Mitch

E-mail: mitch@wisc.edu
Telephone: 263-9575
Office: Room 1348, Law School

Education:
J.D., University of Wisconsin Law School

Teaching Areas:
Client Interviewing & Counseling
Community Lawyering
Employment Law
Pre-Trial Advocacy

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Biography

Mitch is the Clinical Instructor for the Neighborhood Law Project (NLP).  As a hands-on clinical program, the Neighborhood Law Project has a twofold mission of service and education.  The service mission is to provide a broad range of legal and advocacy services to low-income people in the communities surrounding the Law School. The educational mission is to create a learning environment where, by assuming responsibility for matters affecting low income persons, students develop "lawyering skills" and learn how to think critically about the role and limits of law as a force for justice and social change.

Mitch was so eager and determined to increase access to justice he worked overtime, graduating from the UW-Law School a semester early in December 2003.  He immediately went on to co-found Community Justice Incorporated, a non-profit charitable law firm that provides direct legal services to low-income individuals. His practice focuses primarily in the areas of housing law, employment law, government benefits, and Guardian ad litem work.  As a clinical instructor his pedagogical focus centers on creating a challenging but balanced experiential learning environment for students.

Mitch is the current Chair of the Wisconsin State Bar's Public Interest Law Section and past chair of its CLE committee.