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Minnesota Law Students Help Client Avoid Removal from U.S. with Second 6th Circuit Appellate Win
Minnesota Law students have helped win a decisive second victory allowing a man to reunite with family in the United States and potentially sparing others from unlawful repeated removal actions in a key ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
The Sixth Circuit’s opinion in Jasso Arangure v. Garland serves as a significant check on federal prosecutorial power in administrative immigration proceedings, according to clinical professor Nadia Anguiano-Wehde ’17.
Prof. Steve Meili Appointed Director of Law Clinics
Professor Steve Meili has been appointed as the new director of the law clinics for a three-year term, starting this summer.
Meili, the James H. Michael Chair in International Human Rights Law, joined the Law School in 2008, became a tenured associate professor in 2018. He previously held the James H. Binger Professorship in Clinical Law (awarded in 2019).
Minnesota Law Students, Faculty, and Staff Provide Legal Support to Afghan Refugees
Several Minnesota Law students joined faculty and staff from the James H. Binger Center for New Americans to provide legal support to Afghan refugees on the Fort McCoy military base in Wisconsin late last month. The team helped the refugees understand the complex and often challenging U.S. immigration system, prepare their asylum or special immigrant visa applications, and get connected to a nationwide network of lawyers.
The Minnesota Law team aided an estimated 70-95 Afghan guests over three days.
Binger Center Fellow Nadia Anguiano ’17 Appointed Visiting Clinical Professor
Nadia Anguiano ’17, currently a fellow in the James H. Binger Center for New Americans, has been appointed a Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor to lead the Federal Immigration Litigation Clinic on an interim basis for the 2022-23 academic year.
Professors Steve Meili and Mitch Zamoff Appointed to Named Professorships
The Law School today announced the appointments of Professors Steve Meili and Mitch Zamoff to named professorships.
Providing Immigrants Legal Assistance During Covid—Reflections and Lessons Learned
It’s a Thursday afternoon, and students in the Immigration and Human Rights Clinic are getting ready to meet with a client in a Law School conference room from an ongoing asylum case. They have conducted hours of research in preparation for the meeting, and are eager to share updates about the case.
Q&A: Mirella Ceja-Orozco, Co-Executive Director, Minnesota Freedom Fund
Mirella Ceja-Orozco, along with Elizer Darris, was recently appointed co-executive director of the Minnesota Freedom Fund. MFF’s mission is to end cash bail in the State of Minnesota and provide bail relief in the interim. The group, once operating on a shoestring, made national headlines last summer when it received more than $30 million in donations in the wake of the civil unrest following the brutal killing of George Floyd.
Prof. Linus Chan Appointed Vaughan G. Papke Research Scholar
Associate Clinical Professor of Law Linus Chan has been appointed the Law School's Vaughan G. Papke Research Scholar.
The Papke Research Scholar title is intended to recognize and celebrate important scholarly contributions by the Law School’s clinical law faculty who have and continue to produce important and substantial scholarship. Chan’s appointment runs through June 30, 2023.
Immigration and Human Rights Clinic Helps Mexican 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.
Prof. Casper Sanchez ’97 Receives MHBA Access to Justice Award
Professor Benjamin Casper Sanchez ’97 has been named the 2020 recipient of the Minnesota Hispanic Bar Association’s Access to Justice Award.