Greater Minnesota Practice Cooperative

- TOMORROW -

Running Aces: How One City Council Member Navigated the Controversy

February 24, 2022 | 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | MSL 238
FREE LUNCH

Community change is often the source of fear (of the unknown) and trepidation. In the early 2000s, a proposed new development that would bring lawful gambling to a small rural community brought on full scale community panic and political warfare. Join Renae Fry, former Columbus City Council Member, for an insider’s view on the development process that resulted in the establishment of Running Aces, the city’s first harness racing facility and card room under private ownership. Renae is currently the city administrator for North Branch. Renae is a 1989 graduate of William Mitchell College of Law. She practiced law for 26 years, taught for the paralegal program at North Hennepin Community College, held the position of Dean of Business and Career Programs at North Hennepin, and served as an elected official for 12 years. In 2015, she took her career in a totally new direction and began working in government administration, a position that utilizes all of her varied professional experiences managing people, problems and programs. She has been with North Branch since February 2017.

- SAVE THE DATE -

Running Aces: How One City Council Member Navigated the Controversy

February 24, 2022 | 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm | MSL 238

FREE LUNCH

Community change is often the source of fear (of the unknown) and trepidation. In the early 2000s, a proposed new development that would bring lawful gambling to a small rural community brought on full scale community panic and political warfare. Join Renae Fry, former Columbus City Council Member, for an insider’s view on the development process that resulted in the establishment of Running Aces, the city’s first harness racing facility and card room under private ownership. Renae is currently the city administrator for North Branch. Renae is a 1989 graduate of William Mitchell College of Law. She practiced law for 26 years, taught for the paralegal program at North Hennepin Community College, held the position of Dean of Business and Career Programs at North Hennepin, and served as an elected official for 12 years. In 2015, she took her career in a totally new direction and began working in government administration, a position that utilizes all of her varied professional experiences managing people, problems and programs. She has been with North Branch since February 2017.

Friends -

A reminder to join us this coming Monday, November 22 from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm in MSL 244 for lunch and a discussion with Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Gordon Moore. Justice Moore will share information regarding judicial clerkships and employment opportunities outside of the Twin Cities metro area.

A graduate from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1988, Justice Moore spent his first seven years of practice with the Minnesota Attorney General's office working as a special assistant attorney general. In 1995, he became an associate at Malters, Shepherd and VonHoltum in Worthington. After leaving the firm in December 2002, he served as Nobles County Attorney from 2003 to 2012, when he was named a Fifth Judicial District Court Judge. Justice Moore served the Fifth Judicial District from 2012 through July 2020 and was appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court on Aug. 3, 2020.

Bring your questions and an empty stomach - we hope to see you there!

Save the Date!

November 22, 2021 | 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm – MSL 244

Greater Minnesota Practice Cooperative is excited to welcome MN Supreme Court Associate Justice Gordon Moore for lunch and a discussion of judicial clerkships and employment opportunities outside of the Twin Cities metro area. We hope to see you there!

**Lunch will be provided!**

Judge Darci Bentz (Jackson County, MN) and Judge Troy Timmerman (Faribault County, MN) will be on campus next Friday, September 24 from 12:30-1:25pm to discuss the benefits of practicing in a rural community, opportunities in southern Minnesota, and working as a judicial law clerk outside of the metro. Their law clerks will be joining them as well (both are UST Law alumni).

WHEN: Friday, September 24 from 12:30 – 1:25pm - lunch provided!
WHERE: MSL 244
RSVP: https://link.stthomas.edu/aOVnO

Link for our outstate practice attorney panel from yesterday!

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Nicholas Lebbin is our last of the three speakers for this Friday's event! He currently serves as a public defender in Olmsted county.

We look forward to seeing you all at our event. For any who cannot attend, the session will be recorded and uploaded to this page.

Another one of our speaker for this Friday!

Adam Rowe-Johnson is a 2020 UST law alum who serves as a Hubbard County Attorney. Prior to that, he served as a judicial clerk in Greater Minnesota.

One of the speakers this Friday!

Carrie Osowski is a 2015 law alum who practices family law at Dittrich & Lammers in Rochester. She also serves as a mentor for St. Thomas students. Her Zoom sessions during the pandemic has received rave reviews.

We will also be hearing from Carrie Osowski, a family law attorney in Rochester.

Friends:

GMPC is accepting applications for board positions for the coming academic year. Each seat is up for election which includes: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Communications Director. We are also looking for class reps.

If you or anyone you know is interested in being part of a great and fun group that promotes lawyering in Greater Minnesota, send an email to:

Ka Bao Jennrich
[email protected]

Include a statement and the position you desire. Thank you!