Univ. of Minnesota Law School receives record $25 million for immigrant legal support

A record $25 million gift to fund the University of Minnesota’s law school immigrant legal support center was announced Monday afternoon.

The donation from the Robina Foundation — a private grant-making foundation — provides $23.5 million for the newly named, James H. Binger Center for New Americans, $1 million to start a professorship in clinical law and $500,000 in law student scholarships.

The center, formerly known as the Center for New Americans, partners with area nonprofits and law firms to provide pro-bono legal support for immigrant and refugee communities. It also operates three different law clinics for law students and works to change federal immigration policy through litigation.

The center was renamed after Robina Foundation founder and law school alumnus, James Binger.

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