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Justice Tomljanovich ’55 honored at Women in Law celebration

Posted: May 19, 2022
In 2000, when William Mitchell College of Law was celebrating its 100th anniversary, former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Esther Tomljanovich ’55 was asked how the school could bring that history into the present. She suggested restarting the tea, an event from her time as a law student and young lawyer when women weren’t allowed in …

Justice Tomljanovich ’55 honored at Women in Law celebration

Mitchell Hamline professor to speak at trade secrets symposium in Geneva

Posted: May 18, 2022
Mitchell Hamline Professor Sharon Sandeen will travel to Switzerland to take part in an historic symposium on trade secret law. The gathering on May 23 and 24 marks the first time the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has held a major international conference on trade secret law, according to Sandeen. WIPO was founded in 1970 …

Mitchell Hamline professor to speak at trade secrets symposium in Geneva

Mitchell Hamline legal fellow stars in new play about Minnesota’s prison system

Posted: May 17, 2022
Noelle Faye spends her days helping current and recent prison inmates get free legal aid through Mitchell Hamline’s Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners (LAMP) and Reentry clinics. But recently, her free time has been spent at rehearsals for a new play in Minneapolis that draws on the experiences of people in the state’s prison system. …

Mitchell Hamline legal fellow stars in new play about Minnesota’s prison system

Mitchell Hamline student writes children’s book, hoping to make hockey more inclusive

Posted: May 16, 2022
For all his hockey skills, Anthony Walsh didn’t always feel like he belonged on the ice. “I would hear things that people would say that were extremely offensive,” he said. “As a Black player you’re always taught to skate away, don’t react, don’t retaliate, don’t take a penalty, don’t put your team down. “That’s right …

Mitchell Hamline student writes children’s book, hoping to make hockey more inclusive

Weeks from graduation, KARE 11 story highlights student’s family’s refugee journey

Posted: May 10, 2022
As Khou Yang finishes her final weeks of law school at Mitchell Hamline, she was recently invited on a trip down memory lane by a local television reporter, nearly 30 years after the news organization documented Yang and her family as they moved from a refugee camp in Thailand to their new home in Minnesota. …

Weeks from graduation, KARE 11 story highlights student’s family’s refugee journey