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By Maja Beckstrom When Professor R. Carl Moy heads to an undergraduate career fair at the University of Minnesota’s College of Science and Engineering, he brings his graphs. “Engineers love graphs,” explained Moy, associate director of Mitchell Hamline’s Intellectual Property Institute. First, he pops up a slide showing lifetime median earnings for graduates with science …

Schwegman gift helps increase pool of patent-eligible students

By Dick Dahl When baby boomers were young, many of them built their lives around the unholy trinity of “sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll.” Now that the boomers have grown gray and begun to shuffle off this mortal coil, Minneapolis entertainment lawyer  suggests perhaps the old incantation deserves an update: “Occasional sex, prescription drugs, …

Entertainment lawyer Ken Abdo ’82 finds a new niche: Estate-planning for aging rockers

Salima Oines Khakoo ’02 (HUSL) is CEO and managing attorney of American Dream Law LLC and works with community organizations to ensure the provision of immigration-law services to working-class families. Born in Tanzania and raised in New York City, she teaches at Mitchell Hamline and lives in St. Paul’s Hamline-Midway neighborhood with her husband, Eric, …

A Life in the Law: Practicing immigration law as an act of patriotism

The goal at Mitchell Hamline is for every student to be able to spend a semester working full time at a firm, business, courthouse, or other legal setting. Rick Petry is leading the effort to make that happen. Petry, a 1998 graduate of Hamline University School of Law, was hired this summer as assistant director …

Rick Petry ’98 leads effort to increase residency opportunities for students

Mitchell Hamline School of Law will be closed for the holiday break Friday, Dec. 22, through Monday, Jan. 1. All buildings on campus, including the Warren E. Burger Library, will be shut down during that time. The library will reopen Tuesday, Jan. 2, at 7:30 am. Thank you and have a nice holiday.

Mitchell Hamline campus closed for holiday break Dec. 22-Jan. 1