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2024

Kaori Kenmotsu brings embodied approach to teaching DRI courses

Posted: September 30, 2024
Returning to her alma mater as an assistant professor of law, Kaori Kenmotsu ’22 brings to Mitchell Hamline a breadth of experience in the worlds of dance, theater, yoga, public policy, community organizing, teaching, and now law. For Kenmotsu, however, it’s all connected. “Coming into it late in my career, law was another piece in …

Kaori Kenmotsu brings embodied approach to teaching DRI courses

Mitchell Hamline professor, alums named Top Women in Law

Posted: September 24, 2024
Minnesota Lawyer announced its Top Women in Law for 2024, recognizing 40 women for their leadership and achievements in Minnesota’s legal community. One honoree is Mitchell Hamline Professor Natalie Netzel ’15, who has been at the forefront of the conversation about well-being in the legal profession and law schools. Netzel, currently serving as director of …

Mitchell Hamline professor, alums named Top Women in Law

Peter Larsen seeks to inspire students to use the law to help others

Posted: September 20, 2024
Peter Larsen remembers the very day he became interested in pursuing law. It was his junior year of high school, and the Minnesota Supreme Court was hearing a case at his school about a drunk driver who hit a family of four after leaving a local American Legion post. It was the middle of the …

Peter Larsen seeks to inspire students to use the law to help others

New faculty strengthen legal writing program

Posted: September 11, 2024
“We can’t underestimate the power of the written word,” said Visiting Professor Udoka Nwanna, describing what she loves about teaching legal writing. A fundamental skill for lawyers, legal writing is often a brand-new way of thinking and writing for law students. Nwanna and three other professors have taken on new positions in legal writing for …

New faculty strengthen legal writing program

Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaks Tuesday at Mitchell Hamline

Posted: September 4, 2024
Mitchell Hamline is pleased to welcome former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to speak at the fourth-annual Hon. Steven E. Rau ’83 Memorial Lecture. Holder and Mitchell Hamline President and Dean Camille Davidson will hold a “fireside chat” focusing on civility and its impact on public institutions. This free, in-person event on Tuesday, Oct. 8, …

Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaks Tuesday at Mitchell Hamline