Community Service
At Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P., we believe that collaboration is the foundation upon which communities are built. In a true community, no one should go at it alone. We make a concentrated effort to lend a helping hand where needed, being there for those with nowhere else to turn.
Whether we're collecting school supplies for homeless children or packing lunches for those in need, our firm members are working with the community to make the world a better place.
It's not about simply throwing money at a problem. It takes rolling up your sleeves and working with your peers to form solutions. It takes teamwork. It takes collaboration.
Community Giving
We believe we are compelled to do important, innovative work in our charitable giving as well as in the practice of law.
Click here to read about a few of the projects that attract the energy and commitment of our attorneys and staff.

Earth Day Volunteers
Board Members
Nonprofit organizations require the engagement of volunteers in a variety of capacities. We share our talents with a diverse network of nonprofits by serving as board members. Below is a partial listing of boards we served on in 2008, including boards of directors, executive boards, board of governors, advisory boards, boards of visitors, boards of trustees, personnel boards, and board of overseers.
Here is a partial listing.
- Adath Chesed Shel Emes Cemetery
- Alliance for Children's Rights
- American Association for Justice
- American Heart Association - Twin Cities Chapter
- ArtReach Foundation
- Ashmont Hill Association
- Asian Pacific American Legal Center
- Association of Legal Administrators
- Avenues for Homeless Youth
- B-Dale Club
- Basilica of St. Mary
- Belvedere Condominium Association
- Bob Cousy Humanitarian
- Boston Patent Law Association Pro Bono Committee
- Brownstones at Copley
- California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
- California Alumni Association
- Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis
- Centennial School District
- Center for Infectious Disease Research and Public Policy
- Center for Public Integrity
- Center of the American Experiment
- Century City Chamber of Commerce
- Children's Defense Fund Minnesota
- Children's Heartlink
- Children's Law Center of Minnesota
- City of Hope
- Church of St. Anne - St. Joseph Education Foundation
- Church of the Holy Trinity
- Concord Youth Theatre
- Conflict Resolution Minnesota
- Council on Crime and Justice
- Danny's Place Youth Center
- Disability Rights Legal Center
- Duke University School of Law
- Foundation of the Association of Legal Administrators
- Friends of Children
- Friends of Fawnskin
- Friends of the Parks and Trails of St. Paul and Ramsey County
- Friends of the St. Paul Public Library Fund for the Legal Aid Society
- Georgetown Alumni Club of BostonGeorgia Shakespeare Festival
- Grobanites for Charity, Inc.
- Growth & Justice
- Guthrie Theater
- Hamline School of Law
- Harvard Law School California Club
- Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
- Hills & Falls Cooperative Preschool Holy Cross Varsity Club
- Inver Hills Community College
- Izaak Walton League of America, Bush Lake Chapter
- Izaak Walton League of America, Minnesota Division
- Lake Shore Inn Nursing Home
- Lawrence University
- Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- Leaf Lakes Area Association
- Legal Aid
- Legal Marketing Association
- Legal Rights Center
- Lenox Foundation
- Loan Repayment Assistance Program of Minnesota
- Los Angeles Conservancy
- Loyola Law School
- Marengo 8 LLC Homeowners Association
- Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance
- Midtown Farmers' Market
- Minneapolis Foundation
- Minneapolis Jewish Day School
- Minneapolis North Community YMCA
- Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights
- Minnesota Association for Justice
- Minnesota Early Learning Foundation
- Minnesota Historical Society
- Minnesota Justice Foundation
- Minnesota Lavender Bar Association
- Minnesota Lavender Bar Foundation
- Minnesota Legal Administrators Association
- Minnesota Orchestral Association
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society
- Minnesota Waldorf School
- Minnesota Women Lawyers
- Mississippi River Fund
- MIT Club of Minnesota
- Model Cities of Saint Paul
- Mount Zion Hebrew Congregation
- Mount Olympus Property Owners Association
- Mountaingate Open Space Maintenance Association
- Nokomis East Neighborhood Association
- Normandale Lutheran Church Foundation
- North Community YMCA
- North Hennepin Community College
- Northern Lights Greyhound Adoption
- Odwin School
- Orange County Forum
- Oromo-American Citizens Counsel
- Page Education Foundation
- Pangea World Theater Board
- Pearl Improvement and Recreation Council
- Pelican Isle Yacht Club
- Planned Parenthood of Georgia
- Prince of Peace Church
- Profound Sports Tri Team
- Project Rise
- Public Counsel
- Public Justice
- RAND Institute for Civil Justice
- Resources for Child Caring
- Saint Paul Police Foundation
- San Bernardino National Forest Association
- Sandbox Theatre
- Sholom Community Alliance
- Sholom Foundation
- Sieff Family Foundation
- Southdale YMCA
- Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services
- Southwestern University School of Law
- SPIN
- St. Paul Parks Conservancy Board
- St. Paul Public Schools Foundation
- St. Thomas Academy
- The Advocates for Human Rights
- The Institute of Theological and Interdisciplinary Studies
- Tulane Maritime Law Journal
- Tufts Medical Center
- Twin Cities Diversity in Practice
- United Cerebral Palsy of Minnesota
- United Jewish Fund and Council of St. Paul
- University of Minnesota Foundation
- University of Minnesota Law Review
- University of Minnesota Law School
- University of St. Thomas
- University of St. Thomas School of Law
- USA Cares, Inc.
- Valley Family Center
- VSA arts of Minnesota
- Western Center on Law & Poverty
- William Mitchell College of Law
- Women's Lunch Place
- YMCA Camp Warren
- YMCA of Metropolitan Minneapolis
- YouthPride YWCA of Minneapolis
Click on this link to read our full Community Service Report.
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