Specialize in Native American Law
Study from your hometown
The Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute is unique as a legal program at the law school. The Institute has dual purposes of furthering legal education in the field of Native American law and of recruiting, supporting, retaining, and graduating Native American law students. Further, we maintain a strong connection to the Indigenous peoples of this region and the sovereign Tribal Nations in Minnesota. Contributing to the strength of the law school in a variety of ways, the Institute is also engaged in highlighting and supporting the cultural and traditional Indigenous legal principles our Native faculty and students bring to the law school.
We will work with you to create a course of study tailored to your specific interests and career goals. You can choose from any of Mitchell Hamline’s enrollment options—study full time, part time, on campus, or partly online. Native Justice Scholarships guarantee that recipients will pay no more than $40,000 for their J.D. (excluding summer and J-Term courses). Pro-rated scholarship amounts are available for summer and J-Term.
Keep your job and earn a J.D.
If you can commit to being on campus a few weeks per year, 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.
Program Features
- online coursework
- intensive on-campus experiences
- ABA-approved law school
- over a century of commitment to part-time students
- a national leader in practical legal education
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
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 more than 100 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.
Great in theory. Even better in practice.
Office of Admissions
Saint Paul, MN 55105
651-290-6476
1-888-962-5529
Fax: 651-290-6414
admissions@mitchellhamline.edu
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Welcome new students
The Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute welcomes 17 Tribal Nation member law students to the first-year class starting fall 2024.
Congratulations, 2024 graduates
2024 Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute graduates