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Two Minnesotans have made history by becoming the first people in the country to earn a law school degree from an accredited program while incarcerated. 

Maureen Onyelobi and Jeffery Young’s graduation from Mitchell Hamline School of Law marks the latest milestone in a yearslong effort to expand access to legal education into prisons.  

Mitchell Hamline School of Law professor Jared Mollenkof helped Onyelobi Young navigate their studies in the first of its kind program. He joined Minnesota Now host Nina Moini to talk about it.

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Last month, Maureen Onyelobi and Jeffery Young became the first incarcerated people in the United States to earn juris doctor degrees from an ABA-accredited law school while in prison.

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