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The way Justin Perl sees it, everything in his life before Legal Aid was preparation for his career at Legal
Legal Aid Attorney Beth Goodell is the go-to expert in this piece highlighting the plight of victims who win in court but never recover their money.
Lyn was 18 years-old when she suffered a spinal cord injury. Her optimism has sustained her through career, child-rearing and in her latest legal battle, which she hopes will help others.
As the Biden administration proposes doing away with the subminimum wage, read the report authored by our Minnesota Disability Law Center outlining its impact and studied approach for phasing out the practice.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (St. Cloud, Willmar and Minneapolis, Minn.) – Yasin Alsaidi and Brenna Brelie are slated to join the leadership team at Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid this month.
Exposure to raw sewage, overcharging for utilities and invalid leases are at the heart of a class action lawsuit filed by Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid (“Legal Aid”) and Robins Kaplan LLP against a mobile home park in Sartell, Minnesota.
If your wages are being garnished, if you have current medical debt or medical debt from long ago, you need to know the law has changed. Legal Aid stood with the Minnesota Attorney General this week to announce that the 2024 Debt Fairness Act has taken effect. As of Oct. 1 major provisions for medical debt are on the books. The AG also announced an in-person opportunity for consumers to meet with attorneys from Legal Aid and community justice organizations, Saturday, Oct. 5.
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.
As of July 1, prison policy is changing to ensure Minnesota inmates, with hearing loss, will get the same critical messaging that hearing prisoners get over the public address (PA) system. This is just one concession of a settlement agreement, following a lawsuit filed by Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid’s Minnesota Disability Law Center on behalf of two inmates — one deaf, the other hard of hearing.
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