Mathpresso (South Korea)

Rising 2L Andrew Kim is spending the summer in South Korea, where he is working as a legal intern for Mathpresso, an edtech startup that developed QANDA, an AI-based learning app for K-12 students.
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After 17 years as Assistant Dean of Students Affairs, Erin Keyes ’00 Prepares to Embark on a New Chapter

Heartfelt compassion and strident advocacy for students have been hallmarks of Keyes' storied tenure
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Minnesota Law’s Moot Court Program Had a Banner Year

A history-making win in the Thurgood Marshall Memorial Moot Court Competition capped off a highly succesful season for the Law School

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Faculty Focus

Faculty Focus

Q&A: Visiting Assistant Professor Elizabeth (“Betz”) Bentley

Professor Bentley discusses her background, her thoughts on joining our visiting faculty, and the new clinic that she will head.

All Rise

All Rise

Summer Experiences: Rising 2L Eric Quintana-Snyder, Judicial Intern, Colorado Supreme Court

Rising 2L Eric Quintana-Snyderis spending the summer working in Denver, Colorado as judicial intern to Colorado Supreme Court Justice Monica M. Márquez.
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Summer Experiences: Rising 2L Chad Nowlan, Legal Intern, U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights

Rising 2L Chad Nowlan this summer is working remotely as a legalintern for the for the Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Department of Education’ Office of Civil Rights.
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Summer Experiences: Rising 2L Poojan Thakrar, Summer Associate, Stoel Rives

Rising 2L Poojan Thakrar spent his summer at the Minneapolis office of Stoel Rives, where he had the opportunity to sample a variety of practice areas, including renewables, corporate work, and litigation.
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Summer Experiences: Rising 3L Mica Standing Soldier, Initiative for a Representative First Amendment Fellow

Rising 2L Mica Standing Soldier is spending as an Initiative for a Representative First Amendment (IfRFA) fellow.

Raising the Bar

Raising the Bar

Q&A: Lariss Maldonado '12: Board Chair, ACLU Minnesota

Lariss Maldonado '12, who last April became the board chair of the ACLU of Minnesota, recently shared her thoughts on her new leadership role, career path, and time at Minnesota Law.