Minnesota Law

Fall 2022
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Leading a Law Firm in Changing Times

Innovation, flexibility, and empathy are essentialto success, firm leaders say
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University of Minnesota Law School to Launch a Gun Violence Prevention Clinic

Innovative New Clinic Will Partner with Minnesota Attorney General’s Office on Second Amendment Cases and on Litigation Brought to Reduce Gun Violence
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Minnesota Law Students Help Honduran Trans Woman Win Asylum

After having experienced physical and sexual abuse in her native country, Rachell now has a permanent home in the United States through the efforts of the Immigration and Human Rights Clinic
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From Advocate to Judge

After a career as a civil rights lawyer, Ajmel Quereshi '07 last spring became a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Maryland.
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Fabiola Gretzinger ’22, Robina Post-Graduate Fellow at the Center for Reproductive Rights

Working for the Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, she is keeping a watchful eye on the status of abortion laws around the globe
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Theory at Work

Professor Amy Monahan is a tax & health law expert with a penchant for pensions. Her nationally recognized acumen and insights straddle multiple fields.
From the Dean

Reflections on a Rapidly Changing World

Sections

For the Record

For the Record

Course Puts Modern Movements to Defund Police, Abolish Prisons into Historical Context

Through a humanities-based initiative, law students and grad students collaborate and learn together
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Clinic Scores an Impactful Win Before Minnesota Supreme Court

Low-income tenants stand to benefit from Consumer Protection Clinic’s Precedent-Setting Effort
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In Brief
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Commencement 2022

The Law School held its commencement at Northrop auditorium for the first time since the outbreak of the COVID- 19 pandemic.
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Minnesota Law Class of 2025 Sets Records in Academic Strength and Diversity

The Law School’s new 1L class thas the strongest academic credentials and most diversity of any class in the Law School’s history.
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Faculty & Staff Notes

News about Law School Hires and Moves
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Law Library: Examining the Past, Enhancing the Present, Envisioning the Future
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Decades Later, Class of ’76 Honors its Commencement Speaker: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Faculty Focus

Faculty Focus

Celebrating Robert Stein '61 and His 50-Year Teaching Legacy

Professor Stein, who has served as dean, a University vice president, and executive director of the ABA has achieved legendary status at Minnesota Law in his half century teaching career
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Putting Her Passion into Practice

In law and beyond, Associate Clinical Professor Liliana Zaragoza’s focus is on racial justice.
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David R. Cleveland: Clinical Professor of Law and Director of Legal Research and Writing

David R. Cleveland joined the Minnesota Law faculty this fall as clinical professor of law and director of legal research and writing.
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Faculty News, Awards, & Grants
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Leaders in Labor & Employment Law

Two new scholars reaffirm Minnesota Law’s reputation as powerhouse in key legal area.

All Rise

All Rise

Leading Questions: Lucy Chin, 2L

One of the first students to enroll in the Law School’s new Racial Justice Law Clinic, she is a former social worker with an interest in civil rights and community organizing
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Meet the Class of 2025

Incoming students at Minnesota Law are bringing a remarkable breadth of experience and interests.

Raising the Bar

Raising the Bar

Alumni Interrogatory: Judge Elise Larson '12

The newest member of the Minnesota Court of Appeals, she previously served as the Water Program Director and senior attorney at the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy
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Why I Give: Kim Anderson '83
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Profiles in Practice: Chicago

Four alumni discuss their careers in Chicago.
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Alumni News
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Class Notes
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In Memorium
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Tributes