Children’s Rights in the

Minnesota Juvenile Justice System

Judge Kathryn L. Quaintance

Thursday, March 16, 2006

12:00 - 1:00 P.M.

Faegre & Benson LLP

The Century Room

2200 Wells Fargo Center ■ 90 South Seventh Street ■ Minneapolis, MN 55402

Please RSVP to Amy Beier at Minnesota Advocates by noon on Tuesday, March 14

(612) 341-3302 ext. 118 or abeier@mnadvocates.org.

Lunch will be provided for those who RSVP. Application will be made for one CLE credit.

Biographic Information                                                                                                                           

Judge Kathryn L. Quaintance was appointed to the Hennepin County bench in October 2000. She was assigned to Juvenile Court, hearing Delinquency and Child Protection cases, from 2002-2005. Prior to her appointment she was a prosecutor with the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office for 11 years where she tried more than 50 cases including homicide, domestic violence, child abuse and sex offenses. Judge Quaintance is currently a member of the Hennepin County Fatality Review Project and is a past co-chair(2004) of the Hennepin County Bar Association’s Juvenile Law Section. She also chaired a multi-disciplinary committee on juvenile mental health issues. 

The bi-monthly Children's Human Rights Speaker Series will be held throughout 2006 and 2007.

Lectures are free and open to the public (registration required).