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Posted: March 6, 2023
50th Anniversary Clinic Celebration
Posted: February 7, 2023
Join us Friday, May 5 for our conference and celebration Conference “Wellbeing in Law: Great in theory. Better in practice” 10:30 am–4:30 pm | Mitchell Hamline Mitchell Hamline’s clinical education equips students for the changing realities of the legal profession and empowers them to pursue careers of meaning through a practice-based approach. Grounded in this …
After mentor’s death, alum picks up authorship duties
Posted: January 31, 2023
Jevon Bindman ’14, who was recently elected a partner in Maslon’s Litigation Group, is the new co-author of the latest edition of Courtroom Handbook of Minnesota Evidence. Bindman co-authored the publication with Peter N. Thompson, a Mitchell Hamline emeritus professor. For several decades, Thompson had written yearly updates to the book with esteemed litigator and …
Alum makes history on Twin Cities suburb’s council
Posted: January 18, 2023
Lori Saroya ’13 made history this month when she was sworn in as the first woman of color and the first Muslim person to serve on the city council in her hometown. Saroya, 41, won a special election in November to represent for the next two years the First Ward in Blaine, Minn., a community …
Alum reappointed chair of Minnesota’s judicial selection commission
Posted: December 15, 2022
Mitchell Hamline alum Erin Sindberg Porter has been reappointed chair of the Minnesota Commission on Judicial Selection. She was initially appointed to the post in October 2020; her reappointment was announced Dec. 14 by Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan. The commission screens and recommends candidates to the governor for judicial vacancies in …
Alum reappointed chair of Minnesota’s judicial selection commission
Alum to lead health division of global Deaf advocacy organization
Posted: November 3, 2022
Mitchell Hamline alum Jessica Kennedy ’10 was recently named president of a new health division at the world’s largest Deaf-led social impact organization, Communication Service for the Deaf. As head of CSD Health, Kennedy will oversee all health care initiatives that are aimed at ensuring equitable healthcare access for deaf, deaf-blind, deaf-disabled, hard-of-hearing, and late-deafened …
Alum to lead health division of global Deaf advocacy organization
Justice Anne McKeig ’92 elected to prestigious American Law Institute
Posted: October 11, 2022
Minnesota Supreme Court Anne McKeig ’92 has been elected to the American Law Institute, a private and independent nonprofit that publishes materials that can be used throughout the legal system to better the administration of justice. The organization’s publications – known as restatements, model codes, and principles – are not controlling law but have long …
Justice Anne McKeig ’92 elected to prestigious American Law Institute
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Posted: May 20, 2022
Alum advocates for immigrants in South Dakota
Posted: November 17, 2021
Taneeza Islam ‘07 providing legal support, safe space After a car accident left Taneeza Islam’s arm severely injured in 2005, withdrawing temporarily from Mitchell Hamline seemed to be the only option. But when Islam spoke with her professors about her plans, one stood out. “Professor Marie Failinger looked at me and said, ‘Taneeza, we need …
Privacy Champion: Alum works to protect clients and customers’ privacy
Posted: November 17, 2021
Elimu Kajunju ’05 counsels companies—including Google Health—on how to protect clients and customers’ privacy A job in privacy law is not for the faint of heart. The specialty is constantly changing yet plays an outsize role in the operation of companies’ products and services. That makes it the perfect career for Elimu Kajunju ’05, uniting …
Privacy Champion: Alum works to protect clients and customers’ privacy