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Chomping at the bit: Alum hockey coach takes on new challenge

Posted: July 20, 2022
There was a moment of panic for Kirk Olimb ‘16 just before his first courtroom appearance as a junior associate. His teeth fell out. Specifically, the five-tooth bridge that filled the void from several front teeth lost during his years as a hockey player. Thanks to thinking fast and staying calm under pressure – skills …

Chomping at the bit: Alum hockey coach takes on new challenge

Paralegal found path to attorney through Mitchell Hamline

Posted: July 18, 2022
After earning an undergraduate degree in paralegal studies and working in the field for six years, Sawyer Lyn Imrie (Hennlich) wondered if her goal of becoming an attorney had passed. “I felt comfortable with my paralegal career,” said Imrie. “But I was thinking about law school back in high school and here I wasn’t sure …

Paralegal found path to attorney through Mitchell Hamline

Professor Anansi Wilson named to MLK Collegium of Scholars

Posted: July 12, 2022
Mitchell Hamline Professor T. Anansi will be inducted to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Collegium of Scholars at Morehouse College this fall. The collegium is part of Morehouse’s College of Ministers and Laity that is named for Dr. King, who graduated from the school in 1948 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology. Scholars are selected …

Professor Anansi Wilson named to MLK Collegium of Scholars

The Infinite Mission: Retired judge works to get more women on the bench

Posted: July 8, 2022
When asked if she’s any less busy in retirement, her chuckle says it all. Judge Gail Chang Bohr ’91 served last year as president of the Infinity Project, a nonpartisan group dedicated to getting more women into judgeships. “There are plenty of qualified women, but they don’t put themselves forward,” she said. “We don’t endorse …

The Infinite Mission: Retired judge works to get more women on the bench

Traduciendo Esperanza: Translating Hope

Posted: July 6, 2022
For attorney Gloria Contreras Edin ’05, it’s not enough to practice law. It’s her practice in life to give people hope – something that shines from a dark place where she had little hope of her own. Contreras Edin’s goal as a child was to survive. Born and raised in an unsafe part of east …

Traduciendo Esperanza: Translating Hope