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Mitchell Hamline School of Law

2024-25 Mitchell Hamline School of Law Catalog

  • ABOUT
    • Introduction
    • Academic Calendar
    • Accreditation and Memberships
    • Board of Trustees
    • Non-Discrimination Statement
    • Executive Leadership
    • Vision, Mission, and Values
  • ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
    • J.D. Program
    • Experiential Learning Programs
    • Dual Degree Programs
    • LL.M. Degree Program
  • ACADEMIC RULES
    • 1.01. Academic Performance
    • 1.02. Attendance and Course Expectations
    • 1.03. Curriculum Requirements
    • 1.04. Examinations
    • 1.05. Grading System, Class Ranks and Transcripts, Honors and Awards
    • 1.06. Graduation Requirements (J.D. Program)
    • 1.07. Registration; Add/Drop; Withdraw; Extensions
    • 1.08. Foreign Study
    • 1.09. Exceptions to the Academic Rules
  • POLICIES
    • Bias Incident Policy
    • Character and Fitness: Amendments and Updates
    • Disability Discrimination Grievance Process Policy
    • Hate Crimes Policy
    • Non-Discrimination and Non-Harassment Policy
    • Sex Discrimination and Non-Title IX Sexual Harassment Policy
    • Student Complaints
    • Student Conduct
    • Title IX Sexual Harassment Policy (2025)
    • Additional Student Policies
  • FINANCIAL INFORMATION
    • Financial Aid
    • Student Accounts
    • Tuition and Fees
    • Tuition and Title IV Refunds
  • STUDENT AFFAIRS
    • Academic Excellence
    • Admissions
    • Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs
    • Career and Professional Development
    • Counseling Services
    • Dean of Students
    • Disability Services
    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
    • Facilities and Amenities
    • Finance
    • Financial Aid
    • Information Technology Services
    • Registrar
    • Safety and Security
    • Warren E. Burger Library
  • FACULTY
    • Faculty
    • Faculty Emeriti
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Faculty

Academic Deans

Camille M. Davidson, Bonner Family Chair; President and Dean

B.A., Millsaps College

J.D., Georgetown University Law Center

Zeanta Jill Bryant, Vice Dean, Administration; Professor of Law

B.S., 1980, Northwestern University

J.D., 1983, Columbia University School of Law

Morgan Holcomb, Vice Dean, Academics; Professor of Law

B.A., Grinnell College

J.D., University of Minnesota Law School

Faculty

Ana Pottratz Acosta, Clinical Instructor for Medical Legal Partnership; Professor of Law

B.A., University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

J.D., Columbia Law School

Henry Allen Blair, Robins Kaplan Professor of Litigation Skills and International Dispute Resolution; Senior Fellow, Dispute Resolution Institute; Professor of Law

B.F.A., University of North Dakota

J.D., Hamline University School of Law

LL.M., James Kent Scholar, Columbia University School of Law

J.S.D., A.B.D., Columbia University School of Law

Laura Brooks ’15, Associate Teaching Professor

B.S., Minnesota State University, 2012

J.D., 2015, Hamline University School of Law

Vonda Brown, Assistant Teaching Professor

J.D., Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law

B.S., University of Phoenix

Bradford W. Colbert ’85, Professor of Law

B.S., 1979, University of Wisconsin-Madison

J.D., 1985, William Mitchell College of Law

Barbara Colombo ’89, Director, Health Law Institute and Health Care Compliance Program; Professor of Law

B.S., R.N., College of St. Teresa

J.D., William Mitchell College of Law

Nicole Coon, Associate Teaching Professor

B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison

J.D., University of Iowa College of Law

Hetal Dalal, Associate Professor of Law

B.A., University of Redlands

J.D., University of Minnesota Law School

Gregory M. Duhl, Senior Academic Technology Officer; Rolf and Nancy Engh Distinguished Professorship; Professor of Law

B.A., 1991, Yale College

J.D., 1995, Harvard Law School

LL.M., 2002, Temple University School of Law

Angelique W. EagleWoman (Wambdi A. Was’teWinyan), Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate (Dakota), Director, Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute; Professor of Law

B.A., 1993, Stanford University

J.D., 1998, The University of North Dakota School of Law

LL.M., 2004, The University of Tulsa College of Law

Mark Edwards, Austin J. and Caroline M. Baillon Chair in Real Estate Law; Professor of Law

B.A., 1992, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

J.D., 1998, University of Wisconsin Law School

Maggie Eilertson ’08, Director, Academic Excellence; Teaching Professor

B.A., 2004, Vassar College

J.D., 2008, William Mitchell College of Law

Leanne Fuith ’10, Professor of Law

B.A., University of Wisconsin, River Falls

J.D., 2010, William Mitchell College of Law

Mark C. Gordon, Professor of Law

B.A., 1981, Columbia College at Columbia University

M.A., 1982, Columbia University School of International Affairs

J.D., 1990, Harvard Law School

Carolyn Grose, Professor of Law

B.A., 1988, Middlebury College

J.D., 1994, Brooklyn Law School

Roger S. Haydock, Professor of Law

A.B., 1967, St. Mary’s College

J.D., 1969, DePaul University College of Law

Laura Hermer, Professor of Law

B.A., 1993, Hampshire College

J.D., 1998, Northeastern University School of Law

LL.M. in Health Law, 2002, University of Houston Law Center

Jim Hilbert, Senior Fellow, Dispute Resolution Institute; Professor of Law

B.A., Carleton College

J.D., University of Minnesota Law School

Michael Jordan, Professor of Law

A.B., 1975, Bowdoin College

J.D., 1980, University of Iowa College of Law

Kaori Kenmotsu ’22, Assistant Professor of Law

B.A., 1993, University of Minnesota

MFA, 2002, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

J.D., 2022, Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Peggy Kline Kirkpatrick, Associate Director, Legal Writing

B.A., 1994, Middlebury College

M.A., 1995, Northwestern University

J.D., 2000, University of Minnesota Law School

Peter B. Knapp, Professor of Law

A.B., Harvard University

J.D., Harvard Law School

Mehmet Konar-Steenberg, Taft Stettinius & Hollister/Xcel Energy Chair in Energy and Environmental Law; Professor of Law

B.A., 1992, University of Minnesota

J.D., 1995, Georgetown University Law Center

Kate Kruse, Professor of Law

B.A., 1984, Oberlin College

M.A., 1986, University of Wisconsin-Madison

J.D., 1989, University of Wisconsin Law School

Peter Larsen, Assistant Professor of Law

A.A., 2011, Minneapolis Community and Technical College

B.A., 2013, Augsburg College

M.A. 2017, University of Chicago

J.D., 2019, Drake University

Ph.D. 2024, University of Iowa

David Allen Larson, Senior Fellow, Dispute Resolution Institute; Professor of Law

B.A., DePauw University

J.D., University of Illinois College of Law

LL.M., University of Pennsylvania Law School

Raleigh Hannah Levine, James E. Kelley Chair in Tort Law; Professor of Law

B.A., 1983, Wesleyan University

J.D., 1991, Stanford Law School

Jason Marisam, Associate Professor of Law

B.A., 2000, Princeton University

J.D., 2008, Harvard Law School

Nicole McConlogue, Associate Professor of Law

B.A., Towson University

J.D., University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

Kari Milligan, Teaching Professor

B.A., 2005, Taylor University

J.D., 2011, Yale Law School

Jared Mollenkof, Assistant Professor of Law

B.A., Covenant College

J.D., Georgetown University Law Center

R. Carl Moy, Director, IP Institute; Professor of Law

B.M.E., 1978, University of Minnesota

J.D., 1983, George Washington University Law School

Garrett Mulrooney ’97, Associate Teaching Professor

B.S., 1990, United States Military Academy at West Point

J.D., 1997, Hamline University School of Law

M.B.A., 2005, New York Institute of Technology

Natalie Netzel ’15, Director, Clinical Education Program; Affiliated Professor, Institute to Transform Child Protection; Associate Professor of Law

B.A., Hamline University

M.S.E., University of Wisconsin-Superior

J.D., William Mitchell College of Law

Anthony Niedwiecki, Professor of Law

B.A., 1989, Wayne State University

J.D., 1995, Tulane Law School

LL.M. in Legal Education, 2000, Temple University Beasley School of Law

Udoka Nwanna, Visiting Professor

B.A., 1999, Emory University

J.D., 2003, California Western School of Law

Thaddeus Mason Pope, Professor of Law

B.A., 1992, University of Pittsburgh

M.A., 1997, Georgetown University

J.D., 1997, Georgetown University Law Center

Ph.D., 2003, Georgetown University

Sharon B. Press, Director, Dispute Resolution Institute; Professor of Law

B.A., The George Washington University School of Public and International Affairs

J.D., The George Washington University National Law Center

Afsheen John Radsan, Professor of Law

A.B., 1983, Duke University

J.D., 1987, Harvard Law School

Laura Reilly ’94, Associate Teaching Professor

B.S., 1988, Washington University in St. Louis

J.D., 1994, William Mitchell College of Law

Brandon Robb, Assistant Teaching Professor

B.A., Loyola University New Orleans

J.D., Loyola University New Orleans College of Law

Ted Sampsell-Jones, Professor of Law

B.A., Dartmouth College

J.D., Yale Law School

Sharon K. Sandeen, Robins Kaplan Distinguished Professorship in IP Law; Professor of Law

B.A., University of California, Berkeley

J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law

LL.M., University of California, Berkeley School of Law

Wendy Shea, Professor of Law

B.A., University of Mary, Bismarck, ND

J.D., Valparaiso University School of Law

Dena M. Sonbol ’08, Professor of Law

B.A., University of Minnesota – Twin Cities

J.D., Hamline University School of Law

John Sonsteng, Director, Center for Law and Business; Martin R. Lueck and Mallory K. Mullins Professorship in Advocacy; Professor of Law

B.A., 1964, University of Minnesota

J.D., 1967, University of Minnesota

Michael K. Steenson, Faculty Advisor to the Law Review; Larry and Christine Bell Distinguished Professorship; Professor of Law

B.S., 1967, University of Wisconsin

J.D., 1971, University of Iowa College Law

DeShayla Strachan, Visiting Professor of Law

B.S., 2006, University of North Florida

J.D., 2017, Barry University School of Law

Erica G. Strohl, Legal Writing Instructor; Director, Competitions and Externships

B.A., University of Pennsylvania

J.D., University of Minnesota

Forrest Tahdooahnippah, Comanche Nation, Assistant Professor of Law

B.A., Stanford University

J.D., University of Minnesota Law School

Kim Vu-Dinh, Professor of Law

B.A., University of California at Berkeley

J.D., CUNY School of Law

Alexander Wainberg, Associate Teaching Professor

B.A., 2006, Drake University

J.D., 2009, University of Wisconsin Law School

Alisha Watkins ’20, Assistant Teaching Professor

B.S., University of Maryland University College

J.D., Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Joanna Woolman, Executive Director, Institute to Transform Child Protection; Professor of Law

B.S., 1998, University of Wisconsin-Madison

J.D., 2004, University of San Francisco School of Law

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