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Bruce Burton, former Mitchell dean and professor, dies at age 83

Posted: June 22, 2022
Bruce Burton, a former William Mitchell dean who led the school at a transformative time in its history, died on June 11, 2022, in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he lived. He was 83. Burton served as dean from 1975 to 1980 and oversaw the school’s move to what is now the Mitchell Hamline campus. During his …

Bruce Burton, former Mitchell dean and professor, dies at age 83

Mitchell Hamline commencement honors nearly 350 graduates

Posted: June 17, 2022
Nearly 350 graduates walked the bases to get their diplomas on Saturday, June 18, at Michell Hamline’s commencement. The ceremony was the law school’s second commencement to take place at CHS Field in St. Paul, home of the Minnesota Twins’ minor league Saints. It included those who finished their studies at both the end of …

Mitchell Hamline commencement honors nearly 350 graduates

First student to attend law school from prison will attend Mitchell Hamline

Posted: June 13, 2022
Mitchell Hamline School of Law and All Square partner in Prison to Law Pipeline program Mitchell Hamline School of Law will welcome Maureen Onyelobi into its juris doctor program this fall, making Mitchell Hamline the first ABA-approved law school in the country to educate currently incarcerated individuals. It’s a moment nearly three years in the …

First student to attend law school from prison will attend Mitchell Hamline

Hannah Burton named Outstanding Clinic Student for work in child protection clinic

Posted: June 2, 2022
Mitchell Hamline student Hannah Burton has won an Outstanding Clinic Student award from the Clinical Legal Education Association. Burton worked extensively with Mitchell Hamline’s Child Protection Clinic during her 2L year. There, she represented a parent in a case seeking to reestablish parental rights. She also testified before Minnesota lawmakers on legislation to eliminate the presumption …

Hannah Burton named Outstanding Clinic Student for work in child protection clinic

Eliminating inequities, one deed at a time

Posted: June 1, 2022
Maria Cisneros ‘14 was shocked to learn her home in the Twin Cities suburb of Golden Valley, not far from where she grew up, had a racially restrictive covenant on its records. It meant her husband, who is from Venezuela, and her family would not have been able to buy the home if that language …

Eliminating inequities, one deed at a time