{"id":2,"date":"2015-09-29T20:47:09","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T20:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/culture-and-inclusion\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-10-13T15:05:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T20:05:27","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/culture-and-inclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Office of Culture and Inclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"introduction-wrapper\">\n<h3><script>jQuery(function ($) {$(\".badgeholder.badge-dcbcc25b97dd616e9c5b9d60de22c08b\").load(\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/admission\/badges\/?code=PLMD .badge-src\");});<\/script><div class=\"badgeholder badge-dcbcc25b97dd616e9c5b9d60de22c08b\"><\/div><style>.badgeholder{width:50%; max-width:180px; float:right;}<\/style>Mitchell Hamline School of Law is committed to protecting human rights and promoting equity and peak performance in higher education: helping future lawyers become skilled, global-minded, and culturally intelligent professionals<\/h3>\n<p>We are committed to protecting human rights and promoting equity so that we can provide a learning and working environment that maximizes the potential of each of our students, faculty, and staff members. We also embrace Minnesota and Federal laws that prohibit discrimination in education and employment.<\/p>\n<p>The Office of Culture and Inclusion works with the Mitchell Hamline administration, faculty, and staff to create an environment where students feel comfortable expressing their racial, ethnic, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, and all other dimensions of their social and cultural identity. We offer a number of programs and services that help students build a vibrant learning community, as well as explore the law from different perspectives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-6\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/culture-and-inclusion\/meet-our-students-2025\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36247 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/culture-and-inclusion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/06\/meet-our-students-2025.jpg.\" alt=\"mosaic image of photos of seven students\" width=\"600\" height=\"356\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-6\">\n<h3><a class=\"stretched-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/culture-and-inclusion\/meet-our-students-2025\/\">Students welcoming students<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>We asked some of our 2025\u201326 student affinity group leaders to share a welcome greeting to our incoming class.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Minnesota law prohibits discrimination in higher education<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA) is the primary law in Minnesota that prohibits discrimination. It is enforced by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR), and it is one of the strongest civil rights laws in the country. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The MHRA prohibits discrimination in education, employment, housing, public accommodations, public services, credit, and business based on protected classes, such as: race, religion, disability, national origin, sex, marital status, familial status, age, sexual orientation, and gender identity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spefically related to education, i<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">t is an unfair discriminatory practice to discriminate in any manner in the full utilization of or benefit from any educational institution, or the services rendered thereby to any person because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, age, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation, or disability, or to fail to ensure physical and program access for disabled persons. Minn. Stat. \u00a7 363A.13(1)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition, a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">n academy, college, elementary or secondary school, extension courses, kindergarten, nursery school, business school, or professional school cannot refuse to select for admission or provide education to certain individuals, deny the person the full utilization and benefit of an educational institution, refuse to reasonably accommodate an individual with a disability, or exclude, discipline or expel certain individuals in violation of the MHRA. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Federal laws prohibit discrimination in higher education<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in programs and activities receiving Federal financial assistance. Specifically, Title VI provides that &#8220;no person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance&#8221; (42 U.S.C. Section 2000d).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All public colleges, universities and law schools plus virtually all private colleges and universities are covered by Title VI because they receive such assistance by participating in federal student aid programs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the US Supreme Court recently confirmed, Title VI prohibits racial classifications that would violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution. All educational institutions, including pre-K, elementary, and secondary public schools and school districts, and public and private colleges, universities, and other postsecondary institutions that receive federal financial assistance, are required to comply with Title VI. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Discrimination based on race, color, or national origin includes discrimination based on a person\u2019s actual or perceived race, color, or national origin. In addition, discrimination may arise based on the country or world region from which a person or their ancestors come; a person\u2019s limited English proficiency or status as an English learner, or a person\u2019s actual or perceived shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics, including those associated with membership in a specific religion (such as Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, or Sikhism).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Discrimination based on a person\u2019s sex is prohibited under Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1990 and Title II of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1975 prohibits discrimination based on a person\u2019s disability, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 prohibits discrimination based on a person\u2019s age. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Mitchell Hamline&#8217;s commitment to human rights<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mitchell Hamline is committed to fulfilling the promise of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brown v. Broad of Education <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and its progeny by ensuring that no person is excluded from participation in or denied the benefits of Mitchell Hamline\u2019s educational programs or services on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex\/gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial (or parental) status, disability, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation, age, family care leave status, or veteran status, or any other protected class defined by law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you feel you are being denied participation in or being denied benefits of the educational programs or services provided by Mitchell Hamline School of Law, or otherwise being discriminated against based on any of the above, please contact the Office of Culture and Inclusion.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Culture and Inclusion at Mitchell Hamline<\/h2>\n<p>We believe that multiplicity, in all of its forms, benefits the classroom, the college, and the legal profession. Mitchell Hamline is a welcoming and respectful community where individuals can explore differences in a safe and positive environment, and where students not only learn from their professors but also from the diverse life experiences of their classmates.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/culture-and-inclusion\/equity-leadership-institute\/\">Equity Leadership Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/about\/land-acknowledgment\/\">Read Mitchell Hamline&#8217;s land acknowledgment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\">\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/2021\/02\/24\/mitchell-hamline-pledges-to-become-an-antiracist-school\/\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/05\/George-Floyd-Remembrance-3-400x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" \/> <\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-8 small\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/2021\/02\/24\/mitchell-hamline-pledges-to-become-an-antiracist-school\/\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitchell Hamline pledges to become an antiracist school <\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Mitchell Hamline School of Law is pledging to work toward becoming an antiracist law school, with the passage of a resolution approved last week by faculty. The resolution commits the school to several actions to \u201cidentify and eliminate racism that exists at our school, in the legal profession, and in the judicial system.\u201d Those actions \u2026 <a class=\"wp-embed-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/2021\/02\/24\/mitchell-hamline-pledges-to-become-an-antiracist-school\/\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mitchell Hamline pledges to become an antiracist school<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"feature-header\"><\/h3><div class=\"news-wrapper\"><div class=\"category-wrapper site-12 is-active \"><ul><style>@media (min-width: 800px) {.over-two-dozen-alumni-honored-as-attorneys-of-the-year { background-image: url(https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/culture-and-inclusion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/Attorneys-of-the-Year_800x450.jpg); } .no-mediaqueries .over-two-dozen-alumni-honored-as-attorneys-of-the-year{background-image: url(https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/culture-and-inclusion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/01\/Attorneys-of-the-Year_800x450.jpg);}<\/style><li class=\"news-item over-two-dozen-alumni-honored-as-attorneys-of-the-year Alumni Feature News Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion \" onclick=\"location.href='https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/2025\/01\/17\/over-two-dozen-alumni-honored-as-attorneys-of-the-year\/'\" style=\"cursor:pointer\"><div class=\"news-item-content\"><div class=\"news-item-date\">Jan 17<\/div><h2 class=\"news-item-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/2025\/01\/17\/over-two-dozen-alumni-honored-as-attorneys-of-the-year\/\" class=\"news-item-title-link\" rel=\"bookmark\">Over two dozen alumni honored as Attorneys of the Year<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/li><style>@media (min-width: 800px) {.rick-petry-98-receives-2024-cleo-edge-award { background-image: url(https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/culture-and-inclusion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/04\/Pick-Petry-teaching-jpg.webp); } .no-mediaqueries .rick-petry-98-receives-2024-cleo-edge-award{background-image: url(https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/culture-and-inclusion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/04\/Pick-Petry-teaching-jpg.webp);}<\/style><li class=\"news-item rick-petry-98-receives-2024-cleo-edge-award Feature News Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion \" onclick=\"location.href='https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/09\/rick-petry-98-receives-2024-cleo-edge-award\/'\" style=\"cursor:pointer\"><div class=\"news-item-content\"><div class=\"news-item-date\">Apr 9<\/div><h2 class=\"news-item-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/2024\/04\/09\/rick-petry-98-receives-2024-cleo-edge-award\/\" class=\"news-item-title-link\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rick Petry \u201998 receives 2024 CLEO Edge Award<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/li><style>@media (min-width: 800px) {.judge-japaul-harris-03-appointed-to-minnesota-court-of-appeals { background-image: url(https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/culture-and-inclusion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/01\/Harris-JaPaul-Headshot-jpg.webp); } .no-mediaqueries .judge-japaul-harris-03-appointed-to-minnesota-court-of-appeals{background-image: url(https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/culture-and-inclusion\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/01\/Harris-JaPaul-Headshot-jpg.webp);}<\/style><li class=\"news-item judge-japaul-harris-03-appointed-to-minnesota-court-of-appeals Alumni History Center News Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion \" onclick=\"location.href='https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/2024\/01\/31\/judge-japaul-harris-03-appointed-to-minnesota-court-of-appeals\/'\" style=\"cursor:pointer\"><div class=\"news-item-content\"><div class=\"news-item-date\">Jan 31<\/div><h2 class=\"news-item-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/2024\/01\/31\/judge-japaul-harris-03-appointed-to-minnesota-court-of-appeals\/\" class=\"news-item-title-link\" rel=\"bookmark\">Judge JaPaul Harris &#8217;03 appointed to Minnesota Court of Appeals<\/a><\/h2><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<h3>Culture and Inclusion Programming Credit Requirement<\/h3>\n<p>Mitchell Hamline students are required to participate in at least six hours of extracurricular culture and inclusion programming designed to increase awareness of how to be effective lawyers in a multicultural world.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"default\">\n<li>Current students will find more information about this on the <a href=\"https:\/\/my.mitchellhamline.edu\/ICS\/Campus_Life\/Culture_and_Inclusion.jnz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MyMitchellHamline Culture and Inclusion page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/code.jquery.com\/jquery-1.11.0.min.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/calendar.mitchellhamline.edu\/Scripts\/core.js?v=2021.1.0\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">ActiveData.Events(\"https:\/\/calendar.mitchellhamline.edu\/handlers\/query.ashx?id=2f4ee9f1607349ebafa3439496b73dff&tenant=&site=\",function (response) {$(\"#4c589874844bf2\").append(response.data);});<\/script><div class=\"panel panel-events\"><header class=\"panel-header\"><h2 class=\"panel-title\">Upcoming Events<\/h2><span><a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.mitchellhamline.edu\/\">All Events<\/a><\/span><\/header><div class=\"panel-content-wrapper\"><div id=\"4c589874844bf2\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><style>.eventItem{max-height:90px;overflow: hidden;-webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, black 75%, transparent 100%);mask-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, black 75%, transparent 100%);}<\/style>\n<div class=\"panel panel-images\">\r\n        <style>\r\n            @media (min-width:600px) {\r\n                .panel-images .panel-inside .panel-image {\r\n                    background-image: url(\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/campus-flowers-jpg.webp\");\r\n                }\r\n                            .panel-images .panel-inside .panel-image.tc {\r\n                    background-image: url(\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/saint-paul-jpg.webp\");\r\n                }\r\n}           .no-mediaqueries .panel-images .panel-inside .panel-image {\r\n                background-image: url(\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/campus-flowers.jpg\");\r\n            }               \r\n\r\n            .no-mediaqueries .panel-images .panel-inside .panel-imagetc {\r\n                background-image: url(\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/saint-paul.jpg\");\r\n            }               \r\n        <\/style>\r\n        <a href=\"\/life\/\" class=\"panel-inside\">\r\n        <div class=\"panel-image\">\r\n          <header class=\"panel-header\">\r\n            <h2>Life at Mitchell Hamline<\/h2>\r\n          <\/header>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <\/a> <a href=\"\/life\/living-in-the-twin-cities\/\" class=\"panel-inside\">\r\n        <div class=\"panel-image tc\">\r\n          <header class=\"panel-header\">\r\n            <h2>Living in the Twin Cities<\/h2>\r\n          <\/header>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <\/a> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mitchell Hamline School of Law is committed to protecting human rights and promoting equity and peak performance in higher education: helping future lawyers become skilled, global-minded, and culturally intelligent professionals We are committed to protecting human rights and promoting equity so that we can provide a learning and working environment that maximizes the potential of &hellip; 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