Stories

Yemaya Hanna, 3L and Patrick Murry, 3L, working closely with Professor Steve Meili, produced and published a comprehensive research report that offers material assistance to members of the LGBTIQ community from Guatemala seeking to establish claims for asylum.

Working with Corporate Institute Executive Director Emily Buchholz '10, 2Ls Edmund Pine and Molly McKinsey helped a local chocolatier with a taste for honey start a nonprofit dedicated to the promotion of urban beekeeping.

Carter Allen, 1L, came to law school after internships and other job experiences in Major League Baseball, the NFL, collegiate basketball, and professional racing. His goal is to one day practice at the intersection of sports and law.

Cherée Johnson ’03 is the senior vice president, general counsel, corporate secretary, and chief ethics and compliance officer of W.R. Grace. Her impressive legal career has included leadership roles at other top companies, including 3M, Cargill, Kraft Heinz, and McCormick & Company.

3Ls Navin Ramalingam, Maci Burke, James Holden, and Marisa Tillman had the opportunity to coordinate and participate in key policy discussions with members of the Biden transition team and the incoming administration, including a cabinet secretary.

Just a few months after being sworn in as an attorney, Connor Shaull ’20, argued a case virtually before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit for a client he began representing as a student at Minnesota Law.

A former refugee from Somalia, Samia Osman, 2L, came to Minnesota Law with the idea of giving back to communities “whose shoes I have been in” through human rights work.

Caroline Crenshaw ’09 was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to a seat on the five-member Securities and Exchange Commission last year. She also serves as a captain in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps.