For the second straight year, The National Jurist has named Professor Joan Howland to its annual list of the 25 most influential figures in American legal education. Howland, who holds the Law School’s Roger F.
Deepinder Mayell, education and outreach coordinator for the James H. Binger Center for New Americans at the University of Minnesota Law School, was quoted in the Star Tribune about Thursday’s unanimous court ruling against President Donald Trump’s travel ban. "It's a sigh of relief for thousands of people affected by the travel ban and their families," said Mayell.
A new report from the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity at the University of Minnesota Law School describes how charter schools are worsening segregation and failing to achieve consistent academic improvement.
Prof. Meili was interviewed by WCCO Radio regarding the Robina Foundation's gift of $25 million to the Law School's newly named James H. Binger Center for New Americans. The Center provides legal assistance to detainees, asylum-seekers and other immigrants. Prof. Meili noted that the Center is a unique blend of three clinical programs that work in tandem with Twin Cities law firms and non-profit organizations to advocate for, and provide information and outreach to, Minnesota's immigrant population.
Professor Steve Meili was interviewed on KSTP-TV regarding the 9th Circuitt Court of Appeals oral argument on the temporary stay of President Trump's executive order on immigration. Prof. Meili noted that while presidential orders on immigration are not unprecedented, the one being considered by the 9th Circuit is rare for its breadth and scope, in that it bars the entry (and re-entry) of all immigrants and refugees from seven countries, without a case by case inquiry into whether any of them pose a danger to the United States.
Today the University of Minnesota Law School announced a transformational $25 million gift from the Robina Foundation. The grant—the single largest philanthropic gift in the Law School’s history—will fund the newly named James H. Binger Center for New Americans, establish a James H. Binger Professorship in Clinical Law, and provide scholarship support to Law School students.
Over the past week, students and faculty from the Law School’s Center for New Americans joined forces with lawyers from the Center’s law firm and nonprofit partners to mobilize a rapid response to President Donald Trump’s January 27 executive order barring immigrants from seven Muslim-majority nations. CNA’s work unfolded on many fronts, in Minnesota and across the country, and contributed to the Minnesota attorney general’s joint lawsuit with the state of Washington that, late Friday, secured a federal court injunction temporarily blocking the executive order nationwide.
