103. Purple People Adjudicator

Alan Page followed a Hall of Fame football career with the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears by completing his law degree from UMN Twin Cities and serving on the Minnesota Supreme Court for 22 years.

104. The Chief

Lorie Gildea, who graduated from UMN Morris, served as chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.

105. Legal Groundbreaker

Keith Ellison earned a UMN Twin Cities law degree before becoming the first Muslim American elected to Congress and later the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office.

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