SOL Lawyer Magazine_Summer 2022

snapshots Law students held Scott Swanson Day on November 30 to honor Swanson’s 19 years of service to the law school and mark his retirement. The day included Hawaiian shirts and a life-size Swanson cut-out. It was also proclaimed Scott Swanson Day in the city of Minneapolis. Swanson ‘08 MA, ‘21 LL.M. is pictured (second from left) with law school staff members Grace Magill-Cuerden , Jill Akervik and Katie Flood .

Eder Castillo ‘20 J.D. visited Partnership Academy, a K-8 charter school in Richfield, Minn., to speak to students about being a lawyer. Castillo is part of the Alumni Advisory Board’s Outreach and Connections Committee, which works to raise awareness about legal careers among youth.

Ana Sorgenfrei ‘22 LL.M. from Brazil and Rodrigo Díaz Montes from Mexico, who were students in St. Thomas Law’s year-long LL.M. in U.S. Law program, got the chance to try ice fishing this winter when Mohammed Mayaleh ‘18 J.D./MBA volunteered to be their guide.

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