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Jarvis Jones has been a leader in the legal community for decades, quietly improving the lives of ALL Minnesotans and building bridges across diverse communities

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Youthful Ambition Led to Jarvis Jones’ Law Career, Star Tribune

Jarvis Jones Elected First African American President of Minnesota State Bar Association (“MSBA”), Bench & Bar of Minnesota

Jarvis Jones Elected First African American President of the Hennepin County Bar Association (“HCBA”), The Hennepin Lawyer

Jarvis Jones “First African American President Elected to Head HCBA”, Minneapolis Spokesman

No-Knock Warrants targeting Hennepin County Residents of Color Only – Must End Immediately, Star Tribune, “6:48:10: What if Amir Locke was surrendering?”, dated February 9, 2022

Attorneys Jarvis Jones and Glenn Oliver Successfully Argue before the Minnesota Supreme Court That All Lawyers in the State Should be Required to Take Continuing Legal Education Classes, every three years, on “Ethics” and “Eliminating Bias” in the State, HCBA Memorandum filed with the Minnesota Supreme Court

President Jarvis Jones of Hennepin County Bar Advocates for Minnesota Bar Associations to adopt Mandatory or the “ABA Model Rule 6.1 - Voluntary Pro Bono [free] Public Services” for the poor, The Hennepin Lawyer (Subsequently, Bar Associations and the Board of Professional Conduct adopted “Rule 6.1, Pro Bono Services”)

Jarvis Jones Chairs the MSBA Task Force that addressed “Litigants who Represent Themselves”(Pro Se Litigants) issued Its Findings and Recommendations and Selected Judge Edward Toussaint and Eric Magnuson to Co-Chair the “MSBA Pro Se Implementation Committee”, MSBA Bench & Bar of Minnesota

Hennepin County Bar President Jarvis Jones Champions the Bar Association Members to Work to Ensure Adequate Funding to the Legal Services Corporation that provides Legal Services to Minnesotans Who cannot Afford Such Services, The Hennepin Lawyer )

Three Years After Graduation, Jarvis Jones is Working on One of the Largest Mass Disaster Cases in the History of The Legal System – The San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire in Puerto Rico, William Mitchell Magazine

The St. Paul-Travelers, A Fortune 200 Company, Profiles Jarvis Jones for his Leadership at the St. Paul-Travelers in “Creating a System and Process for Developing New Products from A to Z” and for His “Commitment to Diversity and Community”, The St. Paul News

Co-Chair Federal Judge Nancy Dreher and Jarvis Jones of the “HCBA - Glass Ceiling Task Force” Issue Their Report’s Recommendations and Findings that “Female, Minority Lawyers Getting Nowhere; Legal Employers in Denial”, Star Tribune

HCBA Glass Ceiling Task Force Co-Chairs Federal Judge Dreher and Jones Successfully get the Minnesota State Bar Association and the Hennepin County Bar Association to “Endorse” and “Implement” the Task Force Report’s Recommendations and Findings, MSBA in Brief

Glass Ceiling Task Force Co-Chairs Select Judge Tanya Bransford and Managing Partner Tom Garrett to Co-Chair the “HCBA Diversity Committee” responsible for Implementing the Task Force’s Recommendations, The Hennepin Lawyer

For its 100th Anniversary, William Mitchell Selects Jarvis Jones as One of Its “100 who Made a Difference” Graduating Alumni, William Mitchell college of Law

MMLA and Community Leaders Protest the Police Department’s Policy of Publicly Strip-Searching African American Men “Naked in the Street” to Search for Drugs was Ruled by the Court as “highly intrusive, offensive and unnecessary,” St. Paul Recorder

Minnesota Women Lawyers Association Invites MMLA President Jarvis Jones to Discuss How “...the women of America and all people of color share a common destiny and should and must work together as ONE....” Minnesota Woman Lawyers

Jarvis Jones and Glenn Oliver form and Introduce the “Minnesota Minority Corporate Counsel Program” to the Minnesota State Bar – A newly Developed Program Created to Provide Greater, Equal Job Opportunities for Lawyers of Color in the State of Minnesota

Minnesota Minority Corporate Counsel Program - Co-Chair Jarvis Jones and Glenn Oliver - Creates Greater Job Opportunities for Lawyers of Color in Minority-Owned Law Firms and for Lawyers of Color Working in Majority-Owned Law Firms, MSBA in Brief

Newly Elected President Jarvis Jones of the HCBA Encourages the Minnesota State Bar and the Hennepin County Bar to Open Their “Welcoming-Doors” to Diversity and to Lawyers of Color Who Feel Excluded from the Main Bar Associations, St. Paul Pioneer Press

Jarvis Jones Joins the Largest Minority-Owned Law Firm – Blackwell Igbanugo P.A. founded by Jerry Blackwell and Herbert Igbanugo - as a Shareholder and Heads the Law Firm’s Commercial Insurance Practice Group, Blackwell Igbanugo – “Legal Strategies, Business solutions”

President Jarvis Jones of the Minnesota Minority Lawyers Association (“MMLA”) testifies before the Minnesota Supreme Court’s Racial Bias Task Force Hearing on Eliminating Racial Bias in the Legal System, MSBA in Brief

President Jarvis Jones, on behalf of MMLA, awards Governor Rudy Perpich the “Diversity Award for the Decade” for his appointing more persons of color to state positions and to the judiciary than any other governor in the state’s history, Spokesman/Recorder

President Jarvis Jones of MMLA Forges a Close Working Relationship with the Minnesota State Bar and the Hennepin County Bar to ensure that MMLA’s diverse lawyers of Color “...have a Strong Presence, Voice, and Representation” on those Bar Associations’ Governing Bodies

Jarvis Jones Selected to Receive the “40 under the Age 40” Award, City Business

Minnesota Minority Lawyers Association Calls for Boycott of William Mitchell Law School for improperly De-Tenuring its only Tenured African American Professor, Minnesota Lawyer

MMLA Awards Jones, Blackwell, Sison, and Singh its Prestigious “Community Service Award” for Spearheading the MMLA Sponsored Boycott of Mitchell Law School for Improperly De-tenuring a Minority Professor, MMLA Gala Event – “Forging Ahead into the 21st Century”

Jarvis Jones: “Civil Rights III: Common Ground” and Building Bridges, Bench & Bar of Minnesota

Jarvis Jones: “Civil Rights Movement Requires Bridge-Builders – 10 Steps to becoming a Bridgebuilder”, Star Tribune

Jarvis Jones is One of Five Waldorf College Alumni to receive Waldorf’s “Alumni Distinguished Service Award” for his Service and Commitment to serving Marginalized Communities, Waldorf College News

Jarvis Jones: “Civil Rights: Take Three - In this Third and Current Phase of the Civil Rights Movement ‘Real Equality’ Is the Watchword”, Minnesota Journal of Law Politics

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Youthful Ambition Led to Jarvis Jones’ Law Career, Star Tribune

Jarvis Jones Elected First African American President of Minnesota State Bar Association (“MSBA”), Bench & Bar of Minnesota

Jarvis Jones Elected First African American President of the Hennepin County Bar Association (“HCBA”), The Hennepin Lawyer

Jarvis Jones “First African American President Elected to Head HCBA”, Minneapolis Spokesman

No-Knock Warrants targeting Hennepin County Residents of Color Only – Must End Immediately, Star Tribune, “6:48:10: What if Amir Locke was surrendering?”, dated February 9, 2022

Jarvis Jones Chairs the MSBA Task Force that addressed “Litigants who Represent Themselves”(Pro Se Litigants) issued Its Findings and Recommendations and Selected Judge Edward Toussaint and Eric Magnuson to Co-Chair the “MSBA Pro Se Implementation Committee”, MSBA Bench & Bar of Minnesota

Hennepin County Bar President Jarvis Jones Champions the Bar Association Members to Work to Ensure Adequate Funding to the Legal Services Corporation that provides Legal Services to Minnesotans Who cannot Afford Such Services, The Hennepin Lawyer )

Three Years After Graduation, Jarvis Jones is Working on One of the Largest Mass Disaster Cases in the History of The Legal System – The San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire in Puerto Rico, William Mitchell Magazine

The St. Paul-Travelers, A Fortune 200 Company, Profiles Jarvis Jones for his Leadership at the St. Paul-Travelers in “Creating a System and Process for Developing New Products from A to Z” and for His “Commitment to Diversity and Community”, The St. Paul News

Co-Chair Federal Judge Nancy Dreher and Jarvis Jones of the “HCBA - Glass Ceiling Task Force” Issue Their Report’s Recommendations and Findings that “Female, Minority Lawyers Getting Nowhere; Legal Employers in Denial”, Star Tribune

HCBA Glass Ceiling Task Force Co-Chairs Federal Judge Dreher and Jones Successfully get the Minnesota State Bar Association and the Hennepin County Bar Association to “Endorse” and “Implement” the Task Force Report’s Recommendations and Findings, MSBA in Brief

Glass Ceiling Task Force Co-Chairs Select Judge Tanya Bransford and Managing Partner Tom Garrett to Co-Chair the “HCBA Diversity Committee” responsible for Implementing the Task Force’s Recommendations, The Hennepin Lawyer

For its 100th Anniversary, William Mitchell Selects Jarvis Jones as One of Its “100 who Made a Difference” Graduating Alumni, William Mitchell college of Law

MMLA and Community Leaders Protest the Police Department’s Policy of Publicly Strip-Searching African American Men “Naked in the Street” to Search for Drugs was Ruled by the Court as “highly intrusive, offensive and unnecessary,” St. Paul Recorder

Minnesota Women Lawyers Association Invites MMLA President Jarvis Jones to Discuss How “...the women of America and all people of color share a common destiny and should and must work together as ONE....” Minnesota Woman Lawyers

Jarvis Jones and Glenn Oliver form and Introduce the “Minnesota Minority Corporate Counsel Program” to the Minnesota State Bar – A newly Developed Program Created to Provide Greater, Equal Job Opportunities for Lawyers of Color in the State of Minnesota

Minnesota Minority Corporate Counsel Program - Co-Chair Jarvis Jones and Glenn Oliver - Creates Greater Job Opportunities for Lawyers of Color in Minority-Owned Law Firms and for Lawyers of Color Working in Majority-Owned Law Firms, MSBA in Brief

Newly Elected President Jarvis Jones of the HCBA Encourages the Minnesota State Bar and the Hennepin County Bar to Open Their “Welcoming-Doors” to Diversity and to Lawyers of Color Who Feel Excluded from the Main Bar Associations, St. Paul Pioneer Press

Jarvis Jones Joins the Largest Minority-Owned Law Firm – Blackwell Igbanugo P.A. founded by Jerry Blackwell and Herbert Igbanugo - as a Shareholder and Heads the Law Firm’s Commercial Insurance Practice Group, Blackwell Igbanugo – “Legal Strategies, Business solutions”

President Jarvis Jones of the Minnesota Minority Lawyers Association (“MMLA”) testifies before the Minnesota Supreme Court’s Racial Bias Task Force Hearing on Eliminating Racial Bias in the Legal System, MSBA in Brief

President Jarvis Jones, on behalf of MMLA, awards Governor Rudy Perpich the “Diversity Award for the Decade” for his appointing more persons of color to state positions and to the judiciary than any other governor in the state’s history, Spokesman/Recorder

President Jarvis Jones of MMLA Forges a Close Working Relationship with the Minnesota State Bar and the Hennepin County Bar to ensure that MMLA’s diverse lawyers of Color “...have a Strong Presence, Voice, and Representation” on those Bar Associations’ Governing Bodies

Jarvis Jones Selected to Receive the “40 under the Age 40” Award, City Business

Minnesota Minority Lawyers Association Calls for Boycott of William Mitchell Law School for improperly De-Tenuring its only Tenured African American Professor, Minnesota Lawyer

MMLA Awards Jones, Blackwell, Sison, and Singh its Prestigious “Community Service Award” for Spearheading the MMLA Sponsored Boycott of Mitchell Law School for Improperly De-tenuring a Minority Professor, MMLA Gala Event – “Forging Ahead into the 21st Century”

Jarvis Jones: “Civil Rights III: Common Ground” and Building Bridges, Bench & Bar of Minnesota

Jarvis Jones: “Civil Rights Movement Requires Bridge-Builders – 10 Steps to becoming a Bridgebuilder”, Star Tribune

Jarvis Jones is One of Five Waldorf College Alumni to receive Waldorf’s “Alumni Distinguished Service Award” for his Service and Commitment to serving Marginalized Communities, Waldorf College News

Jarvis Jones: “Civil Rights: Take Three - In this Third and Current Phase of the Civil Rights Movement ‘Real Equality’ Is the Watchword”, Minnesota Journal of Law Politics

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