Valerie Jensen Named Executive Director Twin Cities Diversity in Practice
Sep 20, 2007
Minneapolis (September 2007) - Twin Cities Diversity in Practice is pleased to announce that Valerie Jensen has joined the organization as its Executive Director.
Valerie returns to the Twin Cities from Valparaiso University School of Law in Indiana, where she was the Executive Director of Career Planning. Prior to her move to Indiana, Valerie was the Associate Dean for Multicultural Affairs at William Mitchell College of Law. During that time, Valerie was named one of 15 "Attorneys of the Year," by Minnesota Lawyer, for her efforts in promoting and supporting diversity and diverse attorneys in the Twin Cities area. While at William Mitchell, she also taught a seminar on Race and the Law, legal writing, academic support and exam writing workshops and served as director of the National CLEO Programs Summer Institute held at William Mitchell. Valerie was an active member of Minnesota Black Lawyers Association (MABL), Minnesota State Bar Association and the Minority Bar Summit. Before assuming her role at William Mitchell, Valerie worked for the Ramsey County Attorney's Office, the Minnesota Supreme Court and the Minnesota Department of Public Safety. Valerie was born and raised in Minnesota. She is a graduate of William Mitchell College of Law and Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota.
"We are very excited to have Valerie with our organization," states B. Todd Jones, Co-Chair of Twin Cities Diversity in Practice. "She brings a wealth of experience and will be a strong asset to Twin Cities Diversity in Practice as well as the legal community."
About Twin Cities Diversity in Practice
Twin Cities Diversity in Practice is an association of law firms and corporate legal departments with a single mission: to support the efforts of its members to attract, recruit, advance and retain attorneys of color in the Twin Cities legal community. Diversity in Practice is also dedicated to promoting the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul as a great place for attorneys of color to develop professionally and personally.
Corporate members include 3M; Ameriprise Financial Inc.; Best Buy Co., Inc.; Cargill, Inc.; Ecolab Inc.; General Mills; Medtronic, Inc.; MoneyGram International, Inc.; Target Corporation; Travelers; U.S. Bank; and Wells Fargo & Company.
Law Firm members include Bowman and Brooke LLP; Briggs and Morgan, P.A.; Dorsey & Whitney LLP; Faegre & Benson LLP; Fish & Richardson P.C., P.A.; Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.; Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.; Gray Plant Mooty; Larson • King, LLP; Leonard, Street and Deinard; Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P.; Littler Mendelson, P.C.; Merchant & Gould, P.C.; Moss & Barnett; Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP; Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.; Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.; Zelle, Hofmann, and Voelbel, Mason & Gette LLP.
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