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Voting begins as Hispanic Heritage Month ends; Latinos are flexing their political muscle

Posted: October 13, 2020
Mitchell Hamline front entrance
This week marks the end of Hispanic Heritage Month. Every year, the celebration begins on September 15th because five Latin American countries celebrate their own independence that day: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico celebrates its Independence Day at the end of September 15th as the clock strikes midnight on …

Voting begins as Hispanic Heritage Month ends; Latinos are flexing their political muscle

Indian Law Program renamed Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute

Posted: October 12, 2020
Mitchell Hamline’s Indian Law Program will now be known as the Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute. The commitment to this area of law has deep roots in both of Mitchell Hamline’s legacy schools, with Co-Director Colette Routel as the longest-serving steward of the program since it began in 2009. The change helps highlight the …

Indian Law Program renamed Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute

A tribute to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Posted: September 22, 2020
  JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020   Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an extraordinary champion of gender equality. The second woman ever to serve on the United States Supreme Court, her contributions as a lawyer and jurist changed the way that the Court and the country thought about women’s rights. …

A tribute to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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

Incoming class at Mitchell Hamline likely school’s largest ever

Posted: August 17, 2020
Mitchell Hamline sign along Summit Avenue
Amidst the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mitchell Hamline School of Law is beginning its fall semester this week with what is likely to be a record number of incoming students. Enrollment figures won’t be finalized until October, but currently 420 first-year students are enrolled. This includes those in the school’s partly online Blended Learning …

Incoming class at Mitchell Hamline likely school’s largest ever

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

Employment rate for Mitchell Hamline’s 2019 grads nearly 95 percent

Posted: July 16, 2020
Daniel Wright’s job is online these days, but it was like that even before the COVID-19 pandemic. Otherwise, he would have a 1,400 mile commute across eight states. Wright is a clerk for a judge in northwestern Minnesota while living in Raleigh, North Carolina. “The job was posted specifically as a remote clerkship because I …

Employment rate for Mitchell Hamline’s 2019 grads nearly 95 percent

Anthony Niedwiecki begins serving as president and dean

Posted: July 1, 2020
Anthony S. Niedwiecki, a longtime legal educator and activist on behalf of LGBTQ rights, began serving as president and dean at Mitchell Hamline School of Law on July 1. “I’m thrilled to be joining Mitchell Hamline,” Niedwiecki said. “This school is one of the leading innovators in legal education, and I admire its focus on …

Anthony Niedwiecki begins serving as president and dean

List of resources related to George Floyd killing and aftermath

Posted: June 26, 2020
Many members of the Mitchell Hamline community have inquired in recent weeks about how they might help in the aftermath of the George Floyd killing. Others may find themselves in need of legal or other services in connection with the protests and civil unrest that followed Floyd’s death on May 25. Below is a list …

List of resources related to George Floyd killing and aftermath