We’re excited that you are going to earn the nation’s premiere blended-learning J.D.
You’ll spend just a few weeks per year on our campus while studying the law at Mitchell Hamline. You’ll continue your studies from anywhere in the world. Whether that means more time in your hometown or extensive travel for work or in the military, we’ve seen students excel in those situations while completing their legal education in a way that fit their lives. You can do it, too.
Prof. Jim Hilbert
Semester by semester
For the first four semesters, courses are essentially the same for all blended-learning students. You will come to campus twice a semester and spend the rest of each semester off campus, completing coursework online.
Starting in semester five, you will have access to a range of courses in a variety of formats. For any courses you take in semesters 5-8 in the blended format, you will come to campus for a Capstone Week.
Semester by Semester
On-campus instruction
Students come to campus twice per semester in the first two years—prep sessions to start each semester and capstone weeks later in those semesters.
Follow two cohorts of blended learning students through Fall Capstone Week
Sample online class
We’ve designed a sample class to introduce you to Canvas, our learning management system. The sample class pulls examples from several of our online and blended courses. Try it out to get a preview of the mix of instructional materials Mitchell Hamline offers online.
Sample Class
First-year blended learning faculty 2023–24
| Course | Blended Section One | Professor |
|---|---|---|
| Criminal Law | Joanna Woolman | |
| LARC | Peggy Kirkpatrick or Octavia Carson | |
| Legal Methods | Academic Excellence Faculty | |
| Torts | Mike Steenson | |
| Course | Blended Section Two | Professor |
|---|---|---|
| Criminal Law | Natalie Netzel | |
| LARC | DeShayla Strachan or TBD | |
| Legal Methods | Academic Excellence Faculty | |
| Torts | Morgan Holcomb |
| Course | Blended Section Three | Professor |
|---|---|---|
| Criminal Law | Garrett Mulrooney | |
| LARC | Tom Cobb or TBD | |
| Legal Methods | Academic Excellence Faculty | |
| Torts | Laura Hermer |
Mitchell Hamline trains law professors worldwide on online learning
As law schools recently faced a sudden need to move their classes online, many turned to the experts at Mitchell Hamline for advice. In recent weeks, we have conducted remote training sessions for schools worldwide.
Read more: Training law professors worldwide on online learning
Meet blended-learning graduate Amber Fitzgerald ’20
For the first time at an ABA-approved law school, a blended-learning student—Amber Fitzgerald from Washington, Missouri—was elected editor in chief of the school’s law review.