Diversity & Inclusion
Statement on Diversity
The University of Minnesota Law School is committed to fostering a legal system and a legal community that reflect the diversity of the broader society and embrace its varied perspectives. In addition to promoting diversity among its faculty and student body, the Law School strives to nurture a thoughtful and thought-provoking academic and extracurricular experience. By incorporating casework that addresses cultural, socioeconomic, and other diversity issues and by offering opportunities for open dialogue among the legal community, the Law School celebrates diversity and its important role in the legal structure and society. Diversity in viewpoint, experience, and background ensures the best possible service to clients of all cultures and ideologies; increases access to the courts and government; and enhances justice.
Diversity in the News
Ann Motl (’15) Awarded Fish & Richardson Diversity Fellowship
Diversity Week 2013 to Examine Dialogues About Diversity
Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity Releases Study on Racial Effects of Open Enrollment
MABL Foundation Awards Scholarships to Law School Students
Dean Erin Keyes (’00) Honored for Student Support by JTBF
Study Finds Racially Diverse Suburban Communities Growing Faster than White Suburbs but Resegregation Threatens Prosperity and Stability
Michael Ponto (’89) Chosen for Diversity in Business Award
Judge Toddrick Barnette (’92), Joseph T. Dixon Jr. (’69), Leslie M. Altman (’83) Receive HCBA Awards
Profs. Goodwin and Warren Speak on Racial Inequality in American Justice System
Prof. Carpenter Speaks on his Book Flagrant Conduct
Trayvon Martin and Beyond: A Forum on Race, Media, and Criminal Law
Flagrant Conduct by Professor Dale Carpenter Acclaimed in New York Times, New York Review of Books, New Yorker
Lisa Beane (’13) Named One of Six 2012 Diversity Scholars by Latham & Watkins
Mee Moua (’97) to Head Asian American Justice Center
In Honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, Tolerance Minnesota Announces Events This Spring including a Lecture by Professor Dale Carpenter
In Black America Podcast: The Remarkable Journey of Alan C. Page (’78)
Kyle Thomas (’93) Named Director of Ramsey County Attorney Office's Civil Division
Luis Bartolomei (’94) Appointed to Fourth District Court
Minority Attorneys, Law Students Make Connections
MABL Foundation Awards Scholarships to Law School Students
Khary Hornsby (’05) Part of Governor Dayton’s Trade Mission to South Korea
B. Todd Jones (’83) Appointed Acting Director of ATF
Lyonel Norris (’83) Appointed to Fourth Judicial District Court
William Stock (’93) Elected Secretary of American Immigration Lawyers Association
RaShya Cunningham (’13) Wins 2011 Fredrikson and Byron Minority Scholarship
Lariss Jude (’12) Wins DRI Law Student Diversity Scholarship
Tara Houska (’12) Receives Native American Congressional Internship
Prof. Orfield Receives Grant to Advance Institute on Race & Poverty
