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Michelle Paxton

Michelle Paxton (left), director of the Nebraska Children's Justice and Legal Advocacy Center and assistant professor of law, and Carmella Perkins, then a third-year law student, interact with a young boy during a courtroom simulation in August 2024.

New center will address rural attorney shortage, support Nebraska children

July 1, 2025

Ten women and two men — all rural Nebraska attorneys who recently completed the College of Law's Children's Justice Attorney Education Fellowship program — pose near blossoming trees in springtime.

12 rural attorneys complete child welfare, juvenile justice training program

January 22, 2025

Autumn foliage on East Campus. [Craig Chandler | University Communication and Marketing]

Achievements | Honors, appointments and publications for Dec. 8

December 8, 2023

The Children’s Justice Attorney Education Fellows are (back row, from left) Kayla Haberstick, Matthew Soltys, Josiah Davis, Teri Lamplot, Nathan Arehart and Jamie Miller; (front row, from left) Lauren Whitt, Katheryn Harouff, Jena Mahin, Joanna Uden, Gretchen Castaneda and Madeline Smith.

Rural Nebraska attorneys complete training program in child welfare, juvenile justice

December 6, 2023

Lancaster County Juvenile Court Judge Reggie Ryder presides in a simulated courtroom for the College of Law Children’s Justice Clinic in this 2021 photo.

Acklie Charitable Foundation makes landmark pledge to College of Law

June 27, 2023

Paxton shares success of Children's Justice Clinic on RFD-TV

January 24, 2022

Society & Culture

Children's Justice Clinic expanding to rural counties

November 19, 2021

Society & Culture

Michelle Paxton, director of the Children's Justice Clinic, talks with two student attorneys in the Judge Donald R. and Janice C. Ross Courtroom in the College of Law. Clinic student attorneys practice with Paxton before going to court.

Children's Justice Clinic serves Nebraska, educates law students

May 12, 2021