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Mitchell Hamline welcomes newest faculty members

Posted: July 7, 2023
Mitchell Hamline School of Law is pleased to welcome its newest faculty members. Nicole McConlogue, associate professor of law Nicole McConlogue’s academic career has placed a strong focus on experiential education and public interest practice. Before joining Mitchell Hamline, she was clinic director at West Virginia University College of Law. There, she introduced several creative …

Mitchell Hamline welcomes newest faculty members

Statement on Supreme Court opinion in higher-education admissions case

Posted: June 29, 2023
Below is a statement issued today by Dean Anthony Niedwiecki and Board Chair Nicole James Gilchrist in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina, et al. “We are disappointed but not …

Statement on Supreme Court opinion in higher-education admissions case

Professor Tahdooahnippah featured in NPR story at psychedelic studies conference

Posted: June 26, 2023
Professor Forrest Tahdooahnippah (Comanche Nation) was featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition in a story about a conference in Denver last week where he spoke about the potential unintended consequences of legalizing the kinds of psychoactive plants used to make psychedelic drugs. The event, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies 2023 conference, was organized after the …

Professor Tahdooahnippah featured in NPR story at psychedelic studies conference

Professor EagleWoman weighs in on Supreme Court’s ICWA ruling

Posted: June 16, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act in a 7-2 opinion. Professor Angelique EagleWoman (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate), director of Mitchell Hamline’s Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute, had long followed the cases through the courts that ended up at the Supreme Court. She offered legal analysis in several media …

Professor EagleWoman weighs in on Supreme Court’s ICWA ruling

Mary Louise Klas ’60, trailblazing judge, dies at age 93

Posted: June 12, 2023
Mary Louise Klas ’60, a trailblazing judge in Minnesota who worked tirelessly to improve the way the judicial system treated victims of domestic violence, died on Friday, just days after turning 93. Klas was also the matriarch of a family with deep connections to Mitchell Hamline. She met her husband, Daniel ’60, at law school. …

Mary Louise Klas ’60, trailblazing judge, dies at age 93