On Wednesday, November 15, 2017, MJF will host its 35th Anniversary Awards Celebration, at which we honor outstanding individuals in the Minnesota legal community.

The winners of the 2017 MJF Outstanding Service Awards are:

• Bridget Gernander
  Minnesota Judicial Branch
  Advocate Award
• Kathy Eveslage
  Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services
  Direct Legal Service Award
• Rebecca Schiller
  The Academy Law Group, P.A.
  Pro Bono Practitioner Award
• Lora Fike
  Mitchell Hamline School of Law
• Nicole Faas
  University of Minnesota Law School
• Melissa Bumanglag
  University of St. Thomas School of Law
  Law Student Award Winners

Our keynote speaker will be the Honorable David L. Lillehaug, Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.

David L. Lillehaug has been an Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court since his appointment by Governor Mark Dayton in 2013. He was elected to a six-year term in 2014. He is the only current Justice to come to the Court directly from private practice. He brought to the Court 30 years of litigation experience, including serving as United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota, the federal government’s chief prosecutor and civil lawyer in the state. Deeply committed to pro bono, Lillehaug was one of the early members of MJF’s Board of Directors and chaired the organization’s first community fundraiser.

Justice Lillehaug will be speaking on the topic of ‘The Minnesota Pro Bono Tradition.”

Tickets can be purchased by emailing MJF administrator Pat Harrigan. Prices are:

$75 for individuals
$40 for nonprofit public service employees
$25 for students