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Tenant utility law at Legal Aid is a little known but significant practice area of our housing unit. This feature — spotlighting Attorney Gary Van Winkle with Attorneys Luke Grundman, Julia Zwak and our Client Ron Miller — highlights how client victories can lead to legislative progress and to landmark court cases.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Minneapolis, Minn.) — In recognition of her work on behalf of detainees and in support of expanding
Known for her ardent advocacy at the Capitol on behalf of Minnesota’s most vulnerable neighbors and constituents, Jessica Webster, attorney with Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid, has been named the 2026 honoree of the Bernard P. Becker Legacy of Excellence Award.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Minneapolis, Minn.) — To the tune of $49,500 and then some, corporate landlord Quadrel Realty must pay
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (Minneapolis, Minn.) — Executive Director Milo Mumgaard of Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid is pleased to share that Eren
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (St. Cloud, Minn.) — Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid in St. Cloud is set to deliver free legal services to a greater number of clients, thanks to funding from the Central Minnesota Council on Aging.
In response to the Eighth Circuit decision to uphold Trump administration policy to deny bond to undocumented immigrants, Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid offered the Star Tribune this take: “We hope that Minnesota judges will follow the lead of Texas judges who are granting bond hearings, despite a similar Fifth Circuit Court opinion, because that’s the due process right people have.”
STATEMENT (Minneapolis, Minn.) — We hope that Minnesota judges will follow the lead of Texas judges who are granting bond hearings, despite a similar Fifth Circuit Court opinion, because that’s the due process right people have. Pragmatically, we brace for more dismal conditions for detainees related to ICE bed capacity.
In this episode of the amplifiED podcast, hosts Margaret Sullivan and Josh Crosson sit down with Jessica Heiser, attorney at the Minnesota Disability Law Center, to talk about what seclusion — the use of solitary confinement on children — actually looks like for Minnesota students.
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