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Change the Law. Change the World.

Posted: April 27, 2022
After Amber Goodwin ‘21 had spine surgery during law school, she felt relieved to be in Mitchell Hamline’s partially online blended-learning program, so she could complete assignments without sitting in a traditional classroom. But the program didn’t just let her do her work primarily at home in Texas; it created opportunities to meet a diverse …

Change the Law. Change the World.

Category: Alumni, Feature, News Tag: alumni, amber goodwin, Biden, SBA

Kate Kruse, Natalie Netzel named co-directors of Mitchell Hamline clinics

Posted: April 19, 2022
When Natalie Netzel was deciding which law school to attend, she kept coming back to the school that promised her “practical wisdom” that would make her ready to practice when she graduated. A large part of the pull was the clinical education that would give her real-world legal experience while still in law school. Ten …

Kate Kruse, Natalie Netzel named co-directors of Mitchell Hamline clinics

Category: Alumni, Feature, News Tag: Ana Pottratz Acosta, Anthony Niedwiecki, Brad Colbert, clinical education, Institute to Transform Child Protection, Kate Kruse, LAMP Clinic, Natalie Netzel

Mama Sharon: The model of caring

Posted: April 14, 2022
You first notice the bulletin board inside Sharon Van Leer’s new office at Mitchell Hamline. Family photos include great-grandson and NBA rookie Jalen Suggs, along with some of the 36 foster children she’s raised. The remaining photos are of former students, though Van Leer quickly adds they also count as family. “You’d be surprised how …

Mama Sharon: The model of caring

Category: Alumni, Feature, News, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Tag: Adine Momoh, alumni, Cedrick Frazier, Chris Pham, DEI, Lynn LeMoine, Michael Birchard, Shantel Thompson, Sharon Van Leer

A Life in the Law: Fostering a career helping families

Posted: April 5, 2022
My legal career is just beginning, but my association with the legal system has been nearly lifelong. Some of my earliest memories were visiting my father in jail. A meth lab exploded in the basement of my childhood home when I was 12. As I sat in the police car with my brother, I watched …

A Life in the Law: Fostering a career helping families

Category: Alumni, Feature, News Tag: alumni, child welfare, family law, foster care, kirsty hanson, Kirsty Liedman, Life in the Law

National Jurist magazine names Mitchell Hamline student one of ten Law Students of the Year

Posted: March 28, 2022
National Jurist magazine has named Mitchell Hamline student Nicole van Lierop one of ten Law Students of the Year. The magazine invites every law school in the country to nominate one student, then chooses its top honorees. “Nicole has done an amazing job being a frontline worker and an excellent law student,” noted Professor Barb …

National Jurist magazine names Mitchell Hamline student one of ten Law Students of the Year

Category: Feature, News Tag: Barbara Colombo, Health Law, Health Law Institute, Law Student of the Year, National Jurist, Nicole van Lierop, nurse, VA

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