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The legal profession is growing more diverse, but it’s still overwhelmingly white. By some accounts only 12 percent of lawyers in the U.S. are people of color. Increasing diversity among law students—and ultimately in the legal profession as a whole—is the goal behind the CLEO Pre-Law Summer Institute being held this summer at Mitchell Hamline. 40 students from …

Law school ‘boot camp’ works to diversify legal field

Thanks to a grant from the American Bar Endowment, Mitchell Hamline’s Medical Legal Partnership is conducting a broad assessment of the legal needs of United Family Medicine’s patients as well as residents in St. Paul’s West Seventh Street neighborhood. Through the use of surveys and public listening sessions, the partnership is identifying pressing legal needs among …

Grant helps faculty and students assess legal needs in St. Paul’s West 7th neighborhood

A native of tiny Federal Dam, Minn. (population 110), within the Leech Lake Indian Reservation, Anne McKeig ’92 (HUSL) took daily 30-mile bus rides to Northland Community Schools in Remer. During her freshman year there, her class had an assignment to choose careers they were interested in and then report their findings. She picked dentistry, …

Anne McKeig ’92: A fearless protector of children

When President Donald Trump first announced his temporary ban of travelers from Muslim majority countries earlier this year, Mitchell Hamline alums, faculty, and students were among those who jumped into action. Kara Lynum ’11 (WMCL), an immigration attorney in St. Paul, worked with the International Refugee Assistance Project to coordinate volunteer shifts for lawyers who …

How the Mitchell Hamline community assisted those affected by immigration orders

Starting this fall semester, veterans eligible for the Post 9/11 G.I. Bill© Yellow Ribbon Program will have their Mitchell Hamline School of Law education paid for in full. Veterans who served at least three years in active duty since Sept. 11, 2001, and who attend law school full time, can have their tuition and fees fully …

Eligible veterans can attend Mitchell Hamline for free starting in the fall