Minnesota Law

Fall 2020
Issues/Contents
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Cover Story

Community Changemakers

Eight alumni who make it their business to make a difference
Feature

Brandie Burris, 2L, Elected First Black Editor-in-Chief of Minnesota Law Review

Burris is the first Black student to hold the EIC position in the publication’s 104-year history.
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Newly Minted Attorney Connor Shaull ’20 Argues Clemency Project Case before 8th Circuit

As a student, Shaull took on the representation of Alicia Mofle, who is serving a 14-year prison sentence for a low-level, non-violent drug offense
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Law Clinic Client Freed After 18 Years in Prison

Professor Perry Moriearty and two student attorneys helped Myon Burrell win a commutation of a life sentence that he received for a crime committed when he was 16 years old.
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A Legal Career on the Fast Track

With a lot of drive and determination, Hakeem Onafowokan ’15 landed an internship as a student that put him on the road to be corporate counsel at NASCAR
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Theory at Work

Why Migrant Remittances Really Matter: Professor Paul Vaaler Connects Migrant Wages With Venture Capital, Global Finance
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10 Ways Minnesota Law Effects Change in the Region, Nation, and World
From the Dean

In Navigating Crises, Our Strength Is Our Community

Even in the midst of crisis, our strength is our strong community and our commitment to our values.

Sections

For the Record

For the Record

Impact of Giving

Supporting today's students is one way Bruce '80 and Tracy Mooty give back.
For the Record

Law School Expands Racial Equity and Justice Offerings

New dedicated classes added; traditional law courses broadened to more fully incorporate these topics
For the Record

Law Library Debuts New Exhibit: 'Law and the Struggle for Racial Justice

The Law Library's Risenfeld Rare Books Research Center has opened a new exhibit on racial justice; "Law and the Struggle for Racial Justice: Selected Materials from the Risenfeld Rare Books Center"
For the Record

Immigration and Human Rights Clinic Helps Family Win Asylum

A Mexican family that narrowly escaped cartel members who shot and pursued them is “ecstatic” after overcoming the odds—again—to win asylum in the United States with the help of Minnesota Law’s Immigration and Human Rights Clinic.
For the Record

Commencement 2020

Minnesota Law holds its first-ever virtual commencement
For the Record

In Brief
For the Record

Staff News

News about Law School hires and moves

Faculty Focus

Faculty Focus

At the Intersection of Tax & Tech

New associate professor Jonathan Choi brings expertise in taxation and computational analysis to Minnesota Law
Faculty Focus

Author in Question: Professor Michael Tonry

In “Doing Justice, Preventing Crime,” Professor Michael Tonry lays normative and empirical foundations for building new, more just, and more effective systems of sentencing and punishment in the 21st century.
Faculty Focus

Faculty News, Awards & Grants

All Rise

All Rise

Meet the Class of 2023

Incoming students at Minnesota Law bring with them a remarkable breadth of experiences and interests—as demonstrated by these brief introductions of selected members of this year’s 1L class.
All Rise

Leading Questions: Tarun Sharma, 2L

Prior to law school, Sharma worked in analytics and operations for two Major League Baseball teams, the San Francisco Giants and the Arizona Diamondbacks
All Rise

Student Summer Opportunities During a Time of Pandemic

COVID-19 made it difficult for some students to have a traditional summer legal experience. Seven students share their observations and insights on how the pandemic impacted their summers and what they and their employers did to make the best of the situation.
All Rise

Student News

Raising the Bar

Raising the Bar

Alumni Interrogatory: Caroline A. Crenshaw ’09

Caroline A. Crenshaw ’09 is an SEC commissioner
Raising the Bar

Lockhart Club Celebration Goes Virtual

As we continue our strong final year of the Law School’s Driven to Lead campaign, we thank you all for your participation and look forward to seeing what more we can accomplish together.
Raising the Bar

Asked & Answered: Amarachi Ihejirika ’16

Amarachi Ihejirika ’16 is a product liability defense lawyer with Blackwell Burke in Minneapolis, and was recently recognized by the National Black Lawyers as one of its “Top 40 under 40.”
Raising the Bar

Alumni News
Raising the Bar

Class Notes

News about your classmates and colleagues

Why I Give

Why I Give

Why I Give: Michelle Miller ’86

For Michelle Miller ’86—chair of the Minnesota Law Board of Advisors and Vice President, Chief Counsel, Employment Law at Medtronic—giving is grounded in family tradition.