Mitchell Hamline Legal Clinics

Mitchell Hamline Legal Clinics pairs law students with professors and community leaders to serve low-income individuals. The organization maintains a total of fifteen clinics that offer legal services to qualifying individuals. These services include advocacy, representation in domestic and criminal matters, and assistance identifying potential solutions to legal issues. The Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners (LAMP) Program at Mitchell Hamline Legal Clinics provides help with all types of legal matters to prisoners. They represent incarcerated persons on civil legal issues, primarily family law, prison conditions litigation and tort defense. The clinic takes cases from the woman’s prison in Shakopee, the men’s maximum security prison in Stillwater, and the men’s medium security prison in Faribault. The Clinics are student-led to give all law students strong experiencing working with community members and applying their legal expertise for equitable justice. Some of the services that clients receive include representation during bail and plea hearings, representation in housing disputes and support for low-income renters, legal services for women exiting incarceration and representation for indigenous people in federal court. Students also offer representation and counsel for immigrants seeking asylum or facing deportation. The program is considered one of the top-rated legal clinics in the country.