# Jim Cohen > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jim_Cohen > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jim_Cohen.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Cohen > Source revision: 1355231861 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{for|the baseball player|Jim Cohen (baseball)}} {{Multiple issues| {{Notability|1=Biographies|date=November 2023}} {{BLP sources|date=November 2023}} }} '''Jim Cohen''' (born August 6, 1942) is an [American](/source/Americans) [human rights activist](/source/human_rights_activist), [attorney](/source/Lawyer), [environmentalist](/source/environmentalist), and former candidate for the [United States Senate](/source/United_States_Senate) seat from [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota) then held by [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) [Norm Coleman](/source/Norm_Coleman). Cohen sought the endorsement of the [Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party](/source/Minnesota_Democratic-Farmer-Labor_Party), but withdrew his candidacy after trailing far behind [Al Franken](/source/Al_Franken), who subsequently was elected U.S. Senator. Following his withdrawal, in 2008-09 Jim created '''Access Justice''' a nonprofit(501(c)(3)),(501(a)(2)), public interest law firm dedicated to providing "low-bono" legal services to low and moderate income working families.[http://AccessJustice.net AccessJustice.net] ==Student and educator== Cohen graduated with honors from [Cornell University](/source/Cornell_University) and received his law degree from the [University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan) Law School. He has taught in public and private schools in [Minneapolis](/source/Minneapolis); and once served as board member of the Continuum Academy, a planned [charter school](/source/charter_school) in Minneapolis. His term on the board was short-lived, and the school subsequently opened under the name Quest Academy. ==Environmental leadership== Cohen has led two environmental organizations. He was the first director of the [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.) office of the [Sierra Club](/source/Sierra_Club) Legal Defense Fund (now Earth Justice), which is based in San Francisco. Cohen subsequently organized the Environmental Task Force (ETF), a national organization that assisted local groups in their efforts to protect the [environment](/source/Natural_environment) in the 1980s. ETF was subsequently subsumed by another NGO called Environmental Action. Information on ETF is unavailable on the internet. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070708060140/http://www.jimcohenforsenate.com/ Jim Cohen for U.S. Senate Campaign Website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160121062424/http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jim_Cohen Profile] at [SourceWatch](/source/SourceWatch) ===News Articles=== * [https://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_6353442/ Pioneer Press: Cohen joins US Senate race] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070712221133/http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2007/07/10/lawyer_activist_joins_dfl_senate_field/ Boston Globe: Lawyer, activist joins DFL Senate field] {{DEFAULTSORT:Cohen, Jim}} Category:1942 births Category:Cornell University alumni Category:Living people Category:University of Michigan Law School alumni --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jim Cohen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Cohen) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Cohen?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.