Clinical Professor of Law, Director, Health Justice Project
Professor Mitchell joined the Health Justice Project in August 2017 after more than 16 years practicing and teaching in the areas of poverty law, children’s rights and health law. Professor Mitchell has extensive experience representing children and families in poverty in access to health care and public benefits matters, special education matters, housing and family law, juvenile delinquency and prison condition cases, and other general civil law matters. She has also been involved in local, state, and national policy work in the areas of access to healthcare, education, and juvenile justice.
Most recently Professor Mitchell spent three years as a clinical teaching fellow with the Pediatric Advocacy Clinic at the University of Michigan Law School. She previously served as the Legal Director of the Toledo Medical Legal Partnership for Children at Advocates for Basic Legal Equality and Legal Aid of Western Ohio in Toledo, Ohio. Professor Mitchell started her legal career as a staff attorney with LAF in Chicago and then as a staff attorney and policy director at the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana in New Orleans. Following Hurricane Katrina, Professor Mitchell worked as a Kramer Fellow at The Public Law Center at Tulane University School of Law focusing on economic and housing revitalization efforts in New Orleans.
Professor Mitchell has presented at local, state, and national conferences on a variety of topics including special education, collaborative interdisciplinary advocacy, juvenile competency standards, and Medicaid regulations impacting child access to healthcare. Her primary research interests relate to the intersection of poverty, health and legal advocacy; interdisciplinary approaches to advocacy; access to healthcare; and the impact of school disciplinary practices on children with disabilities. Professor Mitchell received her BA in Sociology, magna cum laude, from Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin and her JD, cum laude, from Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago. Professor Mitchell has been admitted to practice law in Illinois, Louisiana, Ohio and Michigan.
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About Kate Mitchell
Professor Mitchell joined the Health Justice Project in August 2017 after more than 16 years practicing and teaching in the areas of poverty law, children’s rights and health law. Professor Mitchell has extensive experience representing children and families in poverty in access to health care and public benefits matters, special education matters, housing and family law, juvenile delinquency and prison condition cases, and other general civil law matters. She has also been involved in local, state, and national policy work in the areas of access to healthcare, education, and juvenile justice.
Most recently Professor Mitchell spent three years as a clinical teaching fellow with the Pediatric Advocacy Clinic at the University of Michigan Law School. She previously served as the Legal Director of the Toledo Medical Legal Partnership for Children at Advocates for Basic Legal Equality and Legal Aid of Western Ohio in Toledo, Ohio. Professor Mitchell started her legal career as a staff attorney with LAF in Chicago and then as a staff attorney and policy director at the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana in New Orleans. Following Hurricane Katrina, Professor Mitchell worked as a Kramer Fellow at The Public Law Center at Tulane University School of Law focusing on economic and housing revitalization efforts in New Orleans.
Professor Mitchell has presented at local, state, and national conferences on a variety of topics including special education, collaborative interdisciplinary advocacy, juvenile competency standards, and Medicaid regulations impacting child access to healthcare. Her primary research interests relate to the intersection of poverty, health and legal advocacy; interdisciplinary approaches to advocacy; access to healthcare; and the impact of school disciplinary practices on children with disabilities. Professor Mitchell received her BA in Sociology, magna cum laude, from Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin and her JD, cum laude, from Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago. Professor Mitchell has been admitted to practice law in Illinois, Louisiana, Ohio and Michigan.
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