The University of Minnesota Law and the Carceral State

The Carceral Consequences of Institutionalized Legal Education
The formalization of legal education institutionalized an imbalanced relationship between lawyers and the criminal law that favors the interests of the state. Penal bureaucrats enter the criminal legal field with a skewed perspective that provides necessary structural support to the carceral state. This project seeks to examine the roots of this institutionalized lawyer-role to reveal opportunities for creating a more balanced relationship between lawyers and the criminal law. Striking a new balance could be a consequential step towards destabilizing the penal apparatus of the carceral state.