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Three alums awarded for service to others

Posted: August 27, 2020
The Mitchell Hamline Alumni Association has announced its three alumni awards for 2020 will go to women who each help different underserved communities, and who do so in private practice, from within the government, and as the head of a nonprofit. Jean Lastine ’80 will receive the Distinguished Alumni Award for her work of more …

Three alums awarded for service to others

Minnesota House declares racism a public health crisis, thanks to alum’s work

Posted: August 5, 2020
Ruth Richardson feature
In the days after George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police in May, Ruth Richardson ’06 remembered a conversation she’d had several years ago with her son, Shawn. “He’s a runner, and all he wants to do is be outside,” Richardson told NPR in June. “And I had to tell my little boy that you …

Minnesota House declares racism a public health crisis, thanks to alum’s work

Through COVID-19 and Floyd crises, alum stays focused on community service

Posted: June 17, 2020
When COVID-19 forced food-and-drink businesses in Minnesota to close in March, Chris Montana ’13 (HUSL) did what many fellow distillery owners across the country did: He took the ethanol he’d normally use for distillation and instead made (and donated) hand sanitizer. Montana’s Du Nord Craft Spirits in south Minneapolis is the first black-owned distillery in …

Through COVID-19 and Floyd crises, alum stays focused on community service

Recent grad focuses on legal issues surrounding use of music

Posted: February 3, 2020
Alex Mueller
By Rob Hubbard             While still an undergrad, Alexandria (Alex) Mueller ’16 was a composer full of curiosity. Her music was starting to win competitions, with one resulting in a publishing deal. When she received the contract about publication and performance rights, she wondered about how this system worked. Her composition professor at the University …

Recent grad focuses on legal issues surrounding use of music

Judge Peter Reyes ’97 is committed to diversifying legal profession

Posted: January 22, 2020
Judge Peter Reyes
Reyes: ‘I want to put other people in a position to succeed’ By Emily Gurnon When he stood before an audience at the American Bar Association’s mid-year meeting in Las Vegas in January 2019, Minnesota Court of Appeals Judge Peter M. Reyes Jr. ’97 (WMCL) decided it was time to share a story he had …

Judge Peter Reyes ’97 is committed to diversifying legal profession

Judge JaPaul Harris ’03 aims to inspire low-income teens with his example

Posted: January 16, 2020
Judge JaPaul Harris
Harris: ‘Working with underserved people is a passion of mine’ By Sherri Hildebrandt Growing up in public housing, receiving public benefits, his mother working as a teacher’s aide, JaPaul Harris ’03 (HUSL) didn’t know any lawyers—let alone judges—as a youngster in upstate New York. Now a district court judge in Minnesota’s Second Judicial District, Harris …

Judge JaPaul Harris ’03 aims to inspire low-income teens with his example

Students and alums gather for the Tea for Women in Law

Posted: April 26, 2019
Mitchell Hamline students, alumni, and friends gathered recently for the Justice Esther M. Tomljanovich ’55 Tea for Women in Law and CLE. In addition to having a great time networking with old friends and new, attendees also helped raise funds for the Women in Law Scholarship Fund. You can see a slideshow of pictures from …

Students and alums gather for the Tea for Women in Law

Alums honored with Mitchell Hamline Law Review awards

Posted: April 1, 2019
The Mitchell Hamline Law Review has honored two alums for their work on the student-edited legal journal during their time in law school and for the work they’ve done in their careers since. Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright ’06 and Victor Vieth ’87 each received a 2019 Wallace-Lerner Award for Excellence in Leadership during the law …

Alums honored with Mitchell Hamline Law Review awards

Family’s experience with Legal Aid attorney inspires student’s work in Child Protection Clinic

Posted: January 1, 2019
When Scotty Ducharme was a boy in International Falls, Minn., he and his four siblings sought legal protection from their father. Ducharme remembers writing affidavits and talking with the police; his older siblings testified in court. It was a frustrating and difficult process that would rule Ducharme’s relationship with his father until he became an …

Family’s experience with Legal Aid attorney inspires student’s work in Child Protection Clinic