Marin Maxwell

Marin Maxwell is a 2026 graduate of the Mitchell Hamline School of Law. Marin went to law school with the intent to become an immigration lawyer, and immigration law was her main focus in law school. While studying at the University of Minnesota, Marin became interested in immigration law and interned at the International Institute of Minnesota. During this internship, she was able to use her Spanish speaking skills while helping refugees file green card applications and applications for work permits.

After beginning law school, Marin became interested in family-based, humanitarian, and removal defense cases. She volunteered during her first year of law school at the Volunteer Lawyers Network Pro-Se Asylum Clinic in Minneapolis. During Marin’s first summer of law school she was able to complete a Minnesota Justice Summer Fellowship with the Immigration Law Center of Minnesota (ILCM). Marin’s summer fellowship at ILCM primarily focused on assisting with U-Visa and VAWA applications as well as detained and non-detained removal defense cases. Following her time at ILCM, Marin worked as a law clerk at Zimmer Law Group LLC where she stayed till the end of her law school career. As a law clerk at Zimmer Law Group LLC, Marin worked primarily on humanitarian based cases specifically preparing legal writing and legal research for asylum based cases. At Feist Law, Marin has expanded her scope of practice to include employment-based immigration and federal litigation.

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Also during law school, Marin was involved with the Legal Association of Women Students, first as a member, and later as the president for the 2025-2026 academic year.