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Professor Alexander Boni-Saenz, Robins Kaplan Distinguished Scholar, has been elected an Academic Fellow to the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC).

Prof. Fionnuala Ní Aoláin KC (Hons), Regents Professor; Robina Chair in Law, Public Policy, and Society; and faculty director of the Human Rights Center, traveled to Geneva, Switzerland, to report to the UN Human Rights Council on the findings of the UN's Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic (COI). Ní Aoláin serves as a commissioner on the COI.

On March 4 the Human Rights Center, Binger Center for New Americans, and Advocates for Human Rights held a special briefing in Geneva, Switzerland to provide UN member states, UN agencies, and international civil society with expert analysis of the scope and federal immigration operations in Minnesota.

Gregory P. Joseph ’75 passed away on February 27 at age 75. Joseph was born and raised in Minneapolis, and earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota. He then graduated with honors from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1975.

Minnesota Law excelled at the Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition held in White Plains, New York from February 19 - February 21. The National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition is one of the largest moot court competitions in the country—53 teams competed at this year's competition. 

Prof. Anguiano has been appointed by Chief U.S. District Judge Schiltz to serve on the Federal Practice Committee of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota for a three-year term. In this role, Prof.

A delegation from the University of Minnesota Law School’s Human Rights Center and James H. Binger Center for New Americans is in Geneva, Switzerland, from March 2–6 to participate in the 61^st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

The University of Minnesota Law School mourns the passing of Tom Moe ’63 who died on February 15 at age 87. He was born in Des Moines and lived in several cities before his family settled in Edina, Minnesota. He was a celebrated athlete at Edina High School, gaining both local and national recognition in all three sports he played, football, basketball, and baseball.

The Honorable Peter J. Lindberg ’63 passed away on January 23 at age 90. Lindberg was born in Red Wing and grew up in St. Louis Park. The first in his family to graduate from college, Lindberg graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1961 and the University of Minnesota Law School in 1963.