Robina Foundation Gives $25 million to Fund Law School’s James H. Binger Center for New Americans and Clinical Faculty Professorship

UMN Law School

Abstract

On February 6, 2017, the University of Minnesota Law School announced a transformational $25 million gift from the Robina Foundation. The grant—the single largest philanthropic gift in the Law School’s history—will fund the newly named James H. Binger Center for New Americans, establish a James H. Binger Professorship in Clinical Law, and provide scholarship support to Law School students.

Speakers include:

Eric Kaler, University President, University of Minnesota

Garry W. Jenkins, Dean and William S. Pattee Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School

Kathleen Blatz (’84), Chair of the Robina Foundation and former Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court

Professor Benjamin Casper Sanchez (’97), Director of the James H. Binger Center