{"id":2,"date":"2015-09-29T19:10:14","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T19:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/about\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-01-07T09:06:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T15:06:51","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Mitchell Hamline School of Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"introduction-wrapper\">\n<h2>Great in theory. Even better in practice.<\/h2>\n<p>Mitchell Hamline School of Law provides a legal education grounded in legal theory and distinguished by exceptional practical legal training. A forward-thinking, independent law school with a history dating back 125 years, we have continually shaped legal education to be relevant to our students, their future clients, and the legal profession. We are committed to making legal education accessible and offer an unmatched number of enrollment options. Our students graduate prepared to put their degree into practice or use their legal training in the profession of their choice.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/about\/land-acknowledgment\/\">Read our Mitchell Hamline Land Acknowledgment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-max-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/468719666?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Mission<\/h2>\n<p>We live, study, and teach the law, working to make it just and accessible. We are dedicated to:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li>Serving as a gateway to opportunities that enable students to further causes about which they are passionate;<\/li>\n<li>Preparing students to compete successfully for jobs that exist today while positioning them to excel in jobs yet to be created;<\/li>\n<li>Expanding access to legal knowledge throughout society, among lawyers and non\u2010lawyers alike;<\/li>\n<li>Providing access to high\u2010quality legal education for people from a wide variety of backgrounds; and<\/li>\n<li>Advancing the rule of law and justice for all.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>For 125 years, Mitchell Hamline has been committed to experiential, practice-based learning, shaping legal education to meet the needs of our students and the legal community.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/about\/history\/\">Mitchell Hamline History<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Leadership<\/h2>\n<p>Mitchell Hamline\u2019s board of trustees is composed of leaders in the legal profession, business, and the nonprofit sector.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/about\/board-of-trustees\/\">Board of Trustees<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/biographies\/\">Academic Deans<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/biographies\/senior-leadership\/\">Senior Leadership<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The leader in blended legal education<\/h2>\n<p>Study part time, partially online and earn your J.D. from your hometown.<br \/>\nSpending just a few weeks per year on campus, students can study the law at Mitchell Hamline, and they can do it from anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/about\/blended-learning-at-mitchell-hamline\/\">Blended Learning at Mitchell Hamline<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Awards, rankings, and recognition<\/h2>\n<p>Mitchell Hamline is nationally recognized for the quality of its practice-based legal education, inclusive campus culture, and the excellence of its professors.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/about\/awards-rankings-and-recognition\/\">Recent Awards<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Culture and Inclusion<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/culture-and-inclusion\/\">Office of Culture and Inclusion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"panel panel-images\">\r\n        <style>\r\n            @media (min-width:600px) {\r\n                .panel-images .panel-inside .panel-image {\r\n                    background-image: url(\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/campus-flowers-jpg.webp\");\r\n                }\r\n                            .panel-images .panel-inside .panel-image.tc {\r\n                    background-image: url(\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/saint-paul-jpg.webp\");\r\n                }\r\n}           .no-mediaqueries .panel-images .panel-inside .panel-image {\r\n                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