Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Mitchell Hamline Alumni

Awards and Recognitions

Barbara Gislason ’80

Posted: February 6, 2026
Barbara Gislason ’80 received two significant honors in 2025. She received the Presidential Medal from the Paris-based Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA), a leading international law organization founded in 1927 and was recently appointed as Counsellor to the President of the UIA. Gislason just completed work on her last issue as Editor-in-Chief of the Juriste …

Barbara Gislason ’80

Hon. Todd Schoffelman ’94

Posted: January 16, 2026
On December 3, 2025, Minnesota Chief Justice Natalie Hudson surprised Senior Judge John Guthmann ’80 and Judge Todd Schoffelman ’94 with presentation of the Chief Justice Award at the annual Minnesota Conference of Judges. The award was given for “exemplary leadership and advocacy in strengthening the Judicial and Court Staff Safety and Privacy Act.” In …

Hon. Todd Schoffelman ’94

Hon. John Guthmann ’80

Posted: January 16, 2026
On December 3, 2025, Minnesota Chief Justice Natalie Hudson surprised Senior Judge John Guthmann ’80 and Judge Todd Schoffelman ’94 with presentation of the Chief Justice Award at the annual Minnesota Conference of Judges. The award was given for “exemplary leadership and advocacy in strengthening the Judicial and Court Staff Safety and Privacy Act.” In …

Hon. John Guthmann ’80

Jill Kehaulani Esch ’03

Posted: January 16, 2026
Jill Kehaulani Esch ’03, the Ombudsperson with the Office of Ombudsperson for American Indian Families (the only independent state agency of its kind in The Nation), was awarded the first ever US Ombudsman Association Member of the Year Award at the 2025 USOA Annual Conference in Vail, Colorado. Class of 2003

Jill Kehaulani Esch ’03

Patrick M. Arenz ’06

Posted: October 23, 2025
Patrick M. Arenz ’06 has become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. The induction ceremony at which Arenz became a Fellow took place before an audience of approximately 950 during the recent Annual Meeting of the College in Washington, D.C. Arenz is a partner at Robins Kaplan and has been practicing for …

Patrick M. Arenz ’06