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“Class Action Park” – Mitchell Hamline students learn legal lessons from nation’s most dangerous amusement park

Posted: September 30, 2021
There might be no truer fit to the phrase “a lawsuit waiting to happen” than a now-defunct amusement park in New Jersey called Action Park. During its heyday in the 1980s and 90s, there were countless injuries and even a few deaths on the various rides and attractions. From the litigation spurred by the park’s …

“Class Action Park” – Mitchell Hamline students learn legal lessons from nation’s most dangerous amusement park

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

Posted: September 28, 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

Niedwiecki announces scholarship honoring Lena Smith, calls to reform bar exam in installation speech focused on access

Posted: September 16, 2021
“There are so many reasons I came to this school. Number one, and most important, is because I wanted to be at a school that committed itself to providing access and opportunity to those who otherwise would not have gotten a degree.”   As a gay, first-generation college student of modest means, Anthony Niedwiecki would …

Niedwiecki announces scholarship honoring Lena Smith, calls to reform bar exam in installation speech focused on access

A voice for change: Alum seeks to destigmatize criminality

Posted: September 14, 2021
Nadine Graves ’17 understands firsthand the collateral consequences of a criminal past. She had plans to become a nurse and worked as a nursing assistant until she was convicted for felony marijuana possession as a juvenile. “I was misled to believe that a “friend” was having soccer jerseys shipped to my house and it turned …

A voice for change: Alum seeks to destigmatize criminality

Five Mitchell Hamline alums honored with Minnesota Lawyer Diversity & Inclusion Awards

Posted: September 11, 2021
Five Mitchell Hamline alumni are among the 14 individuals and four organizations being recognized by Minnesota Lawyer for its 2021 Diversity & Inclusion awards. Recipients are being honored for “significantly advancing diversity, inclusion and the dignity of all people in Minnesota’s legal profession and in communities in which exceptional legal work impacts justice for all.” …

Five Mitchell Hamline alums honored with Minnesota Lawyer Diversity & Inclusion Awards