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Justice Anne McKeig ’92 elected to prestigious American Law Institute

Posted: August 24, 2022
Minnesota Supreme Court Anne McKeig ’92 has been elected to the American Law Institute, a private and independent nonprofit that publishes materials that can be used throughout the legal system to better the administration of justice. The organization’s publications – known as restatements, model codes, and principles – are not controlling law but have long …

Justice Anne McKeig ’92 elected to prestigious American Law Institute

Local partnership boosts Gateway enrollment

Posted: August 23, 2022
Mitchell Hamline’s Gateway to Legal Education program, launched three years ago to encourage interest in the law among students from historically underrepresented communities, has its highest enrollment ever this fall thanks to a new local partnership. Mitchell Hamline and North Hennepin Community College signed an agreement in July making North Hennepin—located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota—the …

Local partnership boosts Gateway enrollment

Five Mitchell Hamline alums honored with Minnesota Lawyer Diversity & Inclusion Awards

Posted: August 22, 2022
Five Mitchell Hamline alumni are among the 17 individuals and three groups being recognized by Minnesota Lawyer for its 2022 Diversity & Inclusion awards. Recipients are being honored because they “have made a significant impact with respect to diversity and inclusion on the greater community or within their organizations.” 2022 Diversity & Inclusion Awards (Mitchell Hamline …

Five Mitchell Hamline alums honored with Minnesota Lawyer Diversity & Inclusion Awards

One paralegal’s journey from New Orleans to Texas to Mitchell Hamline

Posted: August 18, 2022
Brandy Johnson has wanted to be an attorney since she was seven. But with a family to raise, she instead started her career elsewhere in the legal profession. Her first legal assistant job came after advocating for her spouse when he suffered a workplace injury. The attorney representing them offered Johnson a job. That was …

One paralegal’s journey from New Orleans to Texas to Mitchell Hamline

Mitchell Hamline student named to Interior Department committee on place names

Posted: August 16, 2022
A Mitchell Hamline student has been named as one of 17 members of a federal advisory group that will help identify and recommend changes to derogatory names used for places throughout the country. Kiana Carlson (Ahtna Kohtaene, Taltsiine; Native Village of Cantwell, Alaska) learned she was named to the Department of the Interior’s Advisory Committee …

Mitchell Hamline student named to Interior Department committee on place names