Mission and Vision
Mission Statement
The Mitchell Hamline History Center mission is to develop and maintain this center to preserve the rich legacy of each law school; collect, exhibit and interpret archival material pertinent to the combined history; and establish a continuing means of understanding the new institution’s origin, evolving development and impact on the community and the ever-changing field of legal education.
Vision Statement
The Mitchell Hamline History Center will be a valid and meaningful vehicle that celebrates the history of the new and predecessor schools, including aspects of missions from the past. It will develop, maintain and support pertinent archival research into how the combined school has served and is serving the community, particularly with respect to access to legal education, public service and improving the law. By strengthening an integrated identity, it will foster understanding of the school’s roots and evolving history.
History Center Committee
The Mitchell Hamline History Center Committee was appointed by the president and dean.
Current History Center Committee Members
Michael K. Steenson, Chair, Professor of Law
Husniyah Bradley, Assistant Director, Career & Professional Development
Laura Brooks, Associate Teaching Professor
Allison Burke, Interim Vice President, Development & Alumni Relations
Lisa Heidenreich, Interim Director, Library
Jeff Nylander, Acquisitions and Archives Coordinator
Sharon K. Sandeen, Professor of Law
Past History Center Committee Members
Larry Bakken, Emeritus Professor of Law and a founding associate dean and faculty member, Hamline University School of Law
Doug Belden, Assistant Director of Marketing
Michael Birchard, Vice President, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ex officio)
Adam Borrego, Academic Advisor (ex officio)
Tom Cobb, Professor of Law
Mark Edwards, past Chair, Professor of Law
Marie Failinger, Professor of Law and former Interim Dean, Hamline University School of Law
Douglas Heidenreich ’61, Emeritus Professor of Law and former Dean, William Mitchell College of Law
Eric Janus, Professor of Law and former President and Dean, William Mitchell College of Law
Michael Jordon, Professor of Law
Ann Juergens, Professor of Law
Peter Knapp, past Chair, Professor of Law and former Interim Dean
Gwen Lerner ’78, Hamline University Trustee and Hamline University School of Law alumna, editor of the first issue of the Hamline Law Review
Julie Mielke, Archives and Government Documents Coordinator, Warren E. Burger Law Library
Carl Moy, Professor of Law
Kathryn Russell ’02, Director, Professional Legal Education Programs
John Sonsteng, Professor of Law
Marcy Wallace ’74, William Mitchell alumna and editor of the first issue of the William Mitchell Law Review
Tom Weber, Assistant Director, Communications (ex officio)
Anthony Winer, past Co-Chair, Professor of Law