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Starting Sept. 1, masks are required for everyone on campus

Posted: August 30, 2021
Mitchell Hamline is instituting a mask requirement for everyone on campus as of Sept. 1, 2021. Below is a message from Dean Anthony Niedwiecki and the Executive Leadership Team announcing the change.   Aug. 30, 2021 Dear faculty and staff – Thank you for all you have done this fall to help us return to …

Starting Sept. 1, masks are required for everyone on campus

Mitchell Hamline alum helps tenants struggling in pandemic economy

Posted: August 27, 2021
Federal, state, and local governments have provided billions of dollars to help tenants who were unable to keep up with their rent during the pandemic. But even with that assistance, tenants have continued to struggle because there were still gaps and the process was complicated by proceedings held online. That’s where Helen Paillé ‘12 comes …

Mitchell Hamline alum helps tenants struggling in pandemic economy

Alum’s clinic work at Mitchell Hamline paved the way for a Minnesota Supreme Court appearance

Posted: August 11, 2021
As Brooke Beskau Warg ‘19 sat in court Tuesday morning, she recalled how overwhelmed she had felt during the first week of law school a few years ago. But thanks to clinical work she did as a student with Mitchell Hamline’s Institute to Transform Child Protection, Warg was sitting in the chambers of the Minnesota …

Alum’s clinic work at Mitchell Hamline paved the way for a Minnesota Supreme Court appearance

Recent graduate wins Outstanding Clinic Student Award for work with imprisoned Minnesotans

Posted: July 27, 2021
Recent Mitchell Hamline graduate Claire Beyer ‘21 has won an Outstanding Clinic Student award from the Clinical Legal Education Association. Beyer worked for 18 months in the school’s Reentry and LAMP: Legal Assistance for Minnesota Prisoners clinics. During that time, she filed, argued, and won three criminal record expungements. “Claire represented several clients in expungement …

Recent graduate wins Outstanding Clinic Student Award for work with imprisoned Minnesotans

Alum advocates for immigrants in South Dakota

Posted: July 16, 2021
Taneeza Islam ‘07 providing legal support, safe space After a car accident left Taneeza Islam’s arm severely injured in 2005, withdrawing temporarily from Mitchell Hamline seemed to be the only option. But when Islam spoke with her professors about her plans, one stood out. “Professor Marie Failinger looked at me and said, ‘Taneeza, we need …

Alum advocates for immigrants in South Dakota