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Dean Niedwiecki to begin sabbatical Aug. 15; Hilbert named interim dean

Posted: August 8, 2023
  The Mitchell Hamline School of Law board of trustees released the following statement on August 8, 2023:   The Board of Trustees for Mitchell Hamline School of Law announced today that Dean Anthony Niedwiecki has requested the opportunity to begin his sabbatical this month.  In supporting that request, the Board named Vice Dean Jim …

Dean Niedwiecki to begin sabbatical Aug. 15; Hilbert named interim dean

Haydock & Steenson: A half century of excellence

Posted: August 4, 2023
Roger Haydock and Mike Steenson laid the foundations for clinical education, law review The 2022-23 academic year marked the 50th anniversary of professors Roger Haydock and Mike Steenson at Mitchell Hamline. Haydock began at William Mitchell College of Law in 1970 as a part-time instructor, but it was in 1972 that he joined the faculty …

Haydock & Steenson: A half century of excellence

Minnesota’s three largest bar associations were led by alums this year

Posted: August 2, 2023
Since the first bar association in Minnesota was established over a century ago, the state is now home to seventeen, with members representing various areas of law practice. This past year, the three largest Minnesota bar associations were led by Mitchell Hamline School of Law alumni. Their terms ended July 1, 2023. We caught up …

Minnesota’s three largest bar associations were led by alums this year

Jon Schmidt ’03 named to Minnesota Court of Appeals

Posted: July 24, 2023
Jon Schmidt ’03, a principal attorney at the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office and a former shareholder at Briggs and Morgan, was appointed Monday to the Minnesota Court of Appeals by Governor Tim Walz. Walz, in a statement, said Schmidt’s “nearly two decades of appellate practice has made him a respected expert in the field across …

Jon Schmidt ’03 named to Minnesota Court of Appeals

Former Hamline Law Dean Donald Lewis retires from firm he co-founded

Posted: July 19, 2023
Donald Lewis, an accomplished attorney who served as dean of Hamline University School of Law from 2008 to 2013, recently retired from the Minneapolis firm he co-founded, Nilan Johnson Lewis. The 70-year-old has shifted to part time arbitration and mediation work with JAMS, a private company that provides alternative dispute resolution services. Lewis’s tenure at …

Former Hamline Law Dean Donald Lewis retires from firm he co-founded