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Amanda Lyons '09, executive director of the Human Rights Center, and Elina Castillo-Jiménez, Human Rights Center Weissbrodt Fellow, recently spoke to us about how they collaborated with University and community partners to invite the United Nations to Minneapolis. 

Johanna Bond ‘96 is the Sydney and Frances Lewis Professor of Law  at Washington and Lee University School of Law. She will become the new dean of Rutgers Law School on July 1, 2023.

Growing up, Earl Lin, 2L always felt driven to serve the public and work towards a more equitable society. With this drive, Lin worked as a paralegal in Washington, D.C. for six years after graduating from college, where he had the opportunity to be involved in several meaningful cases, many of which involved issues of police accountability. Lin found this work to be immensely rewarding, especially as he learned more about the issue of qualified immunity.

The University of Minnesota Law School celebrated its 135th commencement on Saturday, May 13 at Northrop Auditorium.

More than 1,500 students, loved ones, faculty, and staff joined the graduating Class of 2023 on Saturday morning to cheer on the 205 J.D. candidates, 25 LL.M. candidates, and seven Masters of Patent Law candidates, who crossed the stage and were awarded their degrees.

Jennifer Brown ‘23, Madelyn Cox-Guerra ‘23, and Mica Standing Soldier ‘23 received the

Former University of Minnesota Law School Dean David Wippman has announced his plans to retire from his presidency at Hamilton College in June of 2024. Wippman, who will have served eight years as president of Hamilton by the time he retires, was dean of the University of Minnesota Law School from 2008 until joining Hamilton in 2016. Before joining Minnesota Law, he was a professor and associate dean at Cornell Law School and served as vice provost for international relations at Cornell University.

Profs. Linus Chan and Caleb Smith have both been promoted to the rank of clinical professor of law. Profs.

During Minnesota Law’s 135th commencement ceremony this past Saturday, Dean Garry W. Jenkins announced the 2023 recipients of the Stanley V. Kinyon Teaching Awards. 

Congratulations to the University of Minnesota Law School Class of 2023!

We are so thrilled to celebrate the Class of 2023 on Saturday, May 13 at Northrop Auditorium. The 135th commencement exercises for the Class of 2023 J.D., LL.M., and Masters in Patent Law graduates begin at 9am. The Honorable Keith Ellison '90, Minnesota Attorney General, will deliver the keynote address. 

We can't wait to see you there!

Two teams of Minnesota Law professors are exploring how new technologies can help shape the future of legal education — in the classroom and in the field — as recipients of the inaugural grants from the Kommerstad Faculty Imagination Fund.