Public Interest Faculty
  • Mary Patricia Byrn  Constitutional Law - Liberties
  • Link Christin  Evidence
  • Sarah Deer  Professional Responsibility
  • Diane Dube  Clinic - Community Development Clinic, Clinic - Community Development Clinic, Civil Advocacy Clinic
  • Sharon Fischlowitz  Poverty Law
  • Jon Geffen  Advocacy , Poverty Law
  • Carolyn Grose  Advocacy
  • Roger Haydock  Advocacy , Civil Advocacy Clinic
  • Harry J. Haynsworth  Professional Responsibility
  • Eric Janus  Constitutional Law - Liberties
  • Michael Jordan  Constitutional Law - Liberties, Professional Responsibility
  • Ann Juergens  Advocacy , Professional Responsibility, Civil Advocacy Clinic
  • Roger Junnila  Immigration Law Clinic
  • Kenneth Kirwin  Constitutional Law - Liberties
  • Peter Knapp  Advocacy , Evidence, Civil Advocacy Clinic
  • Raleigh Levine  Constitutional Law - Liberties, Professional Responsibility
  • Donna Magarian  Poverty Law
  • Leslie McEvoy  ADR - Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Linda M. Mealey-Lohmann  ADR - Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Rebecca Picard  ADR - Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Tracy Reid  Advocacy
  • Judith Rush  Professional Responsibility
  • Eileen Scallen  Advocacy , Evidence
  • Madge Thorsen  ADR - Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Christine Ver Ploeg  ADR - Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Nancy Ver Steegh  ADR - Alternative Dispute Resolution , Advocacy , Poverty Law, Professional Responsibility
  • Sarah Walter  Advocacy
  • Gary A. Weissman  ADR - Alternative Dispute Resolution

    • Carolyn Grose

    Help Using Pathways

    Lawyers do work in the public interest in a wide variety of practices.  This Pathway is meant to give guidance to students who would like to prepare for work in a practice that focuses on providing services to low-income clients.  In Minnesota, there are six larger legal services programs, which combine to have office providing services throughout the state and employ in total over 150 attorneys.  There are also at least twenty additional direct services providers that target special populations and/or particular geographic areas.

    Public Interest
    Law

    The lawyers who work for these different programs practice in a wide range of areas, helping clients in matters involving public assistance, housing, employment, consumer rights, and family law.  Legal services providers also have specific projects that focus on education law, domestic violence, elder law, immigration, and disability rights.  While much of the work involves representation of individual clients, lawyers working for these public service providers may also represent community organizations and other small non-profit businesses and participate in many different community education programs.

    Public Service

    » Consider public service opportunities at William Mitchell related to this Pathway.

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