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2024

Eight trustees complete their service to Mitchell Hamline

Posted: August 23, 2024
In 2015, Mitchell Hamline School of Law was created from the combination of Hamline University School of Law and William Mitchell College of Law, and eight influential leaders began their tenure on Mitchell Hamline’s board of trustees, the governing body for the independent ABA-approved law school. After nine years of dedicated service, they completed their …

Eight trustees complete their service to Mitchell Hamline

George Latimer, former mayor and Hamline Law dean, dies at 89

Posted: August 19, 2024
George Latimer, who served as dean of Hamline University School of Law after stepping down as the longest-serving mayor in St. Paul history, died in the early morning on Sunday, Aug. 18, at age 89. Latimer was as known for his good-natured personality as any policy wins, though a robust redevelopment of downtown St. Paul …

George Latimer, former mayor and Hamline Law dean, dies at 89

Finding the Why: A profile of Camille Davidson

Posted: August 7, 2024
New President and Dean Camille Davidson comes from a family of teachers, and she’s committed to helping students find their purpose through legal education In the spring of 1998, after a long legal battle, the state of Mississippi released the records from its infamous Sovereignty Commission. The nearly 125,000 pages of files detailed 17 years …

Finding the Why: A profile of Camille Davidson

Mitchell Hamline offers Law and the Holocaust public lecture series

Posted: August 2, 2024
Law and the Holocaust
Professor Greg Duhl and Shira Shapiro ’09 of Robins Kaplan LLP are collaborating this fall to offer law students and members of the public alike an opportunity to discuss the legal theory and law related to the Holocaust. Mitchell Hamline is proud to gather leading experts in the field to deliver this lecture series and …

Mitchell Hamline offers Law and the Holocaust public lecture series

Coben steps away from full-time teaching; Roy and Morrow retire

Posted: July 29, 2024
James Coben After 35 years at Hamline University School of Law and Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Professor Coben is stepping away from full-time teaching but will continue to teach dispute-resolution courses. He remains a senior fellow in the Dispute Resolution Institute and will help build out DRI’s new Laboratory for Advancing Dispute Resolution Skills …

Coben steps away from full-time teaching; Roy and Morrow retire