Specialize in
HEALTH LAW

A leader in practical, individualized legal education

Mitchell Hamline’s strength in practical training, specialty areas of law, and part-time offerings are well known and ranked nationwide. We make these strengths available to students on our St. Paul, Minnesota campus and to our blended learning students wherever they are in life or on the map.

Health Law

Our Health Law Institute serves as a hub in the health law world for law students, attorneys, health care practitioners, and business professionals. The top-ranked health law program in Minnesota.

preLaw Top School for Health Law 2025-26
US News Best Grad Schools, Law, Health Law 2025

Alumni in leadership roles at the biggest names in health care

Health Law Institute  

The Health Law Institute has prepared me for a career within the health law and compliance … No matter what law you are interested in, where you are in life and what you want to do, Mitchell Hamline can offer you more than an educational facility.

—Fee ’22

Enrollment options to fit your life

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Study part time, partially online or on campus

Spending just a few weeks per year on campus, you can study the law at Mitchell Hamline. And you can do it from anywhere in the world. Our four-year, part-time program has enrollment options for students living outside the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area and part-time day and evening on-campus options.

Part Time, Blended

Keep your job. Study at Mitchell Hamline from your hometown.

  • on campus twice per semester in the first four semesters
  • intensive, case-study workshops
  • 9–11 credits per semester
  • preLaw Top Schools for Online Offerings 2024
    work full time (per ABA policy)
  • sit for the bar in every state—including New York

Part Time, On Campus

Minnesota’s Best 2025 Gold Winner, Best Graduate/Professional Education
Continue working while you earn your J.D.

  • Monday–Thursday day or evening
  • three classes per semester
  • 9–11 credits per semester
  • work full time (per ABA policy)
  • most complete the degree in four years
  • able to take online electives

Study full time on our campus

Mitchell Hamline also has an enrollment option for the full-time student. Earn your J.D. in three years studying full time.

Full Time, On Campus

Minnesota Lawyer Reader Rankings 2025 Best Law School
Weekday classes with our flexible scheduling option.

  • Monday–Friday, 9 am–4 pm
  • four classes per semester
  • 14 credits per semester
  • most complete the degree in three years
  • able to take the online electives developed for our blended learning program

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A rigorous, practice-based experience

Preparing you to serve clients and communities

A challenging curriculum that gets you ready to practice. More than 20,000 alumni to help guide your path to your career. Whether you take classes full time or part time, on-campus or partially online, you’ll start learning the work of a lawyer by doing it. You’ll benefit from top-ranked programs in emerging specialties. You’ll be ready to make an immediate contribution in law, business, government, community service, or whatever field you pursue.

At Mitchell Hamline School of Law, we have been educating lawyers for more than 100 years but are still innovating to respond to the changing legal world.

Great in theory. Even better in practice.

Office of Admissions

875 Summit Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55105
651-290-6476
1-888-962-5529
Fax: 651-290-6414
admissions@mitchellhamline.edu

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Graduates
More than 14,000 alumni working, serving, and leading in Minnesota

Mitchell Hamline graduates hold leadership roles in many fields. In a state with one of the most diverse economies, they’ve put their Mitchell Hamline education to work in every area of the law and beyond.

Minnesota IndustryWe’re known as Minnesota’s law school of choice—graduating more of the state’s judges and attorneys than any other law school. Our practical training, specialty areas of law, and part-time offerings are known and ranked nationwide. And Minnesota has one of the most diverse economies in the nation, keeping the state’s employment rate strong and steady.

J.D. Health Law Certificate

The Health Law Certificate combines coursework, experiential learning, and skills projects giving students the opportunity to gain a sophisticated understanding of concepts central to the practice of health law. Successful competition of the health law certificate gives students the tools necessary to make an immediate and meaningful contribution in the health law field.

J.D. Health Care Compliance Certificate

Our health care compliance certification prepares students to effectively navigate and understand the complex maze of healthcare laws to ensure compliance with all federal and state regulations and champion a culture of compliance.