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
Peter Knapp, Chair, Professor of Law and former Interim Dean
Mark Edwards, Professor of Law
Marie Failinger, Professor of Law and former Interim Dean, Hamline University School of Law
Lisa Heidenreich, Interim Director, Library
Carl Moy, Professor of Law
Jeff Nylander, Circulation Assistant
Michael Birchard, Vice President, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ex officio)
Adam Borrego, Academic Advisor (ex officio)
Tom Weber, Assistant Director, Communications (ex officio)
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
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
Ann Juergens, Professor of Law
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
Kathryn Russell ’02, Director, Professional Legal Education Programs
Sharon Sandeen, Professor of Law
John Sonsteng, Professor of Law
Michael Steenson, Professor of Law
Marcy Wallace ’74, William Mitchell alumna and editor of the first issue of the William Mitchell Law Review
Anthony Winer, Professor of Law, Co-chair