Legal Aid News

• -Governor Dayton appoints MMLA attorney Sarah Hennesy to fill Seventh Judicial District vacancy Posted 02-02-2012
• -Two Legal Aid Attorneys Win HCBA Pro Bono Publico Awards Posted 01-11-2012
• -State Support Center Wins 2011 Law Technology News Innovation Award Posted
• -Supervising Attorney Bud Rosenfield will be honored with the Minnesota Justice Foundation’s Outstanding Service Award for Direct Legal Service Posted 11-07-2011
• -Lane to get Fidelis Apparitor Award after Red Mass Posted 10-25-2011
• -Sarah Hennesy Receives Dawn Carlson Family Advocate Award Posted 10-14-2011
• -Legal aid groups wrestle with new restriction Posted 09-12-2011
• -Irene Opsahl to Receive Rosalie E. Wahl Justice for Children Award Posted 08-25-2011
• -Star Tribune article feature’s Legal Aid’s work assisting tornado victims Posted 08-08-2011
• -2010 Legal Aid Annual Report Available Posted 08-03-2011
• -Legal Aid Recieves Grant to Help North Minneapolis Tornado Victims Posted 06-29-2011
• -Legal Aid Helps North Minneapolis Tornado Victims Posted
• -Tornado Emergency Legal Information Posted 06-02-2011
• -Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis Announces Expansion of its Volunteer Attorney Opportunities Posted 05-20-2011
• - St. Cloud event provides help with health insurance Posted 04-08-2011
• - Cathy Haukedahl, new director of Legal Aid, bracing for tight budget Posted 03-18-2011
• - Retiring, sort of, after defending the underdog for 40 years Posted 02-14-2011
• - Special court targets domestic abuse finding a better alternative Posted 02-11-2011
• - Minnesota Lawyer honors Legal Aid Attorney Posted 02-10-2011
• - The Jerry Lane Fellowship Posted 01-19-2011
• - MMLA Selects New Executive Director Posted 12-16-2010
• - Upcoming Minnesota Law radio show on Legal Aid Posted 11-24-2010
• - Jerry Lane Receives NLADA Denison Ray Award Posted 11-15-2010
• - Vote Legal Aid for the Full Page Project Posted
• - Check out Toward Justice Fall 2010 newsletter Posted 11-10-2010
• - Press Release: Jerry Lane to leave his role as Executive Director Posted 07-30-2010
• - Legislators pledge to fix state’s ‘broken’ debt collection system Posted 07-16-2010
• - 2010 Law Day Dinner A Night to Remember Posted 05-12-2010
• - 2009 Legal Aid Annual Report Available Posted 05-07-2010
• - State Supreme Court rules against Pawlenty (Star Tribune) Posted 05-05-2010
• - MN Supreme Court Affirms Unallotment Ruling Posted
• - Local attorney representing case’s plaintiffs (St. Cloud Times) Posted 03-17-2010
• - Galen Robinson vs. the governor (Star Tribune) Posted
• - Judge grants temporary order restoring benefits in unallotment case Posted 01-04-2010
• - Backed by House, 6 patients sue Pawlenty, state officials (Star Tribune) Posted 11-30-2009
• - Disabled and Low-Income Challenge Unallotment of Medically Prescribed Special Diet Funding and the Renter’s Credit Posted 10-29-2009
• - Hunger Solutions Minnesota Awards Legal Services Advocacy Project Posted 10-23-2009
• Anne Henry is 2009 Charlie Smith Award winner Posted 09-16-2009
• Social Security Administration to Pay SSI and Social Security recipients and applicants $500 Million under Settlement Posted 08-31-2009
• Teens pay for group home plot that never was Posted 08-21-2009
• Minnesota Public Television to air “Schoolhouse to Jailhouse” Posted 08-14-2009
• Minnesota Supreme Court Decides That Mortgage Registry Acting As Agent Can Foreclose Without Disclosing Owner of the Loan Posted 08-13-2009
• New Project Offers Community Based Family Group Conferencing to Prevent Child Protection or Correction Cases Posted 08-07-2009
• Minnesota Law & Politics names two Legal Aid attorneys as SuperLawyers Posted 08-03-2009
• What are the limits of no-pet policies? (Star Tribune) Posted 07-29-2009
• MDLC School Restraint and Seclusion Project Posted 07-24-2009
• Press Release: One Settlement Makes a Huge Difference for Thousands of Families Posted 07-23-2009
• St. Cloud Times reports Benton County to Add Interpreters Posted 07-22-2009
• Press Release: Benton County Sheriff’s Department Agrees to Improve Access for the Deaf Posted 07-20-2009
• Press Release: MDLC Settles Disability Discrimination Claims Against Police Department and Jail Posted 07-08-2009
• Minnesota law can help postpone home foreclosure (Star Tribune) Posted 07-07-2009
• Legal Aid Welcomes Summer Law Clerks Posted 07-06-2009
• A daunting array of state law changes and funding cuts (Access Press) Posted 06-30-2009
• Legal Aid Advocate’s Work Receives National Award Posted 06-29-2009
• Woman In Powered Wheelchair Denied At Drive-Thru (WCCO) Posted 06-16-2009
• Whistleblower: Tough customer won’t end siege of Castle (Star Tribune) Posted 06-15-2009
• Health care providers worried about Pawlenty’s cuts (MPR) Posted 06-04-2009
• News from Hill 2009 now available Posted 06-01-2009
• Podcast of Minnesota Law radio show featuring Legal Aid now available Posted
• New Minnesota Law protects those with conservators and guardians Posted 05-29-2009
• Minnesota Law radio show hosts Legal Aid Posted 05-28-2009
• MDLC Advocate Presented National Service Award Posted 05-27-2009
• Mental Health Patient forced into electro-shock therapy (City Pages) Posted 05-22-2009
• Minnesota Man Fights Forced Electroconvulsive Therapy (MPR) Posted 12-15-2008
• Against His Will: Minnesota Man Fights Court-ordered ECT (Zenith City News) Posted 11-18-2008
• Letter of the day: Jackson’s promotion the end of a long road (Star Tribune) Posted 07-25-2008