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The Legal Rights Center has provided free and community-based representation services in criminal and juvenile delinquency defense to low-income Hennepin County residents. Attorneys are teamed with Community Advocates, the latter providing culturally specific assistance to populations who face barrier for trusting the legal process or in making good use of resources available to address the problems that may be bringing them into the system.
EP 2: PROPER REPRESENTATION
Today on Jury’s Out we’re talking to community members about an unjust reality of the criminal legal system - that while everyone has the right to an attorney, most of us don’t know an attorney or have access to one.
So what’s your verdict?! How can we ensure proper representation for all?
08/11/2026
ROOTED 🌱
Our 2025 Annual Report honors 55 years of frontline work to transform our legal system, brought to life with illustrations developed in partnership with Blackbird Revolt
The report is live on the homepage of our website at www.legalrightscenter.org and was circulated in our most recent newsletter. DM us if you’d like to be added to our mailing list! 📩
EP 1: Get yourself a lawyer!
Welcome to Jury’s Out - a place for candid conversations about the legal system ⚖️
Today on Jury’s Out we’re talking to community members about our First Defense Hotline. What it is and why it matters.
The First Defense Hotline exists so that we all have access to a lawyer immediately following an arrest. If you or a loved one has just been arrested in Hennepin County call the First Defense Hotline at 612-200-0844. A freeway lawyer will visit you in detention.
So what’s your verdict?! Why does it matter to have an attorney by your side?
07/30/2026
Abundance is back! ✨
Save the date for LRC’s annual Abundance fundraiser, held on Thursday September 24 at 6:00pm at the Theodore Wirth Park Chalet.
Join us for an inspiring evening collectively resourcing our movement to transform our legal system. ⚖️
Tickets are available for purchase at www.legalrightscenter.org/fundraiser - see you there!
What’s better than shopping local and talking about legal empowerment - all with a coffee in hand?!
We’re so excited to pop up at Bench Pressed on Saturday, August 1 from 10-1 alongside Sundays Cà Phê. Consider your Saturday plans made! ☀️ We’ll have legal empowerment materials, LRC merch, and other resources to share.
We can’t wait! See you there 👋
What are you waiting for?! The highlight of your summer is happening from July 27-31 at North Commons Park ☀️
Sign up for Know Your Rights Camp today at www.legal rightscenter.org/camp
Know Your Rights Camp is free and open to BIPOC youth ages 14-20. Bring your friends and share widely!
06/16/2026
LRC stands in support of our community members who face federal criminal charges for alleged acts of resistance to the federal invasion of Minnesota.
If you or a loved one is arrested in Hennepin County, call the First Defense Hotline at 612-200-0844 to be connected with a free lawyer who will visit you in detention. The First Defense Hotline is on and available as a resource to community 24/7.
For protest related legal defense, our partners at NLG Minnesota can be reached at 612-444-2654.
As ever, legal empowerment is community empowerment - save the First Defense Hotline phone number and share with a friend 📞⚖️
06/09/2026
Who’s coming to Know Your Rights Camp?!
Join us at North Commons Park for a week-long legal empowerment camp, where you’ll grow your knowledge of the legal system and practical skills around asserting your rights. ⚖️
Bring friends and share widely! Registration is open at www.legalrightscenter.org/camp
05/20/2026
Another slam dunk for Our Defense! 🏀
We are so grateful for every player and fan who participated in this year’s tournament. Together, we can all be champions for legal empowerment ☀️
At the Legal Rights Center, Our Defense is community defense — We believe that everyone, regardless of income, should have equal access to high quality legal representation – including criminal defense, expungement, and clemency. If you or a loved one is seeking legal support, visit www.legalrightscenter.org/defense or call 612-337-0030.
05/06/2026
We’re hitting the streets this week with the No Kids in Prison magazine!
The magazine is a work of art and an organizing tool. It features original art, writing, and analysis from impacted young people whose lived experience and visionary leadership are powering the movement for youth justice.
Minnesota is one of five states with on-the-ground teams distributing the magazine. LRC is Minnesota’s distribution hub, led by our Youth Programming Lead Gabriel Arika, who was also a curatorial apprentice for the magazine in partnership with
Together, we’re building a movement to end youth incarceration. We invite you to join us in this fight.
Our distribution team is on the lookout for local businesses, community spaces and programs where we can offer this magazine for free, spread the word about this work, and have conversations about what it looks like to build a future with no kids in prison. Get in touch if you’re interested and want to join this movement.
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