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Legal Aid attorney Heather Vlieger recently paid off her student loans and celebrated by donating to two causes close to her heart: Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid’s efforts to help send more students of color to law school and the Loan Repayment Assistance Program of Minnesota.
Read our editorial in the Star Tribune to understand the devastating impact cuts to Legal Services Corporation would have on thousands of Minnesotans.
Move out, stay with friends or stay in your apartment for weeks on end. These are the choices tenants are facing as their elevator shuts down for repairs. But are these their only choices? The Star Tribune asks Attorney Chad Wilson of our Minnesota Disability Law Center.
Minnesota Disability Law Center recommends this AP story as a must-read. Save our P&As across the nation.
Mother Jones does a deep dive into Fair Housing work and the consequences of our loss of federal funding. Attorney Courtney Arthur of our Housing Discrimination Law Project explains what’s at stake.
Tell your congressional representatives and everyone you know to protect the ADA by preserving Protection and Advocacy groups who make sure the law is followed.
Have questions about immigration? Tune in to replays of the COPAL radio show. Our own Camila Pacheco-Fores, attorney with Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid explains safety and planning and she answers questions about your immigration rights! ¿Tiene preguntas sobre inmigración? Sintonice las repeticiones del programa de radio de COPAL. Nuestra abogada, Camila Pacheco-Fores, de Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid, explica seguridad y planificación, y responde preguntas sobre sus derechos migratorios.
Paralegals Pam Manthei and Chris Klimpel share the story of Legal Aid’s Justice Buses — from inception to fruition and the miles in between.
STATEMENT (St. Cloud, Minn.) Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid joins the St. Cloud community in mourning the death and celebrating the life of Maxine Barnett, founder and longtime executive director of Anna Marie’s Alliance.
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