{"id":11935,"date":"2017-04-27T10:08:42","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T15:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/?p=11935"},"modified":"2017-04-27T10:08:53","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T15:08:53","slug":"first-year-students-volunteer-2820-hours-in-new-launch-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/2017\/04\/27\/first-year-students-volunteer-2820-hours-in-new-launch-program\/","title":{"rendered":"First-year students volunteer 2,820 hours in new LAUNCH program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mitchell Hamline is helping students serve the community and get experience working with\u00a0clients starting on their first day of law school.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11940\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/DSC06077.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11940\" class=\"wp-image-11940 size-medium\" src=\"\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/DSC06077-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"President and Dean Mark Gordon\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/DSC06077-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/DSC06077-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/DSC06077-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/DSC06077.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President and Dean Mark Gordon<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A new program called LAUNCH, a joint effort with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnjustice.org\/\">Minnesota Justice Foundation<\/a>, connects first-year students with dozens of social service partners.<\/p>\n<p>In its first year, the program turned in some impressive numbers:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li>104 students, 31 percent of the fall 2016 incoming class, took part in LAUNCH<\/li>\n<li>Students served more than 1,000 clients<\/li>\n<li>Students logged 2,820 hours of public interest pro-bono work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mitchell Hamline honored the students&#8217; achievements, and the work of MJF and its social service partners, during a celebration Tuesday, April 25, at the school.<\/p>\n<p>President and Dean\u00a0<strong>Mark Gordon\u00a0<\/strong>congratulated those involved for being pioneers, and he expressed enthusiasm for the program&#8217;s future.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11947\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/mjf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11947\" class=\"wp-image-11947 size-medium\" src=\"\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/mjf-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Susan Morrow '98 (HUSL)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/mjf-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/mjf-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/04\/mjf-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Susan Morrow &#8217;98 (HUSL)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We know it&#8217;s only going to get better and grow,&#8221; Gordon said.<\/p>\n<p>MJF staff attorney Susan Morrow &#8217;98 (HUSL) worked with first-year students to coordinate volunteer opportunities around\u00a0their academic schedules. Morrow told students they not only helped the community but also earned valuable legal experience.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We really hope that you continue with experiential learning now that you&#8217;re heading into your second year,&#8221; she said. &#8220;There&#8217;s going to be a whole host of opportunities for you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Students in the LAUNCH program helped clients create\u00a0estate planning documents and fill out marriage dissolution papers, participated in restorative justice efforts, and conducted client intake duties, among other activities.<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell Hamline students who provide 150 hours of pro-bono work during law school will wear\u00a0a gold honor braid during their graduation ceremony. A few of the students in the LAUNCH program have already earned that honor in their first year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mitchell Hamline is helping students serve the community and get experience working with\u00a0clients starting on their first day of law school. A new program called LAUNCH, a joint effort with the Minnesota Justice Foundation, connects first-year students with dozens of social service partners. In its first year, the program turned in some impressive numbers: 104 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/2017\/04\/27\/first-year-students-volunteer-2820-hours-in-new-launch-program\/\" class=\"more-link\">First-year students volunteer 2,820 hours in new LAUNCH program<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4909,"featured_media":11940,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11935","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-features","8":"category-news","9":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4909"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}