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Profs. Linus Chan and Caleb Smith have both been promoted to the rank of clinical professor of law. Profs.

During Minnesota Law’s 135th commencement ceremony this past Saturday, Dean Garry W. Jenkins announced the 2023 recipients of the Stanley V. Kinyon Teaching Awards. 

Congratulations to the University of Minnesota Law School Class of 2023!

We are so thrilled to celebrate the Class of 2023 on Saturday, May 13 at Northrop Auditorium. The 135th commencement exercises for the Class of 2023 J.D., LL.M., and Masters in Patent Law graduates begin at 9am. The Honorable Keith Ellison '90, Minnesota Attorney General, will deliver the keynote address. 

We can't wait to see you there!

Two teams of Minnesota Law professors are exploring how new technologies can help shape the future of legal education — in the classroom and in the field — as recipients of the inaugural grants from the Kommerstad Faculty Imagination Fund.

Minnesota Law alum Neil Fulton '97 is the current dean of the University of South Dakota Law School. He recently took the time to answer a Q & A, where he reflects on challenges law schools are facing today and how Minnesota Law prepared him to become a lawyer-leader. 

On the national moot court stage, Minnesota Law teams have demonstrated that they are no one-act show.      

Two Minnesota Law teams advanced to the final round in two different competitions­— Gender & Sexuality and F.B.A. Thurgood Marshall —and five teams won best brief awards at five competitions (ABA, I.P., Gender & Sexuality, William McGee Civil Rights, and F.B.A. Thurgood Marshall). In addition, another student competitor was named a top ten oralist at the ABA competition.

Professor William McGeveran, Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett Professor of Law, has been named interim dean of Minnesota Law, effective July 1, 2023.

Professor Emeritus Daniel J. Gifford  died on April 8 at his home in Wimauma, Florida. 

Professor David Cleveland has been elected president-elect of the Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD). With more than 400 members representing over 130 law schools, ALWD is the leading academic legal writing organization in the United States. ALWD is the ABA affiliate group for legal writing and engages with the ABA’s Council of Legal Education and Standards Review Committee on behalf of the legal writing community.

Minnesota Law is known for having one of the best public interest law programs in the country. We implement innovative models and opportunities to provide students with valuable legal training and a pipeline to employment, while providing organizations with much-needed legal assistance. Each summer, our students find summer positions in the public interest field in direct legal services or advocacy organizations in Minnesota and throughout the nation.