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Gov. Mark Dayton has appointed a Mitchell Hamline alum to the state’s highest court. Judge Anne McKeig ’92, a descendant of White Earth Nation, will be the first American Indian on the Minnesota Supreme Court. McKeig earned her J.D. in 1992 from Hamline University School of Law, one of Mitchell Hamline’s predecessor schools. She has …

Mitchell Hamline alum appointed to Minnesota Supreme Court

Mitchell Hamline program spotlighted in story about online legal education Mitchell Hamline is among the law schools adopting “innovative new ways of delivering legal education,” Elizabeth Olson writes in the June 23 edition of the New York Times. The story, titled “Law Schools Are Going Online to Reach New Students” and included as part of …

New York Times features Hybrid Program as educational innovation

A group of students in Mitchell Hamline’s Hybrid Program have thrown their support behind a scholarship to assist future students, even before they’ve graduated. The scholarship is named for George Vaughn. Born the son of former slaves in Kentucky, Vaughn earned a J.D. by attending night classes at Walden University in Nashville, Tenn., before joining …

Students in Hybrid Program create new scholarship

A Minneapolis doctor and recent law grad has been selected for a prestigious yearlong fellowship in Washington, D.C., working on health law and policy. Dr. Darryll Dykes ’15 is one of eight health professionals chosen for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows Program at the National Academy of Medicine. Beginning in September, Dykes …

Alum chosen for prestigious Washington D.C. health fellowship

Mitchell Hamline Professor Sarah Deer’s book “The Beginning and End of Rape” has continued to garner awards since it was released seven months ago. The latest honor, announced in late May, is the 2016 Victoria Schuck Award from the American Political Science Association. The award is given annually to an author writing about women and …

Book by Mitchell Hamline professor wins multiple awards