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Mitchell Hamline legal fellow stars in new play about Minnesota’s prison system

Posted: May 17, 2022
Noelle Faye spends her days helping current and recent prison inmates get free legal aid through Mitchell Hamline’s Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners (LAMP) and Reentry clinics. But recently, her free time has been spent at rehearsals for a new play in Minneapolis that draws on the experiences of people in the state’s prison system. …

Mitchell Hamline legal fellow stars in new play about Minnesota’s prison system

A voice for change: Alum seeks to destigmatize criminality

Posted: September 14, 2021
Nadine Graves ’17 understands firsthand the collateral consequences of a criminal past. She had plans to become a nurse and worked as a nursing assistant until she was convicted for felony marijuana possession as a juvenile. “I was misled to believe that a “friend” was having soccer jerseys shipped to my house and it turned …

A voice for change: Alum seeks to destigmatize criminality

Joint statement from Mitchell Hamline on the Chauvin trial verdict

Posted: April 21, 2021
The following is a letter sent to the Mitchell Hamline community on Wednesday by the undersigned leaders below: Dear students, staff, and faculty — For many of us, Tuesday’s guilty verdicts in the Derek Chauvin trial provided a feeling of relief and a moment to breathe. For many, the verdicts also shined a light on …

Joint statement from Mitchell Hamline on the Chauvin trial verdict

Joint statement from Mitchell Hamline School of Law on Daunte Wright

Posted: April 12, 2021
The following is a letter sent to the Mitchell Hamline community on Monday by the undersigned leaders below:   Dear students, staff, and faculty: Daunte Wright should be alive. Yesterday he was killed at the hands of local law enforcement in our community. The tragedy of another Black man killed at the hands of police …

Joint statement from Mitchell Hamline School of Law on Daunte Wright

Community input sought on new project to reduce systemic racism in criminal justice system

Posted: April 7, 2021
The death of George Floyd in police custody last year focused the world’s attention on a longstanding issue in Minnesota: systemic racism in the criminal justice system. Beginning later this month, residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul will have an opportunity to shape a project that aims to reduce the racial disparities that exist in …

Community input sought on new project to reduce systemic racism in criminal justice system