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Legal Aid keynote speaker featured in “The urgency of the moment” – Super Lawyers

E. Michelle Drake and her law firm, Berger Montague, were so moved by the ill-effects of Operation Metro Surge and Operation PARRIS, they dropped everything. Current caseloads were cast aside so they could petition the court to lawfully save neighbors from detention. She’ll tell that story in St. Cloud as Legal Aid’s Access to Justice keynote speaker. Until then, the Super Lawyers publication shares her backstory, revealing what makes this lawyer extraordinaire tick.

MN Court of Appeals reviews case – Star Tribune

Twists and turns in court case brought by Minnesota Attorney General’s office is not over. Legal Aid Litigation Director Luke Grundman, who first represented clients of a mobile home park, similar to that pictured here, weighs in.

Priced out of their ‘forever homes’ – Star Tribune

Managers for a 55-and-older St. Louis Park apartment building are adding utility charges to rent that may put tenants with limited income into dire straits. Attorney Gary Van Winkle warns, because these charges come from a third-party biller, they’re at greater risk for eviction.

Minnesota Disability Law Center asks for public’s help at polling sites

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Minneapolis, Minn.) — The Voter Access Project of the Minnesota Disability Law Center, a division of Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid, along with the Minnesota Secretary of State’s office, seeks the public’s help to ensure people with disabilities can access the polls this election cycle.

STATEMENT: Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid condemns ICE violence, calls on Congress to act

STATEMENT (Minneapolis, Minn.) — Steeped in casework, still recovering from the effects of the government’s surge in our own communities, we at Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid are taking pause, to say this: We condemn the senseless violence by ICE resulting in continued loss of life. We know this loss, too well, and we painfully, strongly lament the open disregard for the rule of law. We refuse to abandon tenets of justice that would have, should have prevented what we as a nation are again witnessing.

Statement: DOJ challenge to Olmstead repudiates hard-won progress – MN Disability Law Center

STATEMENT (Minneapolis, Minn.) — Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) issued an opinion

Statement: Legal Aid lauds highest court’s decision on birthright citizenship

Today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, reaffirming birthright citizenship as an enshrined constitutional promise, is enthusiastically welcomed by Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid.

Twin Cities housing scheme took advantage of Muslim homebuyers’ human rights, jury determines – WCCO

A jury determined Chadwick Banken, a real estate broker, violated Minnesota’s Human Rights Act, targeting Muslim homebuyers. Legal Aid Attorney Mary Kaczorek represents homeowners in the same situation and says it’s frustrating to see how families were misled and lost both their homes and significant financial investments.

Minnesota psychiatric facility for youth ordered to close – The Imprint

[Update: Facility will reopen] Director Eren Sutherland of the Minnesota Disability Law Center explains what it means when one of

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