Donor Stories

Mitchell Hamline is now offering a certificate in Elder Law and Chronic Care as part of its Professional Legal Education programs. The certificate will give those who work in the elder care industry —and practicing attorneys—the skills to navigate the complex legal and policy issues that surround the aging population. As the number of older Americans increases, there’s …

Mitchell Hamline launches certificate in Elder Law and Chronic Care

Giving back to the community was important to Howard Kidder. It was also important to his father, Charles Kidder ’11, a graduate of St. Paul College of Law. Howard died in 2016 at the age of 93. In one of his final acts of generosity, he made a significant gift through his will to Mitchell …

Son’s gift honors father’s legacy

Friends and family of Barbara Zurek ’90 are celebrating her life through the establishment of the Barbara A. Zurek Memorial Scholarship. The annual scholarship will support women law students at Mitchell Hamline School of Law. Zurek died March 28, 2018, at the age of 62. In an obituary she was described as a “fierce advocate for her …

Barbara Zurek’s legacy celebrated with memorial scholarship

Mitchell Hamline students received $800,000 in scholarships last year, support that helped them continue working toward the goal of earning a J.D. Donors who created and continue to fund those scholarships got a chance to meet with the students who benefit from that assistance during the annual Scholarship Luncheon on Thursday, March 22, at Mitchell …

Donors meet students who benefit from their scholarships

Grateful for the scholarship support he received at Mitchell Hamline, David Dobmeyer ’16 was inspired to give back to his alma mater, where he was a three-time recipient of the Louis L. Ainsworth Scholarship. Shortly after graduation, he created the David J. Dobmeyer ’16 Annual Scholarship for Nonprofit Environmental Law. Now an associate in the …

Encouraging students to use the law to protect the environment

By Maja Beckstrom When Professor R. Carl Moy heads to an undergraduate career fair at the University of Minnesota’s College of Science and Engineering, he brings his graphs. “Engineers love graphs,” explained Moy, associate director of Mitchell Hamline’s Intellectual Property Institute. First, he pops up a slide showing lifetime median earnings for graduates with science …

Schwegman gift helps increase pool of patent-eligible students

Mitchell Hamline School of Law and Jeff Anderson & Associates are breaking new ground in child abuse prevention and legal education by announcing the Zero Abuse Project (ZAP). A $2 million gift from Jeff Anderson & Associates to Mitchell Hamline will launch a collaboration aimed at training professionals and transforming how institutions play a necessary …

Jeff Anderson & Associates, Mitchell Hamline launch ‘Zero Abuse Project’

Mitchell Hamline professors Laura Hermer and Mehmet Konar-Steenberg have been chosen to receive the 2017-2018 John H. Faricy Jr. Professorship for Empirical Research in the Law. The professorship is rotated annually among the school’s faculty members. It was created by John H. Faricy Jr. ’82 (WMCL), founder of Minneapolis-based Faricy Law P.A., to provide professors …

Two Mitchell Hamline faculty awarded professorship

Steve Goldetsky graduated cum laude in 1982 from William Mitchell College of Law, a predecessor of Mitchell Hamline. Steve’s career as a business attorney has ranged from work as in-house corporate counsel to starting his own law firm. He’s currently a partner at Inrelex Law Group. Steve has served as a mentor for students and …

Steve and Sharon Goldetsky bequest will support the Center for Law and Business