28 courses with the subject CLI, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
CLI 1000Resilient Practice1
This course is designed for students enrolled in a clinic or externship where they work with indigent clients or others who are likely to have experienced trauma. It will help law students recognize and mitigate the negative effects of vicarious trauma through the use of resilient practice techniques. The course will focus on the interrelationship between professional responsibility and self-care when zealously representing clients who have experienced trauma and/or are traumatized by their involvement with the legal system.Students who are enrolled in any of the following MHSL Clinics are highly encouraged to take Resilient Practice:•Child Protection Clinic•Civil Advocacy Clinic•Health Law Clinic•Immigration Clinic•Innocence Clinic•Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners•Reentry Clinic•State Public Defender Post Conviction Clinic•Wrongful Convictions and SentencingStudents in other experiential or client-facing courses are also welcome to enroll.
In this experiential clinic, students will gain a glimpse at the practice of corporate outside counsel. Students will work directly with small business clients and practicing business and corporate lawyers to provide legal guidance. Clients are referred to the clinic or selected through a scholarship application process. Students may have the opportunity to work in a variety of business law matters that affect the small business owner, including choice of business entity; drafting formation documents; contract drafting; corporate dissolution; lease negotiations; employment law matters; and non-profit incorporation. While there is attorney guidance and oversight, this is not a lecture based clinic. Pre/CoReq: LAW- 2015 Take 1 as additional PreReq: LAW- 3016 OR LAW- 3340Students may not register for more than one clinic during the same semester without the consent of both instructors. Students may participate remotely in this clinic. For students who participate remotely, this clinic is considered a distance education course and credits earned will count toward distance education courses. Students may take up to 41 credits under the 83-credit requirement (43 under the 86-credit requirement) toward their J.D. degree through courses that are designated "distance education courses."For more information about this clinic, students should consult the information on the clinic webpage: https://mitchellhamline.edu/clinics/business-law-clinic
Students will represent parents involved in the child welfare system in the district court, including trial if necessary, as a part of an interdisciplinary legal team. Student may also represent parents and kin on appeal. Law students are responsible for all aspects of their cases including client communication, drafting of court documents, all court appearances, and file maintenance. Students must be available to attend court hearings in the twin cities metro area throughout the semester. As our cases are out of Hennepin County, students who plan to work in any division of the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office cannot be simultaneously enrolled in the clinic. The seminar component focuses on substantive parent representation law, oral and written advocacy skills, interdisciplinary practice, trauma-informed lawyering, community engagement, and legal theory. This clinic is a full-year clinic that carries 3 credits per semester in the fall and spring. PreReq: LAW- 2015
Students take full responsibility for representing clients under the close supervision of faculty. The course focuses on the challenges of representing real people in real matters in an ethical, reflective, and creative way. Goals include developing a critical understanding of legal process and a contextual understanding of clients’ legal problems. Students interview and counsel clients, investigate facts, negotiate disputes, prepare trial memos and motions, and conduct administrative hearings and court trials. Cases cover a variety of subject areas, including landlord-tenant, unemployment compensation, employment, and consumer matters. The current affordable housing crisis has led to some focus on housing matters, including policy research and recommendations to neighborhood organizations and the City of St. Paul. Students meet weekly in seminar and also meet individually with faculty for supervision. Some required activities (such as court appearances, investigation, and community meetings) take place during normal business hours, but most students are able to combine this clinic's work with their own employment and care-giving responsibilities. PreReq: LAW- 2015 Take 1 as additional PreReq: LAW- 2002, LAW 2002, LAW- 2003
The Economic Inclusion Clinic is designed to give students experience in both transactional law and with some exposure to litigation as it pertains to preparation and evidence gathering for economic discrimination cases brought by impact litigation co-counsel. The EIC would focus various areas where there are disparities in access to opportunities, including but not limited to the following: · Financial Literacy Segment. This area would focus on the legal aspects of financial literacy. While I have found multiple organizations providing financial literacy covering what banks are looking for, I have yet to find materials that focus on the legal perspective, i.e., what banks are allowed to actually do and what many claim they are required by law to do. Students would provide financial literacy either in the form of one-on-one legal counsel, or community Know Your Rights workshops, in tandem with community-based partners who would organize workshops with grassroots partners that would recruiting the attendees and clients. Students would also draft model legislation. All deliverables would be combined and shared on the EIC’s website. Students would learn Dodd-Frank laws and regs, get client experience teaching legal workshops, and legislative experience drafting statutes and working with lobbyists and legislatures. · Mortgage Discrimination litigation. The DOJ recently announced a campaign to tackle racial discrimination in mortgage lending. The clinic could work in tandem with this campaign to counsel clients and assist in fact gathering. This would give the students experience both in litigation and transactional law. · Social Entrepreneurship counseling and support. This piece would focus on working with potential existing social enterprises in structuring deals, or those needing legal counsel who are interested in undergoing B-labs certification, state benefit corporation incorporation, or forming as another hybrid business org structures with a double bottom line. Essentially, it would provide the students transactional legal experience working for businesses or nonprofits with a double bottom line of being financially sustainable while addressing an important community-based issue. This clinic is by consent of the instructor. Contact Professor Kim Vu-Dinh kim.vu-dinh@mitchellhamline.edu for pre-approval. Students may not register for more than one clinic during the same semester without the consent of both instructors. Students may participate remotely in this clinic, except for the in-person orientation. For students who participate remotely, this clinic is considered a distance education course and credits earned will count toward distance education courses. Students may take up to 41 credits under the 83-credit requirement (43 under the 86-credit requirement) toward their J.D. degree through courses that are designated "distance education courses." For more information about this clinic, students should consult the information on the clinic webpage: https://mitchellhamline.edu/clinics/economic- inclusion-clinic/ A three-day orientation will be required for this clinic; exact details will be provided in the applicant interview. PreReq: LAW- 2015
Students will represent employees claiming employment discrimination who have been referred to mediation proceedings. In a unique collaboration with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, students help solve real clients' problems through alternatives to litigation. The clinic also provides an introduction to employment law practice and procedures. For more information about this clinic, students should consult the information on the clinic webpage: https://mitchellhamline.edu/clinics/employment-discrimination-mediation-representation-clinic/ PreReq: LAW- 2015
This clinic offers students the opportunity to represent individuals whose health is being affected by a legal concern. Because there are many social determinants of health, the clinic handles a wide range of case types. Students will gain experience in interviewing, counseling, and litigating client matters and interacting with health providers at a community health center. Students may not register for more than one clinic during the same semester without the consent of both instructors. For more information about this clinic, students should consult the information on the clinic webpage: https://mitchellhamline.edu/clinics/health-law-clinic/ PreReq: LAW- 2015
Students represent indigent clients in administrative proceedings before U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, U.S. Consulates, Executive Office for Immigration Review and the Federal Court. Cases concern the immigration status of non-citizens. Students interview and counsel clients, research laws and regulations, write briefs, prepare application filings, prepare for hearings, and act as trial counsel at evidentiary hearings. Heavy emphasis is placed upon active representation of clients and cases that present novel and interesting issues of law and fact. Some required activities, such as court appearances and interviews, take place during normal business hours. This clinic may be taken for 2 or 3 credits. Registration is by consent of the instructor. Email a cover letter, resume, and unofficial law school transcript to Jennifer Dahlberg-Kowski Jennifer.Kowski@mitchellhamline.edu for preapproval. Students may not register for more than one clinic during the same semester without the consent of both instructors. Students may participate remotely in this clinic. For students who participate remotely, this clinic is considered a distance education course and credits earned will count toward distance education courses. Students may take up to 41 credits under the 83-credit requirement (43 under the 86-credit requirement) toward their J.D. degree through courses that are designated "distance education courses." For more information about this clinic, students should consult the information on the clinic webpage: https://mitchellhamline.edu/clinics/immigration-clinic/ PreReq: LAW- 2015
Students work side-by-side with staff attorneys in the Innocence Project of Minnesota (IPMN) as they investigate and litigate inmates' claims of actual innocence. These investigations go to the heart of current issues in the criminal justice system, such as the reliability of eyewitness identification, the problem of false confessions, the use of snitches and informants, government misconduct, ineffective assistance of counsel, and forensic sciences including DNA testing. Class time is devoted to training and case work. Students are assigned cases and expected to gather source materials such as police reports and transcripts. They will organize and summarize those materials. After educating themselves about their cases, students will design and implement an investigative plan with their supervisor and pursue that investigation. This may include locating evidence, experts and witnesses. Students must be willing and able to meet with and interview witnesses at a variety of locations. Some local travel will be required. This clinic puts students on the cutting edge of scientific and social science issues that affect the practice of law in the criminal justice system as well as hands-on experience in managing and analyzing large-scale cases for litigation. Students must have regular access to a computer with internet. Students will be required to track their hours on a cloud based software program. Students must also communicate regularly with IPMN staff via email. Students may not work for a prosecutor’s office while in this clinic. There will be a single night weekend retreat required for students in this clinic. It will be held the weekend after Labor Day. This clinic is a full-year clinic that carries 3 credits per semester in the fall and spring. PreReq:LAW- 2015
This course will provide students with direct experience working with clients and practicing attorneys in the areas of copyright, patent and trademark law. Students will apply their substantive learning of the law to related IP projects, where they will have an opportunity to hone their basic skills and theoretical understanding in various IP areas. Students with a particular interest in one of the IP focus areas will, to the extent possible, be assigned cases in that area. The Clinic will focus on representing clients in a broad array of IP matters, including filing and prosecuting patent and trademark applications before the USPTO, policy-making, and educating the business and arts communities on the essentials of IP protection. Students who are interested in representing clinic clients in patent matters before the USPTO must be eligible for admission to the patent bar. To participate in the USPTO clinical program, students enrolled in the clinic will need, in coordination with the IP Law Clinic, to apply for temporary registration to practice before the USPTO. The Clinic is offered as a year-long (fall and spring semester) course to provide students with the broadest range of opportunities to work with clients and before the USPTO. Students graduating after fall semester may take the Clinic for fall semester only, and any spring openings because of graduating fall students may be filled on a case-by-case basis. Students may not register for more than one clinic during the same semester without the consent of both instructors. The classroom component for this clinic meets remotely and synchronously. This clinic is considered a distance education course and credits earned will count toward distance education courses. Students may take up to 41 credits under the 83-credit requirement (43 under the 86-credit requirement) toward their J.D. degree through courses that are designated "distance education courses." Undergraduate transcript(s) and resume must be submitted to Sue McBrayer prior to the first day of class. For more information about this clinic, students should consult the information on the clinic webpage: https://mitchellhamline.edu/clinics/intellectual-property-clinic-patents/ PreReq: LAW- 2000, LAW- 2015, LAW- 3470, & LAW-3471
CLI 1055Clinic: Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners1
Students provide civil representation to indigent persons incarcerated in Minnesota. Students represent clients from interview through any trial. Cases include domestic relations, imprisonment-related matters (institutional grievances, parole, and detainers), and the full range of other civil problems including debtor-creditor, wills, contracts, torts, and civil rights issues. Students generally take the Clinic for two semesters; as a result, students in their final semester of law school cannot register for the LAMP Clinic for the first time without the express permission of the instructor. This clinic may be taken for 3 or 4 credits. Students may not register for more than one clinic during the same semester without the consent of both instructors. The classroom component of this course meets in-person. For more information about this clinic, students should consult the information on the clinic webpage: https://mitchellhamline.edu/clinics/lamp-legal-assistance-to-minnesota-prisoners/ PreReq: LAW- 2015 Take 1 as additional PreReq: LAW- 2000, LAW- 2001, LAW- 2002
The Mediation Clinic provides students with an opportunity to use and develop their facilitative mediation skills by serving as mediators in Ramsey County Conciliation and Housing Courts and community mediations through the Dispute Resolution Center (DRC). Students will also have the opportunity to assist the DRC in case development. Students will begin by observing Conciliation and Housing Court and mediation sessions and advance to participating as co-mediators, and ultimately as independent mediators, all under supervision. The clinic will be composed of approximately 40-45 hours of in-court (or community) casework; 30 hours of reflective and out-of-class work; and 18 hours of in-class time. Registration is by consent of the instructor. Contact Professor Sharon Press, sharon.press@mitchellhamline.edu for pre-approval. The classroom component for this clinic meets remotely and synchronously. In addition, students must have some availability during the day to provide mediation services. This clinic is considered a distance education course and credits earned will count toward distance education courses. Students may take up to 41 credits under the 83-credit requirement (43 under the 86-credit requirement) toward their J.D. degree through courses that are designated "distance education courses." For more information about this clinic, students should consult the information on the clinic webpage: https://mitchellhamline.edu/clinics/mediation-clinic/ Course meets remotely and synchronously. Remote synchronous courses are considered a distance education course and credits earned will count toward distance education courses. Students may take up to 41 credits under the 83-credit requirement (43 under the 86-credit requirement) toward their J.D. degree through courses that are designated "distance education courses."A distance education course is one in which students are separated from all faculty members for more than one-third of the instruction and the instruction involves the use of technology to support regular and substantive interaction between the students and all faculty members, either synchronously or asynchronously. Source: ABA Standards Definition (7) and 306. PreReq:LAW- 2015 Take LAW-3220 OR LAW- 3430 as additional PreReq
This course may be taken for a minimum of 4 credits with any additional credits subject to the instructor’s approval. The Native Law Clinic: Tribal Code Drafting is available for upper-level students who have taken the pre-requisite Native American Law (formerly Federal Indian Law) course and are interested in Tribal Law. Students in the Clinic will work on various approved legal development projects at the request of tribal governments and organizations. Typical projects include legislative drafting and reform, drafting and amendment of statutes, creation of western-style, traditional, and hybrid dispute resolution processes, and policy document development under the supervision of the instructor. This course is limited to 14 students per semester and is offered as part of Blended Learning. Note: This course is unavailable through online registration. To register, please contact Professor EagleWoman for the application form prior to the registration deadline. PreReq: LAW- 2015 & LAW- 3455
This is a clinic for students interested in working on tax issues or in representing clients from a planning perspective rather than from a dispute resolution perspective. Students work with course faculty, who are practicing attorneys, assisting eligible non-profit organizations in the process of qualifying, applying for, and maintaining tax-exempt status and related matters. In the course of representation, students interview and counsel clients; conduct negotiations; research tax law and related issues; and draft ruling requests, organizational documents and other tax-related documents. Students meet weekly in a seminar class in addition to working individually with supervising faculty. Some required activities (such as meetings with clients or other entities) might take place during normal business hours, but students have a great deal of flexibility to determine their clinic work time during the course of the semester. This clinic does not generally engage in tax controversy work such as audit, administrative proceedings and litigation representation. Students may not register for more than one clinic during the same semester without the consent of both instructors. The classroom component for this clinic meets remotely and synchronously. This clinic is considered a distance education course and credits earned will count toward distance education courses. Students may take up to 41 credits under the 83-credit requirement (43 under the 86-credit requirement) toward their J.D. degree through courses that are designated "distance education courses."For more information about this clinic, students should consult the information on the clinic webpage: https://mitchellhamline.edu/clinics/tax-planning-clinic/ Course meets in-person. PreReq: LAW- 2015 & LAW- 3305
The United States incarcerates more people than any other country on the planet; it also releases more people from prison than any other country. As illustrated by Michelle Alexander’s groundbreaking book, The New Jim Crow, individuals with criminal records suffer massive collateral consequences including, but sadly not limited to, job loss, homelessness, and family separation. The Reentry Clinic helps those individuals burdened with a criminal record fully reenter society by providing holistic representation to ensure recently released persons have the best opportunity to live a safe and fulfilling life. This work is on the cutting edge of criminal justice and provides insight into the next wave of restorative justice reform. Students provide direct representation to individuals in a whole host of legal matters, including family law, expungement, and civil rights lawsuits. Students will interview clients, draft pleadings and appear in court on behalf of the client. Students may not register for more than one clinic during the same semester without the consent of both instructors. The classroom component of this course meets in-person. Pre/CoReq: LAW- 2000 & LAW- 2015
CLI 1080Clinic: Criminal Appeals and Postconviction3
The Criminal Appeals and Postconviction Clinic through the Office of the Minnesota Appellate Public Defender represents indigent criminal defendants on appellate and postconviction review of their convictions and sentences. Students will represent those clients under the supervision of experienced attorneys. Representation includes communication with incarcerated clients, researching legal issues, and composing briefs to the district and appellate courts to obtain relief for our clients. Relief is obtained through the appeals process, the postconviction remedy, or sentencing motions. This course will focus on the development of students’ research skills, in addition to fostering growth in written and oral advocacy. Students will develop a comprehensive understanding of Minnesota criminal law and an appreciation for client-centered advocacy. Students may not register for more than one clinic during the same semester without the consent of both instructors. The classroom component of this course meets on campus. After the first class meeting, the classroom component will meet at the Appellate Public Defender's Office (540 Fairview Avenue S., St. Paul). For more information about this clinic, students should consult the information on the clinic webpage. Course meets in-person. Pre/CoReq: LAW- 2015
Students in the Wrongful Conviction Clinic will work collaboratively with the Minnesota Attorney General's Conviction Review Unit investigating claims of wrongful conviction and studying the systemic causes of wrongful convictions. The CRU was chartered in 2021 as an independent unit within the Attorney General's office to "conduct extrajudicial review of juvenile adjudications, criminal convictions, and sentences in cases with plausible allegations of actual innocence or manifest injustice." Students will investigate claims of wrongful convictions that have been pre-screened by the CRU. An accompanying classroom component will meet weekly to discuss assigned readings relating to systemic issues that lead to wrongful convictions and engage in collaborative "case round" discussions of clinic cases and projects. Students will prepare and execute investigation plans for their cases during capstone weeks and attend an in-person orientation in August. The clinic will require a minimum time commitment of 10-15 hours per week, inclusive of casework, the classroom component, and weekly or bi-weekly supervision meetings with the professor. This clinic is a full-year commitment and may be taken for 3-5 credits per semester in the Fall and Spring. Registration is by consent of instructor. Contact Kate Kruse kate.kruse@mitchellhamline.edu to discuss and obtain approval. For more information about this clinic, students should consult the information on the clinic webpage: https://mitchellhamline.edu/clinics/wrongful-conviction-and-sentencing-clinic/ Pre/CoReq: LAW- 2015
The Activism, Protest, & Civil Disobedience Clinic provides students with options to engage in legal and policy issues related to nonviolent political action. Clinic work may include direct client representation, amicus engagement, policy advocacy, and training and counseling for activist groups. Depending on client and community needs, students will advise, train, and consult with local and national activists, strategizing effective methods to protect nonviolent activism, participate in criminal and civil rights litigation at trial and on appeal, conduct legal and factual research and analysis, comment on proposed legislative, regulatory, and educational policy proposals, and advocate for legal and policy changes where appropriate.Participants in the clinic are advisors rather than protesters themselves, and clinic students will be required to refrain from participation as protesters in demonstrations or protest activities during their work with the clinic. Clinic students will participate with faculty in selecting project priorities, considering factors including a project’s pedagogical value, precedential potential, likelihood of addressing systemic issues, and ability to generate public awareness of the value of protest.
This clinic is by consent of the instructor. Contact Professor Kim Vu-Dinh kim.vu-dinh@mitchellhamline.edu for pre-approval. Students may not register for more than one clinic during the same semester without the consent of both instructors. Students may not drop a clinic course online later than one week prior to the start of the clinic orientation. Students may drop through the add/drop deadline by using the drop form found on the registrar's website. Students may participate remotely in this clinic, except for the in-person orientation. For students who participate remotely, this clinic is considered a distance education course and credits earned will count toward distance education courses. Students may take up to 41 credits under the 83-credit requirement (43 under the 86-credit requirement) toward their J.D. degree through courses that are designated "distance education courses." For more information about this clinic, students should consult the information on the clinic webpage: https://mitchellhamline.edu/clinics/economic-inclusion-clinic/ A three-day orientation will be required for this clinic; exact details will be provided in the applicant interview. PreReq: CLI- 1020 & LAW- 2015
This clinic may be taken for 2 or 3 credits. Registration is by consent of the instructor. Email a cover letter, resume, and unofficial law school transcript to Jennifer Dahlberg-Kowski Jennifer.Kowski@mitchellhamline.edu for preapproval. Students may not register for more than one clinic during the same semester without the consent of both instructors. Students may not drop a clinic course online later than one week prior to the start of the semester. Students may drop through the add/drop deadline by using the drop form found on the registrar's website. Students may participate remotely in this clinic. For students who participate remotely, this clinic is considered a distance education course and credits earned will count toward distance education courses. Students may take up to 41 credits under the 83-credit requirement (43 under the 86-credit requirement) toward their J.D. degree through courses that are designated "distance education courses." For more information about this clinic, students should consult the information on the clinic webpage: https://mitchellhamline.edu/clinics/immigration-clinic/ PreReq: CLI- 1035 & LAW-2015
Students work side-by-side with staff attorneys in the Innocence Project of Minnesota as they investigate and litigate inmates' claims of actual innocence. These investigations go to the heart of current issues in the criminal justice system, such as the reliability of eyewitness identification, the problem of false confessions, the use of snitches and informants, government misconduct, ineffective assistance of counsel, and forensic sciences including DNA testing. Class time is divided among class work, discussion of cases, and periodic guest speakers selected both for the general subject matter and for the specific cases under review. This clinic puts students on the cutting edge of scientific and social science issues that affect the practice of law in the criminal justice system as well as hands-on experience in managing and analyzing large-scale cases for litigation. This clinic is a full-year clinic that carries 3 credits per semester in the fall and spring. Students may not register for more than one clinic during the same semester without the consent of both instructors. Students may participate remotely in this clinic. For students who participate remotely, this clinic is considered a distance education course and credits earned will count toward distance education courses. Students may take up to 41 credits under the 83-credit requirement (43 under the 86-credit requirement) toward their J.D. degree through courses that are designated 'distance education courses. PreReq: CLI- 1045 & LAW- 2015
This clinic may be taken for 3 or 4 credits. Students may not register for more than one clinic during the same semester without the consent of both instructors. The classroom component of this course meets in-person. PreReq: CLI- 1075
Student directors will work in one of the Clinics and handle their own client caseload, as well as provide supervision to and collaboration with new clinic enrollees. Only students who have successfully completed one of the clinics are eligible to enroll as a student director for that clinic; enrollment is by invitation of the instructor upon advance application. With permission of the supervisor this course can be repeated once for credit. Students may enroll for 1, 2, or 3 credits with faculty approval.
