This year MNAPABA members Mai Neng Moua and Linus Chan have been selected as among the recipients of Minnesota Lawyer's 2017 Attorneys of the Year Award. Please consider attending this year to support them!

CELEBRATE THE 2017 ATTORNEYS OF THE YEAR!

Every year Minnesota Lawyer honors the top attorneys throughout the state of Minnesota for their notable achievements. This year's honorees are an impressive group of newcomers and veterans. We honor them at the 18th annual Attorneys of the Year award ceremony on the evening of February 7, 2018 at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Minneapolis.

Event Details

When: Wednesday, February 7th, 2018
5:00 - 6:00pm | Registration and social hour
6:00 - 8:00pm | Dinner and award presentation
Where: Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, Great Lakes Ballroom$125 seat/$1250 for a table of 10 

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Sony/ATV Music singer-songwriter Daphne Willis will headline a fundraising benefit for LCL. Making a stop in the Twin Cities during a nationwide tour for her new album, Freaks Like Me, Willis will bring her upbeat pop sounds to the Auditorium of the Mitchell-Hamline Law School.

Mitchell-Hamline Auditorium
Friday, Jan 26
6:00 pm

For more information, contact Joan Bibelhausen, 651--646-5590, jbibelhausen@mnlcl.org

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Minnesota Chapter of the Federal Bar Association Fourth Annual Meet and Greet with the affinity Bar Associations

Halunen Law
IDS Center Suite 1650
80 S 8th St
Minneapolis, MN 55402

Tuesday, Jan 23
5:30 pm

Contact damato@halunenlaw.com with questions.

On December 4th, at 4:30 PM, the Ramsey County Attorney's Office will be hosting a diversity recruiting reception for diverse 1L law students from the three area law schools who may be interested in applying for the several openings the RCAO holds for 1L students in its 2018 Summer Law Clerk Program.

RSVP to Cyndy Melby at Cyndy.Melby@co.ramsey.mn.us

Ramsey County Attorney's Office
345 Wabasha St. Suite 120
St. Paul, MN 55102

From Fredrikson & Byron

Please join us on November 21 for our annual leadership discussion. We’re looking forward to continuing the conversation to find pathways to leadership opportunities for a more diverse community. 

We’ve confirmed a panel of leaders who are eager to help attendees examine and move beyond the barriers that have limited so many from accessing positions of influence. We hope you can join us.

Panelists

·        Meredith Moore Crosby, Executive Vice President, Leverette Weekes

·        Jennifer Shomenta Maki, Managing Director Ag Supply Chain North America, Cargill

·        Heather Manley, CEO, On-Demand Services Group

·        Michelle A. Miller, Vice President, Chief Counsel, Employment Law, Medtronic plc

·        Courtney R. Reid, Assistant Vice President & Counsel, Law Department, MassMutual

·        Sondra Samuels, President & CEO, Northside Achievement Zone

Moderator

Sandra Smalley-Fleming, Shareholder, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

For more information, click here.

DATE & TIME:
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
7:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

LOCATION:
Medtronic Corporate Headquarters
8200 Coral Sea St. NE, 
Mounds View, MN

AGENDA:
7:30 a.m.
Registration and Breakfast Buffet

8:00 a.m. 
Panel Discussion

8:40 a.m. 
Small Group/Panel Discussion

9:30 a.m. 
Q&A

Sponsors

Legislative Process and Effective State Legislative Advocacy Workshop

A workshop for members of Minnesota’s cultural communities on the legislative process and effective legislative advocacy is being organized by the Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans (CAPM). There is no cost for this participation in this workshop, which will be hosted at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law campus, but those that participate are asked to commit to both days of the training. Everyone will be on their own for lunch but the campus is within walking distance of many wonderful restaurants along Grand Ave.

For more information or to sign up, contact Sia Her sia.her@state.mn.us.

Day 1: November 20, (9 a.m. – 3 p.m.) – The Legislative Process and My Role

• Overview of Minnesota Legislative Process – How an Idea Becomes a Law
• A Citizen’s role and Responsibility in the Legislative Process
• Balancing Individual Rights and the Common Good
• Developing and Maintaining Relationships (with coalition partners, legislators, legislative staff)
• Developing Advocacy Strategies – short and long term
• Developing Templates for Specific Modes of Communication (written, oral, storytelling)

Day 2: December 15, (9 a.m. – 3 p.m.) – Understanding the Negotiation Process, My Personal

Negotiation Style, and the Relationship to Legislative Advocacy

• Complete a conflict assessment to better understand one’s individual approach to conflict
  
• Understand how to balance assertiveness with empathy (cooperativeness) to achieve goals
  
• Understand how cognitive biases impact communication (and negotiation)
  
• Understand the power of emotions
  
• Understand the difference between interests and positions
  
• Understand how to work with differences to create value
  
• Determine when/how to cooperate (and create value) and when/how to compete (to claim value)
  
• Work with your Council to develop an advocacy plan
  

Please join the Infinity Project for a reception and panel discussion regarding our continued efforts to increase the diversity of the bench.

BUILDING A MORE REPRESENTATIVE JUDICIARY

Women represent only 19% of current federal judicial nominees and roughly 38% of Minnesota state court judges, despite the fact that women have accounted for approximately 50% or more of all law school graduates since 2001.

Our panelists for this important discussion include:
• The Honorable Lorie Gildea, Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice
• Marianne Short, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer for UnitedHealth Group
• The Honorable Richelle Wahi, Minnesota District Court Judge, First Judicial District

Event Details

When:
November 13, 2017
4:30 p.m. Reception
5:15 p.m. Panel Discussion

Where:
Stinson Leonard Street LLP
50 South Sixth Street, Suite 2600
Minneapolis, MN 55402

More info here.

The APALSA and SALSA (Asian Pacific American Law Student Association and South Asian Law Student Association) student organizations from the 3 local law schools are having a tri-law-school networking event this Friday, Nov. 10 from 5-10PM at The Exchange and Alibi Lounge.  The students are hoping to build relationships with attorneys and other law students.  It would be great to have a strong presence of attorneys with whom the students can connect with.  Please attend if your schedule permits. 

At Lindquist & Vennum LLP (80 South 8th Street, 3rd Floor IDS Conference Room, Minneapolis) MWL will hold a workshop, focused on the identification, prioritization, and specific implementation measures we can undertake to push the envelope for meaningful change toward gender equality.

More info here.

2017 MWL Rosalie Wahl Leadership Lecture to be held on the evening of Thursday, November 9th, 2017 at the Marriott City Center (30 South Seventh Street, downtown Minneapolis). The general reception will begin at 5:00 p.m. Dinner will begin at 6:00 p.m., and the program will begin at approximately 6:30 p.m. Lauren Stiller Rikleen is Wahl Lecture keynote speaker. 

More info here.