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Judges Jesson, Reilly ’83 to depart Minnesota Court of Appeals

Posted: May 22, 2023
Two judges with deep connections to Mitchell Hamline will step down from the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Denise Reilly ’83 and Lucinda Jesson were both named to the court during Gov. Mark Dayton’s administration – Reilly in 2014; Jesson in 2016. The announcement from Gov. Tim Walz’s office comes as Reilly nears the state’s mandatory …

Judges Jesson, Reilly ’83 to depart Minnesota Court of Appeals

Mitchell Hamline 2023 Student Award of Merit winners named

Posted: May 15, 2023
Students (L-R) Marilys Solano, Jayashree Venkateswaran, and Michelle Furrer have been named 2023 Student Award of Merit winners.
Mitchell Hamline students Michelle Furrer, Marilys Solano, and Jayashree Venkateswaran have been named Student Award of Merit recipients for 2023. All three are part of the class of students that entered law school in August 2020 at the height of the COVID pandemic. Their studies were entirely online for their first year. The trio recently completed …

Mitchell Hamline 2023 Student Award of Merit winners named

Dean Niedwiecki on opting out of U.S. News rankings process

Posted: May 11, 2023
Mitchell Hamline President and Dean Anthony Niedwiecki announced to staff and faculty early in 2023 that the school would not be participating in the U.S. News & World Report rankings process this year. In the message below—posted the day the rankings were released—he discusses his reasons for opting out of the U.S. News process and …

Dean Niedwiecki on opting out of U.S. News rankings process

Mitchell Hamline marks 50 years of clinical education

Posted: May 8, 2023
Mitchell Hamline celebrated 50 years of clinical education with an event on Friday, May 5. The anniversary dates to 1973, when the William Mitchell Law Clinic debuted with four offerings, in criminal law, civil practice, welfare law and criminal appeals. It was one of the first clinics to open at any law school in the …

Mitchell Hamline marks 50 years of clinical education

Court of Appeals hears arguments at Mitchell Hamline

Posted: April 13, 2023
A three-judge panel of the Minnesota Court of Appeals convened in the Mitchell Hamline auditorium on Thursday to hear oral arguments in two cases. “We’re delighted to be here,” said Judge Lucinda Jesson at the beginning of deliberations that she presided over alongside Judges Tracy Smith and Jeffrey Bryan. Several dozen students, as well as …

Court of Appeals hears arguments at Mitchell Hamline