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LGN Sponsors Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity Gala

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LGN was proud to sponsor Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity’s Black Tie and Hard Hat Gala this past weekend and clearly, LGNers Jess Lindeen, Amos Briggs, Kevin Matzek, and Eura Chang were thrilled to attend (photobooth & all!) We have the privilege of representing Twin Cities Habitat at the Capitol and supporting their work to meaningfully address Minnesota’s racial homeownership gap and advance Black homeownership. As part of this work, Twin Cities Habitat advocated for a new $100 million First Generation Down Payment Assistance Program that will begin this summer.

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LGN Attorney Interviews Chief Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown

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LGN Attorney Eura Chang recently interviewed Chief Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown of the US District Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana. The interview was conducted as part of the Federal Bar Association's Diversity & Inclusion Judicial Spotlight. 

To learn more about Chief Judge Brown, and to read the full interview, follow this link. 

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LGN Summer Associate Participates in Hennepin County Bar Association Panel

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LGN Summer Associate Eura Chang joined Judge Juan Hoyos, and University of Minnesota Professor Carol Chomsky to discuss why now is the time to re-examine the bar exam as the exclusive way for students and newer attorneys to become licensed in Minnesota. The moderated discussion was part of the Hennepin County Bar Association’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee’s CLE Series on Racial Equity and Justice.

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LGN Attorneys Attend Minnesota FBA Monthly Luncheon

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LGN attorneys Kristen Marttila, Maureen Kane Berg, Kate Baxter-Kauf, and Leona Ajavon, along with current law clerk Eura Chang, attended the March Monthly Luncheon of the Minnesota Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.      

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LGN Law Clerk Eura Chang Recently Featured in Minnesota Law Review’s Issue 2

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LGN Law Clerk Eura Chang was recently featured in the Minnesota Law Review’s Issue 2.  Eura's Note focuses on the racially disparate impacts of the bar exam and how willful blindness to the bar exam’s disparate impacts is condoned in part by two legal doctrines that protect decision-makers from legal accountability—absolute immunity doctrine and an uncompromisingly limited interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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