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Consumer Protection Clinic Helps Low-Income Seniors Gain a Settlement for Excessive Rent Charges
Low-income seniors who were charged excessive rents will receive more than $166,000 in refunds under a class-action settlement reached after Minnesota Law’s Consumer Protection Clinic achieved a significant win at the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Six Minnesota Law Faculty Publish Scholarly Work on SSRN as Part of Minnesota Law’s Legal Studies Research Paper Series
Minnesota Law’s Legal Studies Research Paper Series highlights recent faculty scholarship published on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN). The works collected for the January 2025 series include scholarly research from several Minnesota Law faculty covering a variety of legal topics. Scholarly publications included in January’s Legal Studies Research Paper Series are:
Sam Buisman ’25 and the Clemency Project Clinic Help Client Gain a Pardon
Last month, the Minnesota Board of Pardons, which includes Governor Tim Walz, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison '90, and Chief Justice Natalie Hudson '82, voted unanimously to grant a pardon to JJ, a client of the Law School’s Clemency Project Clinic, directed by Professor JaneAnne Murray.
Five Incarcerated Clemency Project Clinic Clients Granted Commutations by President Biden
Five incarcerated clients, whose clemency petitions were filed by the Law School’s Clemency Project Clinic directed by Professor JaneAnne Murray, were among the list of commutation grants announced by President Biden on January 17, 2025.
Prof. Sapna Kumar Elected to the American Law Institute
Professor Sapna Kumar, Henry J. Fletcher Professor of Law, has been elected as a member of the American Law Institute (ALI). ALI elects individuals who reflect the excellence and diversity of today's legal profession. ALI's membership consists of eminent judges, lawyers, and law professors from all areas of the United States and from many foreign countries, selected on the basis of professional achievement and demonstrated interest in improving the law.
Prof. Fionnuala Ní Aoláin Nominated as Counselor for the American Society of International Law
Professor Claire Hill is Dazzled by the Possibilities at Minnesota Law
Nearly 20 years ago, Professor Claire Hill arrived as a visiting professor at Minnesota Law. She wasn’t expecting to stay long; she didn’t like the cold, and she gravitated toward bigger cities. However, the supportive spirit of the Law School and a love for her colleagues drew the New York native to officially join the faculty in 2006. She says that she didn’t make that decision; she discovered it.
Scholarship Support Allows Alejandra Arboleda ’26 To Pursue Her Dreams
When Alejandra Arboleda ’26 was growing up in New Jersey, she would often accompany her mother, a travel agent, to work. She would overhear customers asking to purchase tickets to “return home.” Her mother, who immigrated from Ecuador, knew the struggle of coming to the United States and would ask people in return why they wanted to leave after working hard to get to this country.
