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Ronald Mankoff Tax Clinic Scores Win for Low-Income Taxpayers in U.S. Tax Court

The Ronald M. Mankoff Tax Clinic scored a precedential victory in a recent U.S. Tax Court ruling that may benefit many low-income taxpayers nationwide.

The issue in the case, Feigh v. Commissioner, 152 T.C. No. 15 (2019), revolved around whether the Internal Revenue Service can use an administrative notice to deny earned-income tax credits (i.e., refundable tax credits for low- to moderate-income working individuals and couples) to recipients of Medicaid waiver payments.

Prof. Klass Talks Energy Policy In Sweden

As a professor, author, and faculty chair of the environmental and energy law concentration at Minnesota Law, Alexandra Klass knows a thing or two about the topic. Then an opportunity to teach at Uppsala University in Sweden this April and May opened a door for her to learn even more about global environmental and energy policy and law while sharing her knowledge with others.

Professor Klass at Uppsala University

Q&A with Rising 3L Mike Villafranca, Transfer Student

Rising 3L Mike Villafranca, a Minnesota Law transfer student, recently answered a few questions about his journey to the Law School and how his experience has helped advance his academic, professional, and personal goals.

Why did you transfer to Minnesota Law?

My wife grew up in Minnesota, and we wanted our son to grow up near his grandparents. When we decided to move to Minnesota, I wanted to transfer to Minnesota Law because it has a reputation as the best law school in the Twin Cities.

Rising 3L Mike Villafranca

Q&A with Rising 2L Navin Ramalingam

Rising 2L Navin Ramalingam was born and raised in the city of Chennai in southern India. He currently serves on the Law School’s Wellness Initiative and is a student member of the Diversity Committee. Recently featured in Minnesota Law magazine, Navin sat down for a brief Q&A on his experience at the Law School.

Why did you choose to study at Minnesota Law?

Rising 2L Navin Ramalingam

Public Servant, Businessman, University Regent: Law School Mourns the Passing of John Yngve ’49

John Yngve ’49, a lawyer, entrepreneur, lifelong public servant, and former member of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents, passed away May 21 at the age of 94.

Yngve grew up in the Minneapolis suburb of St. Louis Park, tending chickens on his parents’ property while they ran the family law firm, Yngve & Yngve. In 1943 he enlisted in the Army Air Force, and when the war was over he entered the Law School. During his early years of legal practice, he also followed his entrepreneurial bent, opening a drive-in restaurant which he helped operate for six years.

John Yngve ’49

Q&A with Rising 3L Olivia Leyrer, Transfer Student

Rising 3L Olivia Leyrer, a Minnesota Law transfer student, recently answered a few questions about what drew her to the Law School and what unique experiences and opportunities she’s discovered so far.

Why did you transfer to Minnesota Law?

I liked that Minnesota Law had concentrations within the J.D. program. It made it easy to pinpoint what classes to focus on for certain subject areas like Business or International Law. It’s also nice to get an actual certificate in those concentrations to put on your resume, almost like a major in undergrad.

3L Olivia Leyrer

Q&A: Karina Uribe Peña, LL.M. ’17, Legislative Advisor, National Congress of Chile

Karina Uribe Peña, LL.M. ’17, works as a legislative advisor for the National Congress of Chile. She also teaches at the Universidad de Valparaíso, including courses in International Law and Immigration Law. In addition, she teaches teaching Immigration Law at Universidad Andrés Bello. She has been invited to teach at the Judicial Academy and in a program called Ser Migrante as guest professor where, with some students, faculty give legal advice to civil society about immigration laws as well as migrant´s rights.

Karina Uribe Peña, LL.M. ’17