UMinn legal clinic will partner with attorney general to sue gun companies

The University of Minnesota Law School has created a clinic to target lawful gun manufacturers by training future litigators and filing lawsuits.

The new clinic, which opened this semester, will “utilize student pro bono legal work to support and litigate cases that help reduce injuries, deaths, and trauma resulting from gun violence,” according to a university announcement.

It will partner with Democratic Attorney General Keith Ellison, who had a record of opposing gun rights while serving in Congress.

The new clinic will “spur law school and law student engagement in firearms law and the Second Amendment,” “establish a home for gun violence prevention litigation in the Great Lakes area” and “grow the pool of litigation expertise and legal resources available for Second Amendment and gun violence prevention matters.”