Attention students and other job seekers! MLBA is kicking off a series of lunch-hour career conversations with a variety of LGBTQIA+ legal professionals. Our first event, featuring the Honorable Christian Sande, will be on October 21st from 12 to 1 pm via Zoom.
Judge Christian Sande (he/him/his) is a District Court Judge in Hennepin County. He was appointed by Governor Mark Dayton in 2016 and elected in 2018. He was assigned to Criminal Court from 2016 to 2017 and Family Court from 2017 to August 2020. In August 2020, he is assigned to Civil Court with a suburban criminal court rotation. He also serves on the Court’s Facilities and Security Committee and was a member of the State Canvassing Board for the 2020 Presidential Primary. Prior to becoming a judge, he was in private practice at his own law firm and at Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP, where he worked primarily in class action antitrust litigation, securities fraud arbitration, and election law. He was a member of the Minnesota Campaign Finance & Public Disclosure Board from 2013 to 2016, and has been a GED tutor at the Open Door Learning Center and a volunteer judge for the Minnesota State Bar Association High School Mock Trial program. He is a graduate of Hamline University and William Mitchell College of Law.
To sign-up, please email charlie.johnson@mitchellhamline.edu. A link to the event will be shared with you.