Dorinda Wider and Riann Meyer, both staff attorneys with Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid (MMLA), were recently distinguished for their outstanding advocacy in Minnesota.

Last month, Riann Meyer, staff attorney with the Saint Cloud office of MMLA, was featured as an Up and Coming Attorney in Minnesota Lawyer. Cited for her role as the lead civil attorney for the Stearns County Domestic Violence Court, Riann was recognized for her skilled provision of advice and representation to close to 80 victims of severe violence at any one time. Read more at Minnesota Lawyer.

Dorinda Wider, staff attorney with the Minneapolis office of MMLA, will be honored next month with the 11th Anniversary Century College Gender and Social Change Award 2015. Recipients of the award have worked to embody feminist principles of social justice and to empower or increase opportunities for diverse, underrepresented groups in the community. Central to their work is the way gender intersects with race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexuality, and disability. Dorinda's 30-plus years of work to effect positive outcomes for the disadvantaged through litigation and policy advocacy clearly demonstrate the essence of everything the award seeks to highlight, and inspires others to use the law to pursue equality and social justice.