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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 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

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

Dean Niedwiecki proctors LSAT at two Minnesota prisons

Posted: April 19, 2021
School explores offering legal education for incarcerated people Mitchell Hamline President and Dean Anthony Niedwiecki has proctored many exams in his life but never behind bars. When he administered the LSAT in two Minnesota correctional facilities earlier this month (Apr. 10 and 11), it was believed to be the first time that has happened inside …

Dean Niedwiecki proctors LSAT at two Minnesota prisons