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Minnesota Law Mourns the Passing of Legendary Human Rights Professor David Weissbrodt
David Weissbrodt, a world-renowned international human rights advocate and scholar who established the Law School’s Human Rights Center and served on the faculty for more than four decades, passed away peacefully on Nov. 11 at the age of 77.
Minnesota Law Students Author Comprehensive Report on Conditions Faced by LGBTIQ Community in Guatemala
Three Minnesota Law students, working in the Immigration and Human Rights Clinic, produced a comprehensive and significant report shining a spotlight on the harsh and repressive conditions faced by the LGBTIQ community in Guatemala.
Seiko Shastri '21 Named 2021 Robina Post-Graduate Fellow
Seiko Shastri ‘21 has been named a 2021 Robina Post-Graduate Fellow.
Q&A: Ivania Galeano, LL.M. ’21, U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Ivania Galeano came to Minnesota Law from Honduras in 2020 to participate in our LL.M. program. Since graduating in May, she has returned to her native country to continue her work in human rights at the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Q&A: Jessamine De Ocampo ’21, Associate Attorney, EarthJustice’s Coal Program
Jessamine De Ocampo ’21 recently accepted a position as an associate attorney with EarthJustice’s Coal Program in New York City. As she prepares for the bar exam, she reflected on her time in Minnesota Law’s environmental & energy law program, what led her to EarthJustice, and her aspirations in the E&E field.
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Sharie Cassioppi, 2L, Awarded Human Rights Fellowship By World Without Genocide
World Without Genocide, a St. Paul-based human rights organization, has awarded a Benjamin B. Ferencz Fellowship in Human Rights to Sharie Cassioppi, 2L.
The fellowships provide financial support through World Without Genocide for work on core areas of human rights including research, policy development, and action at local, state, national, and international levels.
Two 2Ls Help Create ‘Civic Freedom Tracker’ Reporting on Worldwide COVID-19 Responses
When Professor Fionnuala Nà Aoláin reached out to her research assistants and asked who would be interested in helping to develop a worldwide tracker of governmental responses to the COVID-19 outbreak, 2Ls Abby Oakland and Seiko Shastri jumped at the opportunity.
2L Testifies at House Hearing on Constitutional Amendment She Proposed
Kristin Trapp, 2L, recently had the once-in-a-lifetime experience of testifying before a committee of lawmakers on the merits of a constitutional amendment that she conceived of and helped draft.
