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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.

Minnesota Law held its 133rd commencement on Saturday, May 15 as a livestream event broadcast from McNamara Alumni Center. 

Kao Ly Ilean Her '94, the first Hmong person elected by the Minnesota Legislature to serve on the University of Minnesota Board of Regents, has died at the age of 52.

Her was elected by the Legislature to a six-year term as a regent in 2019. She was also the first Hmong woman admitted to the Minnesota Bar Association, and was a committed activist for Asian Americans and a beloved member of the state's Hmong community.

The Minnesota State Bar Association’s Access to Justice Committee conferred its 2021 Bernard P. Becker honors for outstanding legal work on Ashley Meeder, 2L (Law Student) and J. Singleton '12 of Legal Services State Support (Emerging Leader).

Minnesota Law’s Theatre of the Relatively Talentless (TORT) has been recognized for by the University of Minnesota Student Activities Office with a Tony Diggs Excellence Award for Excellence in Recreation and Entertainment.

International Jurist recently named Minnesota Law’s LL.M. program to its 2021 honor roll for best overall law school experience for international students.

Established more than a quarter of a century ago, the Law School’s LL.M. program has hosted students from more than 80 countries. Minnesota Law offers a Business Law LL.M. and a general LL.M. with the option to earn one of 11 concentrations.

Shantal Pai, 3L, and Heather Chang, 2L. are among the 2021 recipients of the President’s Student Leadership and Service Award announced by President Joan T.A. Gabel today.

The awards honor outstanding students for their invaluable leadership and service to the University of Minnesota—Twin Cities and the community.

On Monday, April 26th, the Law in Practice (LiP) program gathered virtually to celebrate outstanding student performance at the 2nd Annual LiPPYs (aka Law in Practice Awards).

Thirty four students awards were bestoewed in a virtual evening that featured fun, celebrity cameos, and a chance to highlight our innovatiive Law in Practice program.

View the full story in Minnesota Law magazine.

Near Cloquet, less than a mile away from where construction on the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline is taking place, dozens of people sleep in tents and protest the project in shifts.

Katherine Chen, 2L, and Victor Jimenez, 1L, will serve as Law Council the 2021-22 Law Council president and vice president, respectively. The students ran on a platform of improving the student experience and deepening support and communication for students who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC).

Read about these two leaders and their plans for their administration in an online exclusive in Minnesota Law magazine.