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Women In Law Tea 2019

Posted: April 29, 2019
Mitchell Hamline students, alumni, and friends gathered recently for the Justice Esther M. Tomljanovich ’55 Tea for Women in Law and CLE. In addition to having a great time networking with old friends and new, attendees also helped raise funds for the Women in Law Scholarship Fund. You can see a slideshow of pictures from the event …

Women In Law Tea 2019

Student Beau Fike profiled in Attorney at Law Magazine

Posted: March 18, 2019
Mitchell Hamline 3L Beau Fike is profiled in the latest issue of Attorney at Law Magazine’s Minnesota edition. You can read the entire article on the magazine’s website. Fike, a Minnesota native who identifies as gender nonbinary and uses “they/ them/theirs” pronouns, has spent their entire law school career finding ways to support fellow students. In addition to …

Student Beau Fike profiled in Attorney at Law Magazine

2019 Women in Law Tea

Posted: March 15, 2019
Thursday, April 25, 5–7 pm Mitchell Hamline Auditorium | 875 Summit Ave. All about the hats! In the tradition of the teas hosted by the former lawyers’ legal fraternity Phi delta Delta, hats and gloves are admired but not required. To check out some Tea Dos and Don’ts, see our Tea Tips. CLE – Thursday, April 25, …

2019 Women in Law Tea

Associate Dean Peter Knapp to be interim president and dean

Posted: February 26, 2019
The Mitchell Hamline board of trustees has selected Professor Peter B. Knapp, currently associate dean for academic affairs, to become interim president and dean of the law school beginning July 1. Knapp will lead the school while a national search for a new president and dean is conducted. Mark Gordon, who has held that role since 2015, has announced …

Associate Dean Peter Knapp to be interim president and dean

Patty Wetterling to speak at Feb. 28 CLE exploring sex offender policies

Posted: February 25, 2019
Patty Wetterling, child safety advocate and former chair of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, will deliver the keynote address at the Mitchell Hamline Law Journal of Public  Policy and Practice Symposium on Thursday, Feb. 28. See a full agenda and register here Through panel discussions and presentations, the daylong symposium—titled “Residency Restrictions: Wise …

Patty Wetterling to speak at Feb. 28 CLE exploring sex offender policies

Photos and results from the Alumni Golf Tournament

Posted: June 13, 2018
Thanks to everyone who came out for the Mitchell Hamline Alumni Golf Tournament on Tuesday, June 12, at Troy Burne Golf Course! We had a great day of golf—and our golfers helped raise money to support scholarships for Mitchell Hamline students. Congratulations to our tournament winners, the foursome of (left to right) Andy Gallagher, Sia Lo …

Photos and results from the Alumni Golf Tournament

Photos, video from Mitchell Hamline’s spring commencement

Posted: May 10, 2018
234 graduates received their Juris Doctor degrees at Mitchell Hamline’s spring commencement on Sunday, May 20. The new graduates join the ranks of more than 20,000 alumni. Hon. Anne McKeig ’92 delivered the commencement address. McKeig, who grew up on the Leech Lake Reservation, was appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court in 2016 and was the first Native …

Photos, video from Mitchell Hamline’s spring commencement

Barbara Zurek’s legacy celebrated with memorial scholarship

Posted: April 30, 2018
Friends and family of Barbara Zurek ’90 are celebrating her life through the establishment of the Barbara A. Zurek Memorial Scholarship. The annual scholarship will support women law students at Mitchell Hamline School of Law. Zurek died March 28, 2018, at the age of 62. In an obituary she was described as a “fierce advocate for …

Barbara Zurek’s legacy celebrated with memorial scholarship