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Student wins national “Young Tax Professional of the Year” competition

Posted: October 6, 2017
Third-year student Kristine Britven won the U.S. portion of Ernst & Young’s “Young Tax Professional of the Year” competition in New York City on Sept. 22. At the end of November, she will advance to the global portion of the competition in Amsterdam, where she will compete against tax students from around the world. Britven …

Student wins national “Young Tax Professional of the Year” competition

Jeff Anderson & Associates, Mitchell Hamline launch ‘Zero Abuse Project’

Posted: September 14, 2017
Mitchell Hamline School of Law and Jeff Anderson & Associates are breaking new ground in child abuse prevention and legal education by announcing the Zero Abuse Project (ZAP). A $2 million gift from Jeff Anderson & Associates to Mitchell Hamline will launch a collaboration aimed at training professionals and transforming how institutions play a necessary …

Jeff Anderson & Associates, Mitchell Hamline launch ‘Zero Abuse Project’

Sept. 22 event highlights Judge Devitt and Practical Justice

Posted: September 12, 2017
  Federal judge Edward J. Devitt had a significant impact on legal education, the practice of law, and the federal judiciary—both in Minnesota and nationally. Judge Devitt will be the focus of the inaugural lecture in Mitchell Hamline’s new Minnesota Legal Legends series on Friday, Sept. 22. The event is co-sponsored by Briggs and Morgan …

Sept. 22 event highlights Judge Devitt and Practical Justice

Mark Gordon in Hennepin Lawyer magazine: The Changing Landscape of Legal Education in Minnesota

Posted: September 11, 2017
The latest issue of Hennepin Lawyer, the magazine of the Hennepin County Bar Association, features the perspectives of Mitchell Hamline School of Law President and Dean Mark Gordon, University of Minnesota Law School Dean Garry Jenkins, and University of St. Thomas School of Law Dean Robert Vischer as all three schools evolve to meet the …

Mark Gordon in Hennepin Lawyer magazine: The Changing Landscape of Legal Education in Minnesota

Two Mitchell Hamline faculty awarded professorship

Posted: September 5, 2017
Mitchell Hamline professors Laura Hermer and Mehmet Konar-Steenberg have been chosen to receive the 2017-2018 John H. Faricy Jr. Professorship for Empirical Research in the Law. The professorship is rotated annually among the school’s faculty members. It was created by John H. Faricy Jr. ’82 (WMCL), founder of Minneapolis-based Faricy Law P.A., to provide professors …

Two Mitchell Hamline faculty awarded professorship