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Mitchell Hamline’s Health Law Institute will host two panel discussions on food labeling and safety Tuesday, Nov. 29, from 8 to 11 am in the Mitchell Hamline Auditorium. “Hot Topics in Food Labeling and Safety” will feature food law experts and others involved in food quality and safety. Two standard CLE credits have been applied for. Click here to …

Hot Topics in Food Labeling and Safety CLE Nov. 29

Former Minneapolis Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton took part in Mitchell Hamline’s new conversation series “Race in a Cold Place” on Wednesday, Nov. 9, at 6 pm in the Kelley Boardroom. The series explores the African-American experience in Minnesota. Sayles Belton covered several topics, including growing up in St. Paul’s Rondo neighborhood, which was dismantled for …

‘Race in a Cold Place’ series features former Minneapolis mayor

Students at Bemidji State University interested in a legal career can now earn an undergraduate degree and a law degree in as little as six years, something that normally takes seven. Under a new transfer agreement signed Nov. 4 by leaders from Mitchell Hamline School of Law and Bemidji State University, BSU students can participate in the …

Mitchell Hamline and Bemidji State University offer fast track to undergraduate and law degrees

A new nonprofit organization that will help recent graduates of Mitchell Hamline School of Law set up community-based, low bono law practices has officially launched. The Collaborative Community Law Initiative is a law firm incubator program that provides 18 months of training, on-site mentorship, shared office space and other resources to new attorneys who want to …

Legal incubator for Mitchell Hamline graduates begins work

Mitchell Hamline School of Law professor Sharon Sandeen has been elected as a member of the American Law Institute. Founded in 1923, ALI was created by a committee of judges, lawyers, and legal scholars as a way to improve the law and its administration. Today, the group has nearly 3,000 members and is considered the country’s leading …

Mitchell Hamline’s Sharon Sandeen elected to American Law Institute