Professor Linda Rusch was considered by our class of eager legal learners to be the most feared and revered of professors; perhaps our Professor Kingsfield. She did not seek to demean, embarrass, belittle but instead to challenge, promote and motivate the highest level of excellence. Her depth of knowledge and analytical skill were and are …

Professor Linda Rusch: Our Professor Kingsfield

Professor Peter Thompson had a wonderful and profound impact on my experience in law school. While he was a soft-spoken teacher, he consistently provided each student with the sharp challenge in class to be prepared, advocate for one’s own position (whether supported by applicable law and well developed analysis or not) and to develop as …

Professor Peter Thompson: Personal integrity and ethics

I attended HUSL as a weekend student and was in Professor Mary Jane Morrison’s Seminar (long paper) course as a 3L.  My first assignment did not meet the professor’s standards.  Upon receiving the assignment back with the grade and comments, I set up a one-on-one meeting to determine what I need to do to successfully …

Professor Mary Jane Morrison: High standards had an impact

He was trying to instill confidence in his students. For first-year students undergoing Socratic-method indoctrination, confidence was and still is a scarce but important commodity.  I cannot remember what class it was that Professor and Dean Bruce Burton was teaching (Property??), but it was the professor that made a lasting impression on me, not the …

Professor and Dean Bruce Burton: Instilling confidence

Hamline Law Professor Douglas McFarland taught a Federal Courts class for a small group of weekend students. We met in the library on Sunday mornings. There was no hiding in this course. Everyone had to prepared and everyone participated. This was by far the best experience of my entire time in law school. The visual …

Douglas McFarland: A respected and wise professor