July 2025 Group 37 Meeting

Meeting Notes and Agenda

Google Doc - Group 37 Meeting Agenda

Regular Meeting 2-3pm CDT

Introductions - Letter Writing action - be ready to write!

News/Events

IOPT - Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Close Guantanamo

Tabling

MMIW - Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

Death Penalty

Philippines

Lobbying

Guest Speakers - 3-4pm CDT

Trinity Fritz Lawrence and Leen Mortada - Recipients of Group 37's Human Rights Center Fellowships for Summer 2025

We'll have 30 minute presentations on their Fellowship work this Summer.  

Trinity Fritz Lawrence is an incoming 3L, originally from Minnesota. Her main focus is International Law, specifically International Criminal Law and Human Rights. This summer, she is working for Partners in Justice International (PJI), where she will be assisting the organization in every aspect of its work. PJI’s mission is to partner with local practitioners to assist them in accessing international criminal justice. Trinity hopes that this experience will help her gain a greater understanding of the practice of international criminal law from a perspective that empowers the people seeking to serve justice and the victims of grave international crimes.

At UMN Law, Trinity also works as a research assistant to Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin and has been a student attorney with the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Clinic. She continues to do volunteer work for the ICWA Law Center. Next year, she will be participating in the Human Rights Litigation and Advocacy Clinic, in addition to competing on the Giles Rich Intellectual
Property Moot Court Competition Team. A fun fact about Trinity is that she is also the director of the 2026 Theatre of the Relatively Talentless production!

Leen Mortada is an incoming 2L, originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her passion lies in advocating for people who face injustice, whether in the criminal legal system or through civil rights violations. She is deeply committed to using the law as a tool for justice and equity, especially for communities that have been historically marginalized or targeted. This summer, she will be working in the Civil Rights Department at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Leen is excited to gain hands-on experience in civil litigation and policy advocacy, and to deepen her understanding of how civil rights work can empower individuals and communities. She hopes this experience will help her explore how legal strategies can be used to protect people’s First Amendment rights. 

At UMN Law, Leen is involved with the National Lawyers Guild, the Muslim Law Student Association, Women of Color Collective, and the Asylum Law Project. A fun fact is that Leen has a growing list of the best coffee shops to work at in Minneapolis!