Abigail Hencheck (’19) Awarded Human Rights Fellowship

Second-year Law School student Abigail Hencheck (’19) has been selected to receive a 2017-18 Benjamin B. Ferencz Fellowship in Human Rights and Law. The fellowship, which is awarded by World Without Genocide, an organization based at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, is named in honor of international human rights advocate Benjamin B. Ferencz.

Abigail Hencheck (’19)

Targeted Expression: The Persecution of Artists in Syria

January 22, 2018, 4:00 to 5:30 pm

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Artists and activists Jay Abdo and Fadia Afashe will discuss the impact of the conflict in Syria on the arts. Abdo and Afashe will recount their personal journey to the United States and will discuss how artists have been targeted by the Assad regime and the limited legal protections available for this vulnerable population.

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Jay Abdo

Targeted Expression: The Persecution of Artists in Syria

January 22, 2018, 4:00 to 5:30 pm

Watch the Video

Artists and activists Jay Abdo and Fadia Afashe will discuss the impact of the conflict in Syria on the arts. Abdo and Afashe will recount their personal journey to the United States and will discuss how artists have been targeted by the Assad regime and the limited legal protections available for this vulnerable population.

FEATURING

Jay Abdo

Prof. Karen Lundquist Named LegalCORPS Volunteer of the Year

Karen Lundquist, assistant professor of legal writing and English as a second language in the Law School’s LL.M. program, has been honored as the 2017 Volunteer of the Year by LegalCORPS, a Minneapolis-based nonprofit. Through the services of volunteer attorneys, LegalCORPS provides free assistance in nonlitigation business law matters to low-income owners of small businesses, small nonprofit organizations, and low-income innovators in Minnesota. Lundquist will receive her award at LegalCORPS’ annual celebration, to be held the evening of Monday, Oct.

The Summit for Civil Rights

November 9, 2017, 1:00 pm

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Please join Vice President Walter Mondale, Congressman Keith Ellison, and other civil rights, labor, political, and faith leaders for a conference about building a movement to end racial segregation in the United States.

10.25 Standard CLE credits have been approved; Event Code #248795

Jus Post Bellum: Justice After the War

November 17, 2017, 8:30 am to 4:00 pm

Much of the conversation surrounding international law and human rights focuses on the period of actual conflict, but the period in which states transition from conflict to peace and the mechanisms used are just as critical.

5.25 CLE credits have been requested; Event Code #247862

Career Pathways Speakers Series: Roshini Rajkumar ('97)

October 26, 2017, 12:00 to 1:30 pm

Roshini Rajkumar ('97) will speak about how she went from Law School to founding Roshini Performance Group, where she puts her attorneys license to use as an executive coach, and as a communications expert and media personality. She is managing editor and host of News & Views with Roshini Rajkumar on CBS (WCCO) Radio Minneapolis.

Taking Care of Business Speakers Series: Howard Root ('85)

October 17, 2017, 12:00 to 1:30 pm

Howard Root ('85) will speak about how he went from Law School to founding Vascular Solutions, Inc. in 1997, taking it public in 2000, and growing it into a worldwide medical device company that he sold to Teleflex for $1 billion in February 2017. Root is also the author of "Cardiac Arrest," his account of how U.S. prosecutors brought charges against him and his company for alleged off-label sales of a medical device; charges for which all were acquitted after trial.

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