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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

Minnesota Communities Caring for Children, a group that focuses on preventing child abuse, has named Mitchell Hamline’s Joanna Woolman one of its 2016 Champions for Children. Woolman is an associate professor and director of Mitchell Hamline’s Child Protection Clinic. The clinic itself was also named one of the 2016 Champions for Children. The awards will be …

Mitchell Hamline’s Joanna Woolman named a ‘Champion for Children’

Legal education experts agree that the best way for students to gain practical experience is in a real courtroom, advocating on behalf of real clients. For Mitchell Hamline School of Law student Andrew Wilson, 27, of Northfield, Minn., that opportunity came recently in a civil jury trial. Wilson, a 3L, tried and won a difficult …

Mitchell Hamline student successfully defends prisoner in civil jury trial

The legal magazine Minnesota Lawyer honored several Mitchell Hamline School of Law alums among its annual picks for Attorneys of the Year. The winners were celebrated at a banquet in Minneapolis on Thursday evening, Feb 18. Five attorneys, all previous Attorney of the Year winners themselves, chose the nominees. The magazine picked the winners as “examples of …

Mitchell Hamline alums dominate list of Minnesota Attorneys of the Year