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U.S. Sen. Al Franken called on Republican senators to end their blockade of President Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Merrick Garland, during a news conference at Mitchell Hamline School of Law on Thursday. Franken, a Democrat from Minnesota and a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he’ll reserve final judgment until he’s gathered …

Franken: U.S. Senate should consider Obama’s Supreme Court nominee

Cybercrime is estimated to cost the global economy more than $400 billion a year. More than 90 percent of businesses reported experiencing some form of cyber threat in the past year, according to a recent survey, with data breaches costing an average of more than $500,000 for large companies and nearly $40,000 for smaller firms. …

Mitchell Hamline launches Cybersecurity and Privacy Law Certificate program

Rev. Gary Mason spent 30 years working behind the scenes in the Northern Ireland peace process, often in dangerous locations on the dividing line between Catholic and Protestant communities. Mason will share the lessons he’s learned, and how they apply to conflict resolution in the world today, during a presentation at the Mitchell Hamline campus on …

Pastor involved in Irish peace process to speak at Mitchell Hamline

U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger told an audience at Mitchell Hamline School of Law on Thursday that fighting health care fraud is a major priority for his office. Luger, who was sworn in as Minnesota’s U.S. Attorney in 2014, is responsible for the prosecution of health care fraud cases in the state. Some estimates put the nationwide …

U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger: Health care fraud ‘steals from all of us’

Three months after presiding over the successful combination of two law schools, the Mitchell Hamline School of Law Board of Trustees is being honored by the nation’s premier higher-education governance association for “innovation and exemplary leadership.”

Mitchell Hamline board honored for leadership in combining law schools