Paula J. Duthoy

Paula J. Duthoy is an Adjunct Professor at Mitchell Hamline and operates a private legal practice focused exclusively on immigration law. Her expertise encompasses family visa petitions, asylum cases, Special Juvenile Immigrant status, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) protections, deportation/removal proceedings, appeals, and citizenship matters. Prior to her private practice, she served as the supervising attorney for the immigration law unit at Centro Legal, a bilingual nonprofit serving Minnesota's low-income Latino community.

Duthoy actively engages in community education, delivering presentations to social service providers, battered women's advocates, children's advocates, criminal defense attorneys, and professional associations about immigration law complexities impacting vulnerable populations.