Minnesota Law students Dahlia Wilson, 2L, and Julian Roby, 2L, have been awarded scholarships by the Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers (MABL).
Wilson is the recipient of the Judge Michael Davis Scholarship. (Judge Davis ’72 is a senior U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Minnesota). Roby is the recipient of the William McGee Scholarship. (McGee ’80 was a legendary chief Hennepin County public defender.)
Minnesota Law grads once again had the highest bar passage rate in the state, with 97% of first-time test takers passing the Minnesota Bar exam.
This result is significantly above the 88% statewide average passage rate on the exam.
The 2022 results slightly exceed last year’s rate (96%) and are the Law School's second highest pass rate since the introduction of the Uniform Bar Examination in 2014.
In addition, 100% of Minnesota Law takers on their second or more attempts passed the exam in this administration.
Professor Jill Hasday was featured on Minnesota Now with Cathy Wurzer, a Minnesota Public Radio program. She discussed abortion rights and the 2022 elections.
Two Minnesota Law alums, Senior U.S. District Court Judge Ann Montgomery ’74 and Gerald L. Seck '69, along with Barbara Frey, director emeritus of the University of Minnesota’s Human Rights Program, were recognized as “Minnesota Icons” by Finance and Commerce and Minnesota Lawyer.
On October 21, 2022, the Star Tribune reported on a victory for the Law School's clemency clinic, run by Prof. JaneAnne Murray. In August of this year, the Clinic, working with the ACLU and the LAMP clinic at Mitchell-Hamline, obtained a temporary restraining order preventing the Department of Corrections (DOC) from reincarcerating all remaining prisoners who had been released on medical grounds due to their vulnerability to COVID-19. Thereafter, the DOC announced that it would do an individualized review of the circumstances of each prisoner.
The Law School’s new Civil Rights Appellate Clinic recently helped prepare and file an amicus brief in a Minnesota Supreme Court case contesting the legality of a police search of a woman’s shoulder purse during a vehicular stop.
In an article in the New York Times, Professor Matthew Bodie commented on the lawfulness of employer tactics in a recent election at an Amazon warehouse in Albany, New York. He cited the potential for unlawful deception through alleged “fake employees,” who acted like regular employees but may have been posing as such. These workers are said to have engaged unit workers in conversations to cast doubt on the union’s ability to negotiate a contract.
Dulce Foster ’98 was recently sworn in as a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota.
On Aug. 31, Chief Judge Patrick J. Schiltz administered the oath of office to Foster at the Diana E. Murphy United States Courthouse in Minneapolis.
Minnesota Law's program previewing the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022-23 Term is now available for viewing.
More than 100 attended the hour-long event, held on Oct. 3 (the First Monday of October) to coincide with the first day of oral arguments. The panelists—Professors Elizabeth Bentley (who also served as moderator), Alan Rozenshtein, David Schultz '98, and Liliana Zaragoza—highlighted some of the key cases to follow. Cases discussed included:
