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Professor Douglas Heidenreich ’61 Memorial Celebration

Posted: March 31, 2023
Watch the video from this celebration Tuesday, May 16, 5–7 pm The Mitchell Hamline community gathered to remember Professor Douglas Heidenreich ’61, sharing food, drink, and warm memories of Professor Heidenreich. Remarks by Peter Knapp, Phebe Haugen ’72, Judge Edward Toussaint, Judge Colette Routel, and John Heidenreich. Music by a chamber group from Lyra Baroque …

Professor Douglas Heidenreich ’61 Memorial Celebration

Alum admitted to American College of Trial Lawyers

Posted: March 16, 2023
Steve Schleicher ’95 was recently inducted as a fellow of the nation’s preeminent organization of trial lawyers. Membership in the American College of Trial Lawyers is by invitation only and only after careful investigation of lawyers from diverse backgrounds having at least 15 years trial experience; who have mastered the art of advocacy; and whose …

Alum admitted to American College of Trial Lawyers

Mitchell Hamline Giving Day Toolkit

Posted: February 14, 2023
We are excited about Mitchell Hamline’s second annual Giving Day and grateful for your commitment to being an ambassador! Below is a toolkit that will assist in our efforts to raise awareness, participation, and money. What is Giving Day? It’s a dedicated day, and one of special intent, for alumni and friends to give back …

Mitchell Hamline Giving Day Toolkit

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 …

50th Anniversary Clinic Celebration

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 …

After mentor’s death, alum picks up authorship duties

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 makes history on Twin Cities suburb’s council

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

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