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Law School Hosts National Moot Court Regional, Performs Well in Competition
Minnesota Law hosted a regional round of the National Moot Court Competition on Nov. 22-23. Thirteen teams from across a four-state region came to the Law School to compete in brief writing and oral advocacy.
Going Global: Minnesota Law Alumni Are Making a World of Difference
In this time of trade wars and shifting alliances, climate change and human rights crises, lawyers must often think and practice on a global scale. Across the country and the world, Minnesota Law alumni in a wide variety of practice areas and career fields are working on internationally important issues and making a difference. The following are just a few of their stories.
Bringing Transparency to Taxation: Prof. Kristin Hickman’s Busy Year Included Advising Federal Policymakers and Hosting an International Conference
When the U.S. Treasury Department and the Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) agreed to review tax regulations for the first time in more than three decades, Professor Kristin Hickman was the first person they called, tapping her as special adviser. Hickman, a national authority in tax policy and administrative law, spent a year helping OIRA develop the process for reviewing federal tax regulations.
Alumni Interrogatory: Bethany Owen ’95, President of ALLETE Inc.
Last February, Bethany Owen ’95 became the new president of ALLETE Inc., a Duluth-based energy company. Owen also oversees ALLETE’s five operating divisions: Minnesota Power, Superior Water Light and Power, ALLETE Clean Energy, U.S. Water Services, and BNI Energy. She is the first woman president in the company’s history.
What advantages do think your legal background gives you as the president of a major corporation?
Anna Beadle ’10 Named Executive Director of Minnesota Justice Foundation
Anna Beadle ’10 was recently named executive director of the Minnesota Justice Foundation.
Housed at the Law School, the MJF is a nonprofit organization that strives for justice by creating opportunities for Minnesota law students to perform public interest and pro bono legal services.
Beadle has worked at the MJF for five years, most recently as a program director and staff attorney. Prior to joining MJF, she worked at Children’s Law Center of Minnesota. During law school, Beadle participated in the Child Advocacy Clinic as a student director.
Justice Kagan Reflects on Court, Career Journey in 2019 Stein Lecture
Before being appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, Elena Kagan had always wondered what happened during the highest court’s secret deliberations, when doors are closed and others are barred from eavesdropping.
Now she knows.
For nearly a decade, Kagan has been on the inside, one of only nine people who serve as a U.S. Supreme Court justice, deciding the fate of landmark, and sometimes more mundane, cases.
“The whole thing is a pretty good gig,” Kagan said. “It’s hard not to love the job.”
Prof. Cotter Elected to Membership in American Law Institute
Tom Cotter, Briggs and Morgan Professor of Law, has been elected to membership in the American Law Institute (ALI).
ALI is the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law.
Federal Courthouse in Minneapolis Renamed after Late Judge Diana Murphy '74
The federal courthouse in Minneapolis has been renamed in honor of pathbreaking Judge Diana Murphy '74, the first woman appointed to the federal bench in Minnesota and the first to sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Murphy died last year at the age of 84.
Belit Flores, Chemist, Master of Science in Patent Law Candidate
Belit Flores, who has a a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, spent five years doing research and development work at Cargill, Inc. before enrolling in Minnesota Law’s Master of Science in Patent Law (MSPL) program. She has more than 15 years of lab experience, which she is looking forward to putting to work in the exciting field of patent law.
Prof. Brad Clary ’75 Receives Prestigious Legal Writing Achievement Award
Professor Brad Clary ’75 has been named the 2020 recipient of the prestigious Thomas F. Blackwell Memorial Award for outstanding achievement in the field of legal writing.