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Alumni News: Court of Appeals Judge Theodora Gaïtas ’94 Appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court
Governor Tim Walz appointed Minnesota Law alum Court of Appeals Judge Theodora Gaïtas ’94 to the Minnesota Supreme Court on Monday, April 22.Â
Walz also appointed Stearns County Chief Judge Sarah Hennesy to the state Supreme Court. Gaïtas and Hennesy will fill the seats held by retiring Justices Margaret Chutich and G. Barry Anderson, returning the court to a female majority for the first time since 1994.
Minnesota Law’s Mock Trial Team Reaches Quarterfinals in the 2024 National Trial Competition
After sweeping the Upper Midwest regional tournament in February and becoming one of only a handful of schools nationwide to qualify two teams for the national tournament, Minnesota Law's two mock trial teams achieved a school record-setting performance at the 2024 National Trial Competition earlier this month in Houston, TX.
Federal Immigration Litigation Clinic Students Win Appeal to Stop the Deportation of Chaldean Christian Client who Fears Torture in Iraq
Students from the James H. Binger Center for New Americans’ Federal Immigration Litigation Clinic (FILC) secured an important victory for their client, Walid Abdulahad, in a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. In an opinion issued April 11th, the Sixth Circuit ruled that the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) failed to properly consider evidence that Mr. Abdulahad had presented to show that he would face torture if forced to return to Iraq, his country of origin.
Tyler Blackmon '24 and Patience McHenry '26 Named Next Generation Leaders by the American Constitution Society
Tyler Blackmon '24 and Patience McHenry '26 were named Next Generation Leaders by the American Constitution Society (ACS). ACS has selected 34 up-and-coming legal professionals as 2024 Next Generation Leaders (NGL). Launched in 2007, the Next Generation Leaders (NGL) program recognizes and supports law school students who have shown exceptional leadership in their work with their ACS
Gender & Sexuality Moot Court Competition Team Wins Gender & Sexuality Moot Court Competition at Michigan State UniversityÂ
Several Minnesota Law alumni working at Stinson are volunteer supervising attorneys in the Business Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic
It didn’t take long for Adam Mikell ’23 to decide where he wanted to spend his time doing pro bono work—the Business Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic. After serving as the clinic’s student director in his last year at Minnesota Law, the corporate finance attorney in his first year at Stinson LLP has a special place in his heart for it.
Child Advocacy & Juvenile Justice Clinic Students Testify to Reform Minnesota's Juvenile Sentencing Laws
Since 2013, students in the Law School's Child Advocacy & Juvenile Justice Clinic and Professor Perry Moriearty have worked to reform Minnesota's Heinous Crimes Act, which became unconstitutional in 2012 when the U.S. Supreme Court banned the mandatory imposition of life in prison without parole for children.
Chad Nowlan '24 Receives President's Student Leadership and Service AwardÂ
Chad Nowlan '24 has received the University of Minnesota President's Student Leadership and Service Award. He joins students from across the University who have shown exemplary leadership and service to their respective communities.
Professor Amy Monahan Tapped To Serve on The Commonwealth Fund’s National Task Force on the Future Role of Employers in the U.S. Health System
Professor Amy Monahan has been named to The Commonwealth Fund Task Force on the Future Role of Employers in the U.S. Health System.Â
Four Minnesota Law Faculty Awarded Kommerstad Faculty Imagination Fund
Minnesota Law's 2024-25 Kommerstad Faculty Imagination Fund grants have been awarded to Professors Claire Hill, Fionnuala Nà Aoláin & Alan Rozenshtein, and Paul Vaaler.
