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The Oath: Judge Donovan Frank ’77 and his naturalization house calls

Posted: November 30, 2023
Zhengfang Liu lived in the United States for 20 years before becoming a citizen last year. But because of the 82-year old’s declining health, including four hospitalizations and a cardiac arrest in the past year, Liu couldn’t attend a naturalization ceremony in person. So the ceremony went to her, in the person of U.S. District …

The Oath: Judge Donovan Frank ’77 and his naturalization house calls

Paving the Way: Continuing to expand access to law school

Posted: October 30, 2023
Mitchell Hamline continues to innovate in a variety of ways to expand access to law school Michelle and Chris Furrer nearly gave up on law school because the commutes to the nearest law schools would be too long. The married couple lives and works on Chris’ family’s third-generation cattle farm in rural Monroe, Washington, the …

Paving the Way: Continuing to expand access to law school

Mitchell Hamline hosts investiture for newest Court of Appeals judges

Posted: October 16, 2023
Several hundred people gathered at Mitchell Hamline on Friday, October 13, to see Jon Schmidt ‘03 and Keala Ede take their oaths as the newest members of the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Chief Judge Susan Segal hosted the event, which featured welcomes from U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar and Mitchell Hamline’s interim president and dean, Jim …

Mitchell Hamline hosts investiture for newest Court of Appeals judges

New members join Mitchell Hamline board of trustees and alumni board

Posted: October 2, 2023
Mitchell Hamline’s board of trustees and alumni association board welcomed new members this summer. The new members of the board of trustees are: In addition, the terms of board members Chris Chalstrom ’91, Judge Sara Grewing ’03, and Mark Hallberg ’79 came to an end. We thank them for their service to the board and …

New members join Mitchell Hamline board of trustees and alumni board

Mitchell Hamline’s Institute to Transform Child Protection celebrates wins at Minnesota Capitol

Posted: September 17, 2023
Jamie Becker-Finn ’11 grew up on the Leech Lake reservation, an impoverished community in northern Minnesota where she has seen first-hand what poverty, discrimination, and an inequitable justice system can do to families and children. And when those families can’t afford legal representation to argue on their behalf, things get even more complicated. In some …

Mitchell Hamline’s Institute to Transform Child Protection celebrates wins at Minnesota Capitol