As a young lawyer, she championed the poor and the voiceless. She also taught law at Hamline University for 25 years and urged her students to listen to their clients.

Just days before Angela McCaffrey, 60, died of ovarian cancer, her biggest concern was who was going to take over her classes at Hamline University Law School, where she had taught for 25 years and was director of clinics offering students practical experience in litigation, mediation and client counseling.