Legal Practice Center
The heart of the Mitchell Experience
Building blocks of the LPC
Community Partners
The Advocates for Human Rights- The Advocates for Human Rights is a non-governmental, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to the promotion and protection of internationally recognized human rights. With the help of the more than 600 active volunteers who contribute an estimated $3.4 million annually of in-kind services, The Advocates documents human rights abuses, advocates on behalf of individual victims, educates on human rights issues, and provides training and technical assistance to address and prevent human rights violations.
DARTS- DARTS, a volunteer-based organization, works with others to pioneer and deliver high-quality services that support the full participation of seniors and all generations in community life.
Faegre & Benson- Public service programs at William Mitchell College of Law are funded, in part, by the Faegre & Benson Public Service Endowment.
- Guzmán Law Firm
- Guzmán Law Firm sends potential clients to the Legal Planning Clinic for Tax-Exempt Organizations and Low Income Clients (formerly Tax Planning Clinic). Lori L. Guzmán '98 also supervises in the clinic.
- Housing Alliance Law Office (HALO)
- Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services (SMRLS) partnered with the City of St. Paul, The 3M Company (Minnesota's largest employer), Briggs & Morgan (St. Paul's largest law firm), William Mitchell College of Law, and VISTA to launch the Housing Alliance Law Office (HALO) to ensure access to safe, habitable, and affordable housing by low-income tenants.
Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota- The Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to provide quality immigration legal services and law-related education to meet the steadily increasing needs of Minnesota's growing immigrant and refugee communities. It works to support a fair and just immigration process that keeps the American dream alive, embodies the rule of law, and strengthens families and communities across Minnesota.
- Minnesota Disability Law Center
- The Minnesota Disability Law Center (MDLC) addresses the unique legal needs of persons with disabilities.
A statewide project, MDLC provides free civil legal assistance to individuals with disabilities on legal issues that are related to their disabilities.
- Changing lives
- Changing attitudes
- Changing systems
Northeast Community Development Corporation- The Northeast Community Development Corporation's mission is to promote the economic development of Northeast Minneapolis
in a manner that furthers the interests of both residents and businesses.
Otto Bremer Foundation- The Community Development Clinic is funded in part by the Otto Bremer Foundation.
Pohlad Family Foundation- The mission of the Carl and Eloise Pohlad Family Foundation is to improve the lives of economically disadvantaged children and youth and participate in projects that positively impact the quality of life in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area.
Southern Minnesota Regional
Legal Services (SMRLS)- SMRLS providea a full range of high quality legal services to low income persons and eligible client groups in civil matters, in a respectful manner which enables clients to:
- enforce their legal rights;
- obtain effective access to the courts, administrative agencies and forums which constitute our system of justice;
- maintain freedom from hunger, homelessness, sickness and abuse;
- empower persons and assure equal opportunity, thus, helping people to help themselves and become economically self-reliant, to the extent their individual abilities and circumstances permit.
Volunteer Lawyers Network- Established in 1966, VLN's mission is to advise and represent economically disadvantaged people with legal problems through volunteer attorneys and without charge to the clients.
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