Community Justice Project at UST Law - MN

Community Justice Project at UST Law - MN Minneapolis-based public policy clinic at the University of St. Thomas School of Law. Creating Change. Empowering Communities. Promoting Justice.

CJP conducts intensive research to create practical solutions to longstanding challenges such as racial disparities in the criminal justice system, police brutality, and racial disparities in the educational and juvenile justice systems. CJP projects have included:

- Providing community education and mobilization around social justice issues and improving relationships between community members,

the police department and local government;
-Creating a Community Awareness Program, where law students travel to local elementary and secondary schools to educate youth about the law, their rights, and interactions with police officers;
-Proposing and organizing an integrated approach to addressing gang violence by creating a reintegration/prevention program called Brotherhood, Inc., patterned on an organization in Los Angeles (offering a social enterprise and integrated social services for young African-American men who have had contact with the criminal justice system);
-Working in restorative justice programs; and
-Conducting research related to community policing models, police conduct review boards, and problem-solving techniques.

Address

1101 Harmon Place
Minneapolis, MN
55403

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

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(651) 962-4960

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The Community Justice Project focuses on bridge building with community stakeholders and problem solving in distressed communities. Law students at the University of St. Thomas gain valuable advocacy, legal research and writing, litigation and outreach skills. Students become agents of change to ensure that justice is obtained for underserved members of the community.

The CJP has engaged in intensive research into practical solutions to longstanding challenges such as racial disparities in the criminal justice system, police brutality, and disparities in the educational and juvenile justice systems for at-risk youth.