{"id":25,"date":"2015-09-29T22:00:25","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T22:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/about\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2023-04-11T15:35:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T20:35:17","slug":"affiliation-with-hamline-university","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/about\/affiliation-with-hamline-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Affiliation with Hamline University"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Academics, student services,\u00a0and more<\/h2>\n

Mitchell Hamline School of Law is an autonomous, nonprofit institution governed by an independent board of trustees. It has an affiliation with Hamline University stemming from the combination in 2015 of Hamline University School of Law and William Mitchell College of Law, which created Mitchell Hamline. Mitchell Hamline and Hamline University are separate entities, operated independently. Mitchell Hamline students are able to earn dual degrees at Hamline University.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

About Hamline University<\/h2>\n

Hamline is Minnesota’s first university, and among the first coeducational universities in the nation. It is the top-ranked private Minnesota university in its class according to U.S. News & World Report and ranked in the top 15 in the \u201cGreat Schools, Great Prices\u201d category of the publication. Hamline offers 11 graduate degrees, including two doctoral degrees, and more than 40 major areas of study for undergraduate students. Hamline offers a College of Liberal Arts, School of Business, and School of Education. Hamline has a long tradition in legal education\u2014its Legal Studies Department provides law-related education and extracurricular opportunities for undergraduates and post-baccalaureate paralegal students.<\/p>\n

Hamline University is an intimate community of more than\u00a04,000 students. Its undergraduate students come from 44\u00a0states\u00a0and\u00a034 countries, and its graduate students hail from nearly 39\u00a0different countries. More than 90% of full-time, undergraduate faculty hold a\u00a0Ph.D. or the highest degree\u00a0in their field. Hamline\u00a0students are involved\u00a0in more than 60 student organizations and 20 athletic teams. All students complete an internship, collaborative research, a service learning project, or field-based research.<\/p>\n

Hamline’s campus is\u00a0award-winningly beautiful\u00a0and also boasts environmentally-friendly features like rain gardens, native flora, energy-efficient lighting. The university\u2019s Anderson Center\u00a0was built to\u00a0LEED silver standards\u00a0and features a green roof, solar panels, high performance glass and lighting, site-harvested wood, and recycled building materials.<\/p>\n

Center for Justice and Law<\/span><\/h3>\n

The only United Methodist university in Minnesota, Hamline fosters a community ethic of\u00a0social justice and civic responsibility.\u00a0The university\u2019s <\/span>Center for Justice and Law<\/strong> works to advance justice by developing creative, concrete, and equitable solutions to legal issues and policy concerns through teaching, research, and active collaboration with community partners and policy makers.\u00a0 The Center accomplishes its work by drawing on interdisciplinary synergies at Hamline to engage in:<\/span><\/p>\n