Breakfast at Blake: Reunion Edition

The reunion edition of our popular Breakfast at Blake speaker series features our 2026 Outstanding Alumna Award recipient Amy Bergquist '86. Bergquist is is associate program director of the International Justice Program at The Advocates for Human Rights, a nonprofit that represents people in the Upper Midwest who are seeking asylum, detained by immigration, unaccompanied children or trafficking victims.

Bergquist clerked for the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, the Honorable William A. Fletcher of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the Honorable John R. Tunheim, district judge of the District of Minnesota. She was an associate at Faegre & Benson, LLP. While in law school, Bergquist served as editor-in-chief of the Minnesota Law Review. Before attending law school, she worked for 11 years at Minneapolis South High School, where she taught social studies and Russian and coached debate and speech.

Bergquist received her law degree summa cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School, graduating order of the coif and receiving the William B. Lockhart Award for Excellence in Scholarship, Leadership and Service. She graduated magna cum laude from Amherst College with a degree in political science and received her teaching certification through Macalester College. Q&A follows the presentation. A complimentary breakfast will be served.

Blake campus, Dining Commons

Questions? Please contact Tracy Patil at tpatil@blakeschool.org or call 952-988-3440 with any registration questions.

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