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MMLA’s Danielle Hendrickson, managing attorney of the Immigration Law Project, explains to KARE 11 how some families’ renewed hopes for citizenship are on the brink of being dashed.
As we reflect on the holiday weekend, enjoying family, the Great Minnesota Get-Together and getting the kids back to school, Legal Aid recognizes many of our neighbors are reeling from a legal decision that has the potential to tear their families apart.
When the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau came to town, a panel of experts was assembled to address the pitfalls of alternative financing for home purchases. On the panel was Legal Aid Attorney Colleen Daly of MMLA who shed light on client experiences. Daly is pictured second from the right. Read more in MinnPost
As the Minnesota law providing free school meals gains national attention and enters its second year on the books, this story recalls the history, the Legal Aid attorney and years of hard-fought work that made it happen.
Having seen Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid through historic highs and financial lows of eight presidential administrations, longest-serving Deputy Director of Legal Aid, Ann Cofell will close out her illustrious, 44-year career on her anniversary date of Aug. 9.
New policies and procedures outlined in a settlement agreement between the Minnesota Department of Corrections and the Minnesota Disability Law Center, on behalf of two Legal Aid clients, took effect July 1. To examine the impact, reporter Louis Krauss of the Star Tribune and photographer Elizabeth Flores visited with our client in the Stillwater prison. MDLC Attorney Sonja Peterson accompanied.
More than 200 emails were sent to the Duluth City Council as they considered penalties for various activities. Among those emails was a letter from Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid.
In this staff profile piece, Attorney Steve Schmidt reflects on five memorable cases. Each focused on disability rights for clients of Legal Aid’s Minnesota Disability Law Center. All had far-reaching effects in achieving justice for countless others in areas of legislation, prisoner rights, compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and increasing access to time with personal care assistants.
Sonja Peterson, attorney with Legal Aid’s Minnesota Disability Law Center and client Chou Yang, whose first language is American Sign Language, talk to Minnesota Public Radio about MDLC’s recent settlement agreement with the Minnesota Department of Corrections.
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