Overview
Marian Srodulski is an associate in Stoel Rives’ Litigation group. Marian’s litigation experience spans from assisting in the pleading stage of litigation by researching potential defenses of the opposing party and drafting a memo outlining possible responses to the complaint to drafting a supplemental brief for the Northern District of Texas analyzing how a newly decided U.S. Supreme Court case impacts organizational standing in a case before the court. She has researched land use issues, with a focus on unlawful takings, eminent domain, and due process violations within a watershed district.
While attending law school, Marian was a summer associate with Stoel Rives in 2023 and 2024. She served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Judge Michael J. Davis and twice to the Honorable Judge Jerry W. Blackwell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, where she contributed to researching and writing draft orders and observed courtroom proceedings across various dockets, gaining insight into federal trial practices and judicial decision-making. Marian was also a member of both the Constance Baker Motley Trial Advocacy team and the Notre Dame Religious Liberties Moot Court team during her second and third years of law school.
Education
University of St. Thomas, School of Law, J.D., 2025; Dean’s Scholar; Living the Mission Award Recipient, 2024; Justice Anne K. McKeig Student Leadership Award, 2024; Ramsey County Bar Association Diversity Scholarship, 2023, 2024; Judge Michael J. Davis Scholar
Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON, Bachelor of Commerce with a Specialization in Human Resources and Minor in Professional Communications, 2021
Experience
- Assisted a federally incarcerated client on her clemency petition through the University of St. Thomas School of Law Federal Commutations Clinic.
Affiliations
Civic
- Great North Innocence Project, Annual Innocence Benefit Committee Volunteer, 2022–2025
- Jack & Jill Mock Trial Program, volunteer, 2024 & 2025
- STANDPOINT (F/K/A Battered Women’s Legal Advocacy Project), legal writing and research assistant, 2024
- Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, volunteer research assistant, 2024
- UPLIFT: Legal Institute for Teens—Maslon LLP, St. Louis Park, MN, volunteer mock trial coach, 2022–2023
- Great North Innocence Project, research and blog posts contributor, 2022