Facilitating Valuable Introductions
Mitchell Hamline School of Law is dedicated to fostering mutually beneficial relationships with employers and preparing the next generation of attorneys to be key contributors to our community and society as a whole.
We are proud to be training well-qualified, field-tested students and graduates for externships, residencies, clerkships, and post-graduate positions in a wide variety of practice areas, industries, and geographic markets. In turn, we are excited that our students and alumni have the opportunity to work with and learn from outstanding practitioners across traditional legal fields, as well as business, the health industry, and public service.
Mitchell Hamline follows the NALP Principles for a Fair and Ethical Recruitment Process for law placement and recruitment process and encourages employers to do the same.
There are a number of ways we aim to connect you with our students and support your hiring needs:
Post a Job for Students and Alumni
After creating an account in 12twenty, our career and professional development database, you can post job openings, free of charge, for as long as the position remains open.
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- Please review the Office of Career and Professional Development’s Non-Discrimination Policy.
- Log in to 12twenty to post available positions.
- If you have questions about 12twenty or need assistance accessing your account, please contact careers@mitchellhamline.edu.
Mitchell Hamline Legal Employment Accelerator Program (L.E.A.P.)
LEAP is the evolution of OCI. In 2026, Mitchell Hamline transformed its traditional On-Campus Interview program into the Legal Employment Accelerator Program (L.E.A.P.)—honoring the institutional support and structure that made OCI valuable while evolving to meet the changing demands and timelines of modern legal recruitment.
If you have other preferred methods of recruiting or outreach, we are happy to help you reach students or student organizations of interest to you in your recruiting, within our privacy limitations. Email careers @mitchellhamline.edu for assistance.
Host a Legal Externship or Residency (in the Twin Cities and beyond)
Mitchell Hamline is proud to offer our students a wide array of opportunities to earn credit by working outside of the law school with practicing attorneys in the community. These programs aim to provide students with an opportunity to achieve their individualized learning goals and gain practical, real-world experience in order to facilitate smooth transitions into their roles as legal professionals.
- Externships, during which students typically earn 2-4 credits, provide valuable hands-on learning experiences under supervision of both Mitchell Hamline faculty and attorneys or judges in the field.
- Legal residencies are intended to be culminating work experiences that bridge students from law school to legal practice and the professional legal community and are available to students in their third or fourth years to secure semester-long, full-time, on-site placements working under the supervision of practicing attorneys. Students are placed inside of law firms, businesses, government offices, courthouses, and non-profit organizations where they put into practice all that they have learned throughout law school and gain a deeper understanding of the role of lawyers in our society and legal system.
If you are interested in hosting an extern or establishing a legal residency opportunity for a Mitchell Hamline student at your law firm, office, or business, please contact Mitchell Hamline’s Externship Director, Professor Erica Strohl at erica.strohl @mitchellhamline.edu.
Share Your Expertise and Connect with Our Students
- Be a mentor. Learn more about our mentoring programs.
- Invite students to join you at a CLE, gala, legal clinic, networking hour, or other volunteer event. We are happy to help you reach students or student organizations that may be interested in the event, within our privacy limitations. Email careers @mitchellhamline.edu to share information about your event or opportunity with students.
- Sponsor an existing event on campus. The Office of Career and Professional Development has a range of existing programming and events for which we would welcome the opportunity for collaboration and/or sponsorship. For more information on upcoming opportunities your organization can support financially or otherwise, email careers @mitchellhamline.edu.