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Frank Wu, a professor at University of California Hastings College of Law and the school’s former chancellor and dean, praised Mitchell Hamline’s innovative approach to legal education in a recent blog post on the Huffington Post titled “Reforming Legal Education: The Mitchell Hamline Example.” Wu credited the school’s leaders for what he called “three smart decisions”: The …

Reforming Legal Education: The Mitchell Hamline Example

The St. Paul School Board on Tuesday approved a multi-year project to address issues of equity and engagement through a partnership with Mitchell Hamline’s Dispute Resolution Institute (DRI) and the Minnesota State Office for Collaboration and Dispute Resolution (OCDR). For the first phase of the project, mediation experts at DRI and OCDR will help St. Paul …

St. Paul School Board approves Dispute Resolution Institute community engagement plan

The following story appeared in Minnesota Lawyer Sept. 15, 2016. The faculty and staff at Mitchell Hamline School of Law are building their dream law school. That’s the view of Mark Gordon, the still relatively new dean of the new institution recently merged from the two former law schools. Gordon has been at the school for …

Minnesota Lawyer: Mitchell Hamline builds ‘dream law school’ with career focus

Anne McKeig ’92 was sworn in as an associate justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court today. McKeig is the court’s 94th associate justice. A descendant of the White Earth Ojibwe, she is the first American Indian to serve on Minnesota’s highest court. In addition, McKeig is the first American Indian woman in the country to serve …

Mitchell Hamline alum sworn in on Minnesota Supreme Court

Mitchell Hamline students Peter Cuderman and Joe McGrath recently graduated from the Marine Corps Officer Candidates School, putting them on the path for future assignments in the Judge Advocate General Corps. As part of the military’s legal branch, JAG officers serve a number of roles in military law and justice, including prosecution and defense and advising …

Mitchell Hamline students prepare for future as Marine judge advocates.