Robina Institute Executive Director Kelly Lyn Mitchell Honored by NASC with Richard P. Kern Memorial Award

Kelly Lyn Mitchell, executive director of Minnesota Law's Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice and a lecturer in law, received the Richard P. Kern Memorial Award for 2022 from the National Association of Sentencing Commissions (NASC).  The award recognizes an individual who “has contributed greatly to the development of sentencing policy and research.”  

Mitchell has published numerous articles and research reports during her eight years with the Law School.  In addition, by gubernatorial appointment, she is chair of the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission (a position she has held since 2019), and she served as president of the NASC from 2014 to 2017.