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Professor Colbert wins Outstanding Service Award from Minnesota Justice Foundation

Posted: September 6, 2022
Mitchell Hamline professor Brad Colbert ‘85 is one of six people being recognized by the Minnesota Justice Foundation. The organization is honoring Colbert with its Legal Services award for his years of work to increase access to justice for people impacted by incarceration. “For years, Brad has provided important direct services while inspiring countless students to …

Professor Colbert wins Outstanding Service Award from Minnesota Justice Foundation

Mitchell Hamline clinic helps win reprieve in case over reincarcerating inmates

Posted: August 15, 2022
Mitchell Hamline’s Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners (LAMP) Clinic, along with the ACLU of Minnesota and the Clemency Clinic at the University of Minnesota Law School, obtained an order from a Ramsey County judge last week that will prevent, for now, the reincarceration of 18 people. The 18 were among 158 who had won conditional …

Mitchell Hamline clinic helps win reprieve in case over reincarcerating inmates

First student to attend law school from prison will attend Mitchell Hamline

Posted: June 13, 2022
Mitchell Hamline School of Law and All Square partner in Prison to Law Pipeline program Mitchell Hamline School of Law will welcome Maureen Onyelobi into its juris doctor program this fall, making Mitchell Hamline the first ABA-approved law school in the country to educate currently incarcerated individuals. It’s a moment nearly three years in the …

First student to attend law school from prison will attend Mitchell Hamline

Kate Kruse, Natalie Netzel named co-directors of Mitchell Hamline clinics

Posted: April 19, 2022
When Natalie Netzel was deciding which law school to attend, she kept coming back to the school that promised her “practical wisdom” that would make her ready to practice when she graduated. A large part of the pull was the clinical education that would give her real-world legal experience while still in law school. Ten …

Kate Kruse, Natalie Netzel named co-directors of Mitchell Hamline clinics

Recent graduate wins Outstanding Clinic Student Award for work with imprisoned Minnesotans

Posted: July 27, 2021
Recent Mitchell Hamline graduate Claire Beyer ‘21 has won an Outstanding Clinic Student award from the Clinical Legal Education Association. Beyer worked for 18 months in the school’s Reentry and LAMP: Legal Assistance for Minnesota Prisoners clinics. During that time, she filed, argued, and won three criminal record expungements. “Claire represented several clients in expungement …

Recent graduate wins Outstanding Clinic Student Award for work with imprisoned Minnesotans