After her fellowship, Professor Henning joined the staff of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia where she continued to represent clients and helped organize a Juvenile Unit designed to meet the multi-disciplinary needs of children in the juvenile legal system.
Ogletree, Jr. Professor Henning has trained state actors across the country on the nature and scope of racial bias and how it operates in the juvenile and criminal legal systems. Her workshops help stakeholders recognize their own biases and develop strategies to counter it and equip defenders to challenge racial injustice in their individual case advocacy and broader systemic reform efforts.
She is also a lead contributor to the Juvenile Law and Practice chapter of the District of Columbia Bar Practice Manual and has served as an investigator in eight state assessments of the access to counsel and quality of representation for accused youth.
She is the recipient of several honors, including the Robert E. Shepherd, Jr. Henning received her B. Wallace J. He served in that position from until when he stepped down and assumed the role of Senior Counsel in the clinic. During his long career, Professor Mlyniec has taught traditional and practicum courses in Family Law, Juvenile Delinquency, International Agreements Protecting Children, and Wrongful Convictions in addition to his teaching duties in the Clinic.
He also assists with training graduate students in the Prettyman Fellowship Program and developed a course for new teachers called Elements of Clinical Pedagogy. Professor Mlyniec has spoken frequently and written numerous books and articles concerning criminal law, the laws relating to children and families, and clinical education. Prior to coming to Georgetown, he was the Director of the D. Professor Mlyniec has also been a consultant to Shepley-Bulfinch, a national architectural firm.
