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Expert Q&A: Professor EagleWoman explains important ICWA case heading to Supreme Court

Posted: March 10, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court last week agreed to hear an important case that could determine the future of the Indian Child Welfare Act, a 1978 law that aims to protect against the separation of Native American families. The case, Haaland v. Brackeen, is a consolidation of several cases, one of which centers around a couple …

Expert Q&A: Professor EagleWoman explains important ICWA case heading to Supreme Court

Alum using NCAA platform to raise awareness of Native athlete representation

Posted: March 10, 2022
Jessie Stomski Seim ’08 is convinced she would have never attended law school or become general counsel for a tribal government if not for the scholarship she received to play basketball at the University of Wisconsin. With the NCAA Women’s Final Four coming to Minneapolis in April, Stomski Seim, a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) …

Alum using NCAA platform to raise awareness of Native athlete representation

Spring 2022 Native American Law Online Information Sessions for Prospective Students

Posted: January 14, 2022
Prospective students are invited to register now for upcoming online information sessions about the Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute. Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022 at 12 pm (CST) Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022 at 6 pm (CST) Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 10 am (CDT) Monday, April 4, 2022 at 12 pm (CDT) Tuesday, May 3, …

Spring 2022 Native American Law Online Information Sessions for Prospective Students

Mitchell Hamline’s Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute debuts certificate

Posted: January 14, 2022
The Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minn., recently won faculty approval for a new certificate. Certificates are focused tracks within the J.D. program to allow law students to specialize in a field of law and graduate with practice-ready skills. The Native American Law and Sovereignty Certificate …

Mitchell Hamline’s Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute debuts certificate

Mitchell Hamline’s Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute debuts certificate

Posted: December 16, 2021
The Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minn., recently won faculty approval for a new certificate. Certificates are focused tracks within the J.D. program to allow law students to specialize in a field of law and graduate with practice-ready skills. The Native American Law and Sovereignty Certificate … Mitchell Hamline’s Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute debuts certificate

Mitchell Hamline’s Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute debuts certificate

Fall 2021 Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute Online Info Sessions

Posted: October 5, 2021
The Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute is back again with our online information sessions! Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021 @ noon (CDT) via Zoom Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021 @ 6 pm (CDT) via Zoom If you’re interested in learning more about our courses, student organization, and overall programming, please join us by registering at the …

Fall 2021 Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute Online Info Sessions

Mitchell Hamline student planning post-graduation work for her tribe’s self-determination and self-sufficiency.

Posted: October 5, 2021
“I will be the first tribal member to earn a law degree. And now, some of my students want to attend law school.” Angela Levasseur is certain people would wonder why she applied to law school at age 41. The enrolled member of the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, who lives on her reservation in northern Manitoba, …

Mitchell Hamline student planning post-graduation work for her tribe’s self-determination and self-sufficiency.

Professor Angelique EagleWoman is now director of Mitchell Hamline’s Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute

Posted: September 13, 2021
Professor Angelique EagleWoman is now director of Mitchell Hamline’s Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute. She describes the moment as having come full circle, as a Dakota woman now leading a prominent Native American Law program on traditional Dakota land. EagleWoman first became a law professor at Hamline University School of Law in 2006, then …

Professor Angelique EagleWoman is now director of Mitchell Hamline’s Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute