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Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of Q&As with incoming Minnesota Law students.

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of Q&As with incoming Minnesota Law students.

Before enrolling in Minnesota Law’s class of 2021, Paul Hallett served as senior legislative assistant to Paul Ryan, the 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He recently answered a few questions about his background and his aspirations as he embarks on his legal education here at Minnesota Law.

Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of Q&As with incoming Minnesota Law students.

Camila Pacheco-Fores comes to Minnesota Law with an already impressive C.V. of hands-on experience in the areas of migrant rights, immigration, and family law. She has completed a Fulbright fellowship in Mexico City and worked as a paralegal for a legal aid organization in Los Angeles.

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of Q&As with incoming Minnesota Law students.

Lana Khader, LL.M. ’19, of Palestine is a Fulbright Foreign Student Program Scholar. She has a degree in law from Birzeit University. She has served as a volunteer for the Sawa organization for women and children protection, has been a trainee lawyer, as well as a teaching and research assistant. She recently answered a few questions about her background and her aspirations as she begins the LL.M. program at Minnesota Law.

Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of Q&As with incoming Minnesota Law students.

Before enrolling in Minnesota Law's class of 2021, Jake Hilt served as a U.S. Army Ranger and was deployed a total of three times. He recently answered a few questions about his background and his aspirations as he embarks on his legal education here at Minnesota Law.

Welcome to the Minnesota Law class of 2021! You have an interesting background as a U.S. Army Ranger. Could you discuss a little bit about your experience?

Ralph Strangis ’60, whose legal acumen and dealmaking prowess put him at the center of many of the Twin Cities’ most consequential business mergers and public-private partnerships, died Aug. 15 at his home in Minneapolis. The cause was heart disease.

Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of Q&As with incoming Minnesota Law students.

Before enrolling in Minnesota Law's class of 2021, Jacky Arness won the Miss North Dakota title in 2014, and was also named Miss Congeniality by her fellow contestants in the Miss America Pageant.  She recently answered a few questions about her background and her aspirations as she embarks on her legal education here at Minnesota Law.

Yu (Iris) Zhang ’19 recently completed a three-week legal internship program with Apple, an experience that provided her unique insights into her career path as well as diverse networking experiences.

Please describe the program.

When Derrin Perkins declined a plea offer of five years in a federal drug distribution case in 1992, little did he know that this decision set him on path to a life sentence without the possibility of parole. But after 27 years in custody, he is now finally preparing to go home—thanks to the dogged efforts of Professor JaneAnne Murray’s Clemency Project at the Law School and Pro Bono Partner Joshua Toll at King & Spalding.

J.J. Pristanski ’19 learned of the NFL Management Council Law Clerk Program from a guest speaker in Professor Francis Shen's seminar. He immediately applied and ultimately snagged the prestigious clerkship. Pristanski, who spent his 1L summer in a clerkship with the NHL's San Jose Sharks, hopes to one day work in the sports law field. With the summer experiences he has had as a student at Minnesota Law, it is safe to say he has a leg up on the competition. He recently answered some questions about his current clerkship.