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“It’s possible.” A paralegal’s journey working and attending law school

Posted: February 27, 2023
Kerry Slick had long thought about going back to school but was undecided until she became a paralegal at the Hennepin County Attorney’s office. That work helped finalize her decision to attend law school. Using her four-year degree in human services, Slick began in the child protection division of the office. She started as an …

“It’s possible.” A paralegal’s journey working and attending law school

New Mitchell Hamline clinic tackles wrongful convictions and sentences in Minnesota

Posted: September 12, 2022
A new clinic at Mitchell Hamline is giving students the opportunity to work with a unit of the Minnesota Attorney General’s office that is investigating cases of people possibly being wrongfully convicted. This fall is the first time the Wrongful Conviction and Sentencing Clinic is being offered. Eight students have enrolled for the inaugural course. …

New Mitchell Hamline clinic tackles wrongful convictions and sentences in Minnesota

One paralegal’s journey from New Orleans to Texas to Mitchell Hamline

Posted: August 18, 2022
Brandy Johnson has wanted to be an attorney since she was seven. But with a family to raise, she instead started her career elsewhere in the legal profession. Her first legal assistant job came after advocating for her spouse when he suffered a workplace injury. The attorney representing them offered Johnson a job. That was …

One paralegal’s journey from New Orleans to Texas to Mitchell Hamline

Mitchell Hamline student named to Interior Department committee on place names

Posted: August 16, 2022
A Mitchell Hamline student has been named as one of 17 members of a federal advisory group that will help identify and recommend changes to derogatory names used for places throughout the country. Kiana Carlson (Ahtna Kohtaene, Taltsiine; Native Village of Cantwell, Alaska) learned she was named to the Department of the Interior’s Advisory Committee …

Mitchell Hamline student named to Interior Department committee on place names

Paralegal found path to attorney through Mitchell Hamline

Posted: July 18, 2022
After earning an undergraduate degree in paralegal studies and working in the field for six years, Sawyer Lyn Imrie (Hennlich) wondered if her goal of becoming an attorney had passed. “I felt comfortable with my paralegal career,” said Imrie. “But I was thinking about law school back in high school and here I wasn’t sure …

Paralegal found path to attorney through Mitchell Hamline