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Longtime patent attorney Raymond A. Bogucki ’52 died last month at the age of 99.

Raised in Minneapolis by his Polish immigrant parents. Bogucki enlisted in the Army Air Corps during World War II and was trained as a fighter pilot. He was assigned to Air Transport Command and flew C-46s as a "Hump Pilot"—transporting supplies across the Himalayas between India and China, usually at night.

A team of Minnesota Law students performed well at the 2021-22 Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition. The national competition was held in New York City from February 26-28, 2022.

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.  

When Samia Osman, 2L, became aware of the impact of a severe drought on her native land of Somalia, she felt motivated to take action. With two friends, she formed a relief effort, raising more than $6,000.

Over her winter break, Osman returned to Somalia, a country she left as a refugee when she was 8-years-old, to coordinate a humanitarian effort to bring supplies to the drought-ravaged people. She also met with several high-level government officials, grilling them on human rights concerns.

Amirah Ellison, 1L, recently interviewed her father, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison ’90, as part of series of conversations with students, faculty, and alumni as Minnesota Law marks Black History Month.

"I believe that you cannot be intelligent about American history without having a strong grip on Black history," AG Ellison told his daughter.

The full interview is now available as a special online extra in the digital version of Minnesota Law magazine.

Professor Oren Gross has been appointed Minnesota Law’s next associate dean of academic affairs, starting this summer.

Gross, the Irving Younger Professor of Law, is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of international law and national security law. He is also an expert on the Middle East and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

The Law School today announced the appointments of Professors Steve Meili and Mitch Zamoff to named professorships.

Professor Yale Kamisar, a highly regarded legal scholar and author who served on Minnesota Law’s faculty from 1957-64, passed away on Jan. 30 at the age of 92.

Kamisar, who went on to spend nearly 40 years as a professor at the University of Michigan Law School, was a nationally recognized authority on constitutional law and criminal procedure. He was known as the “father of Miranda” because of an influential article he wrote that was cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in its landmark decision in Miranda v. Arizona.

Minnesota Law's Black Law Students Association earlier today released the following open letter addressing the killing of Amir Locke during a police raid in Minneapolis.

The University of Minnesota Black Law Students Association mourns the death of Amir Locke.

Minnesota Law students fared well in the National Online Moot Court Competition, which was held online the week of Jan. 16, 2022.

The Law School’s team of three standout students completed eight arguments over three days to advance to the quarterfinal round. The team overcame a number of unanticipated logistical challenges, including having to submit their competition brief during fall final exams.