Alexander A. Boni-Saenz

We are considering both!

Careers The University of Minnesota Law School is seeking applicants for a tenure-track or tenured faculty position to teach a clinic in the areas of immigration and human rights. The position will begin in fall 2026.The faculty member will join the James H. Binger Center for New Americans (BCNA), a comprehensive immigration and human rights law center housed within the University of Minnesota Law Clinics. The BCNA, which opened its doors in 2013, is fully endowed thanks to a $25 million philanthropic donation, the largest in the Law School’s history. Its unique collaborative model, designed in partnership with leading local law firms and nonprofit organizations working with immigrant populations, makes the Binger Center a bulwark of immigration advocacy and litigation in Minnesota and around the country. More information about the BCNA can be found at https://law.umn.edu/james-h-binger-center-new-americans.Minnesota Law’s clinical program is one of the oldest, largest, and most innovative in American legal education. The majority of J.D. students take one of approximately 25 clinics across a wide range of topics. Four of these clinics are housed within the BCNA and cover areas such as asylum, detainee rights, federal immigration litigation, and rural immigrant access. Students usually enroll in clinics as 2Ls, and many continue as 3Ls in student director positions that deepen their professional development and provide them opportunities to serve in a “senior associate” role. Nine full-time faculty members work with adjunct instructors, clinical fellows, specialized staff, and student clinic directors to ensure an excellent educational experience for students and the highest level of service for clients. More information about the clinical program can be found at https://law.umn.edu/minnesota-law-clinics.We strongly encourage applications from people of color, women, individuals with disabilities, members of the LGBTQ+ community, veterans, and people with varied intellectual or methodological approaches. The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity employer.Title: Associate Professor or Professor.Appointment: This is a full-time, 9-month tenure-track or tenured appointment.Rank upon hire and salary will depend on qualifications. The salary range for this job is:• entry level - $155,000 - $170,000• junior laterals typically range from $170,000 - $200,000, and• very senior laterals up to $280,000 annually.

Second, a tenure-track clinical position in the areas of immigration & human rights in the Binger Center for New Americans, a fully endowed comprehensive immigration & human rights law center housed within the Minnesota Law Clinics.

Hiring announcement here: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/369...

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Careers Rank upon hire and salary will depend on qualifications. The salary range for this job is: • entry level - $155,000 - $170,000• junior laterals typically range from $170,000 - $200,000, and • very senior laterals up to $280,000 annually.

First, several doctrinal tenure-track positions, with curricular needs in civil procedure; evidence; professional responsibility; health law; immigration; international law; and Native American law.

Hiring announcement here: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/369...

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Minnesota Law (@umnlawschool.bsky.social) is hiring! Two types of positions: one doctrinal and one clinical (but both tenure-track). I am on both of the Hiring Committees this year, and I am happy to answer all of your questions. Come join our fantastic faculty in the Twin Cities!
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Thank you!

ALI logo; Prof. Alex Boni-Saenz, Elected Member of The American Law Institute

@abonisaenz.bsky.social has been elected as a member of the American Law Institute (ALI). Boni-Saenz's scholarship focuses on age as a socio-legal category, legal issues in aging, and theoretical and doctrinal questions in inheritance law.
Congratulations, Prof. Boni-Saenz!
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Excited to join the @ali-org.bsky.social, along with a great cohort of elected members! law.umn.edu/news/2025-07...

A White Nationalist Wrote a Law School Paper Promoting Racist Views. It Won Him an Award.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/u...

Exclusive: Harvard Law Review Axes 85 Percent of Submissions Using Race-Conscious Rubric, Documents Show When the Washington Free Beacon published documents showing how the Harvard Law Review selects articles based on race, the law review insisted those documents had been taken out of context.

A couple of thoughts on this sensationalist article:
(1) The vast majority of instances of "consideration of protected traits" is references to citation diversity
(2) There are many such references in these memos b/c the rubric solitics a discussion of diversity 🧵
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BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE 775 LAW PROFESSORS IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND DECLARATORY AND PERMANENT INJUNCTIVE RELIEF | Stanford Law School Amici 775 law professors submit this brief in support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment and Declaratory and Permanent Injunctive Relief (th

Proud to sign on to this law professor amicus brief challenging the administration’s assault on law firms. law.stanford.edu/publications...

Opinion | How Skadden Arps Alumni Are Challenging the Firm’s Leaders Over Trump Three months into the Trump administration, it is clear that many of the Americans refusing to back down or stay silent are ordinary people.

Proud to have signed on to this letter with other Skadden Fellows! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/o...

A good resource for students deciding where they might want to work.

US law school deans sign letter condemning Trump sanctions on law firms The deans of 79 US law schools issued a joint letter on Wednesday condemning US President Donald Trump's efforts to sanction law firms and lawyers, warning that such actions violate the US Constitutio...

Proud that my Dean signed on to this! Did yours? www.jurist.org/news/2025/03...

Trump Suffers Day of Losses in His Retribution Campaign Against Law Firms The president said the firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom had agreed to provide $100 million in pro bono work on issues that he supports.

As a Skadden Fellow, and as a signatory to the Skadden Fellow letter urging them not to do this, I am deeply disappointed. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/b...

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Today in #propertylaw: negotiating over easements!

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Today in Wills & Trusts: fraud, duress, and will contests! #estatelaw

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Today in #propertylaw: nuisance of light and air!

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Today in #propertylaw: nuisance!

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Today in Wills & Trusts: insane delusion! #estatelaw

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Today in #propertylaw: our first negotiation problem!

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Today in Wills & Trusts: capacity! #estatelaw

We'll diverge again after tomorrow I think!

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Today in #propertylaw: adverse possession!

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I have finally sent my Essay on Age, Law, and Economic Inequality out to law reviews! I hope some 2Ls are interested in a law and political economy approach to age and the labor market! #LRSubmissions

Today in #propertylaw: antidiscrimination laws and homelessness!

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Today in Wills & Trusts: revocation! #estatelaw

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Today in #propertylaw: trespass!

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Today in Wills & Trusts: harmless error! #estatelaw

Myriad Genetics and eBay v MercExchange!