Four Minnesota Law students’ work on a recently released report on the conditions faced by members of the LGBT community in Honduras may prove helpful in establishing claims for asylum.
State, religious, and social forces in Honduras, one of the most violent countries in the world, make life extremely difficult for members of the LGBT community. As a result, some flee and seek asylum in the United States.
Robert E. Bowen ’48, who served as a judge in both the Hennepin County and Minnesota District Court systems, passed away May 15 at the age of 96.
Rising 2L Sydney Goggins last month launched a petition on Change.org “[d]emanding racial justice” from the Minnesota school district in which she attended high school. (The district serves the cities of Carver, Chanhassen, Chaska and Victoria.) In just a week, she collected 1,228 signatures.
Rising 2L Heather Chang was disappointed when Robins Kaplan, the firm where she planned to spend her 1L summer, announced that it was cancelling its summer program due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, with the help of the Minnesota Law Career Center’s Wendy Griak, Chang was quickly able to pivot, applying for and procuring a summer fellowship through the Diverse Attorney Pipeline Program.
Randall Ryder ’09 has been named co-director of the Law in Practice course.
Ryder takes over for Laura Thomas, who on Monday was sworn in as a member of the Hennepin County District Court Bench.
Ryder will work with Professor Mitch Zamoff, who is the other co-director of the innovative practical skills course for 1Ls.
Professor Prentiss Cox ’90 and Professor Perry Moriearty were recently appointed co-directors of Law Clinics.
The two-year appointment, which took effect on July 6, runs through the summer 2022.
Laura Thomas, who previously directed the Law Clinics, was sworn in as a Hennepin County District Court judge on Monday.
