{"id":1008,"date":"2017-02-22T10:08:58","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T16:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/academics\/?page_id=1008"},"modified":"2024-10-10T09:41:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T14:41:39","slug":"experience-in-the-real-world","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/academics\/the-mitchell-hamline-jd\/experience-in-the-real-world\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Real World"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We\u2019ve been doing experiential learning longer and better than anybody else<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s fashionable these days for law schools to talk about their commitment to experiential learning. At Mitchell Hamline, it\u2019s at the core of our approach to legal education. It pervades our curriculum, reaching all students.<\/p>\n

Our students were among the first in the nation to represent real clients with real legal problems through a partnership we established with a local charity in St. Paul in 1922. A dozen years later, we became the only U.S. law school to offer a four-year course in court practice. Then came a seminar on legal writing and legal drafting in the late 1950s.<\/p>\n

The foundation of the school\u2019s current experiential education program came in 1973, with the creation of one of the nation\u2019s first clinical programs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\r\n

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Real-world experience progression<\/h2>\r\n <\/header>\r\n
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Students can start volunteering right away with the Minnesota Justice Foundation and have numerous opportunities for interaction with clients in later years through externships, clinics, and semester placements.<\/p>\n\r\n <\/div>