Join WILD and the Southern Minnesota Legal Services' Education Law Advocacy Project for a virtual discussion about how Gifted Education in Minnesota reveals a disparate impact on low-income and students of color. This eye-opening discussion will include a personal narrative as well as a panel of education leaders who will discuss how inequities in identification for gifted services can occur, misconceptions and about what it means to be "gifted" and identify policies and solutions that have worked to increase opportunities in talented students from underrepresented groups. For more information or to register, please click here.

Join Twin Cities Diversity in Practice (TCDIP) for a virtual panel to understand the recent SCOTUS affirmative action decision. Professor Jill Hasaday (University of Minnesota Law School), Jeff Justman (Faegre Drinker), Sarah Lewenstein (Nilan Johnson Lewis), and moderator Sequoia Butler (Arthur Chapman) will break down what the decisions mean and the impact on diversity in the legal profession. Elimination of bias CLE credits will be applied for in Minnesota. For more information or to register, please click here.

Join Twin Cities Diversity in Practice (TCDIP) and the Wanton Injustice Legal Detail (WILD) for the 2023 Summer Alliance. This event is open to everyone in the Twin Cities legal community, regardless of employment at a TCDIP Member Organization. There will be special performances by the Wattanak Dance Troupe and DJ Ari Atari. For more information or to register, please click here.

Minnesota Law is seeking adjunct professors to teach in its Legal Research and Writing Program for the 2023-2024 academic year. Adjunct professors will teach small sections of the 1L LRW course with the help of a student instructor. Please contact Professor David R. Cleveland (Director of Legal Research and Writing, dclevel@umn.edu).

Court Camp 2023, presented by the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota and the Minnesota Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, is quickly approaching, and volunteers are needed. Court Camp is a free, week-long day camp for high school students that will give them an opportunity to learn about and meet those who work in the justice system. Volunteers can choose to either mentor the students over the lunch hour or coach the students through a mock trial exercise or both. For more information or to volunteer please click here.

Join for a free ethics CLE. This virtual presentation will provide an overview of bonding, bridging, and linking social capital, specifically how to ethically leverage these forms of social capital with regards to other attorneys, courts, past clients, etc. in order to create better outcomes for current clients. For more information or to register, please click here.

To register, please email: christine.schneider@courts.state.mn.us

Click here for the Teams link to attend webinar.

Apply to be a clerk: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/mncourts/jobs/3895379/court-of-appeals-law-clerk-for-the-2024-25-term

Join the Minnesota Lavender Bar Association for its annual Pride Happy Hour. MLBA will be celebrating outside on the rooftop patio of The Hennepin Theatre Trust. If there is inclement weather, the celebration will move indoors to Jack Link's Legend Lounge on the first floor. Two drinks and heavy appetizers will be hosted. For more information or to register, please click here.

Join the Wanton Injustice Legal Detail (WILD) and the Westminster TownTalks for a frank conversation with Minneapolis Public Safety Commissioner, Cedric Alexander, St. Paul Deputy Chief of Community Engagement, Pamela Barragan, and Hennepin County Sheriff, Dawanna Witt. These three leaders from three different jurisdictions will discuss their plans to address public safety concerns in the Twin Cities and answer questions. For more information or to register, please click here.

Join MNAPABA, the Asian Bar Association of Washington, and Dorsey & Whitney for a discussion with California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu, one of the authors of the Portrait of Asian Americans in Law studies. Justice Liu will discuss the studies' findings and offer insights on the successes, challenges, and obstacles confronting Asian Americans in the legal profession, and educate lawyers of all races to identify and eliminate from the legal profession, and from the practice of law, biases against Asian Americans. Don Liu (Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Risk Officer, Target) will moderate the discussion. For more information or to register please click here.