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Latest evolution of online/on-campus curriculum starts in fall 2020 Mitchell Hamline School of Law announced Sept. 5 it will take the next step as the nation’s leader in online and on-campus legal education with the launch next fall of a new blended-learning enrollment option. The new offering integrates elements of Mitchell Hamline’s pioneering Hybrid J.D. …

Mitchell Hamline announces new blended-learning J.D. option

  Mitchell Hamline has added five new members to its faculty this academic year. Thomas Cobb, Daniel Pi, and Jennifer Randolph Reise ’07 began teaching at the beginning of the fall semester in August. Kimberly Slay Holmes and Nathan Kavlie will step into the classroom at the beginning of the spring semester. Before coming to …

Mitchell Hamline welcomes new faculty members

A $145,000 grant from the Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundations will help expand the work of Mitchell Hamline’s Re-entry Clinic. The clinic helps people transition from prison back into society by offering legal representation and connections to other resources and services such as community education. The clinic also gives Mitchell Hamline students real-world legal experience. …

Re-entry Clinic to expand with help of grant

This fall, Mitchell Hamline is welcoming an incoming class of 375 full- and part-time 1Ls across all of the school’s J.D. programs, putting the school’s total enrollment at 1,194 students. For the first time ever, Mitchell Hamline’s total enrollment now includes students from every state in the nation. Students in the school’s full-time, part-time day, and …

Mitchell Hamline welcomes new and returning students as the fall semester begins

Mitchell Hamline will honor three alums for their accomplishments and service on Saturday, Sept. 14, during the All School Reunion. Former Justice Helen Meyer ’83 will receive the Outstanding Alumni Award for her deep commitment and significant service to Mitchell Hamline. Meyer, who served on the Minnesota Supreme Court from 2002 to 2012, was a …

Winners of Mitchell Hamline Alumni Awards honored for accomplishments and service

Several members of the Mitchell Hamline community are being honored with Diversity and Inclusion Awards from Minnesota Lawyer magazine. The third annual awards are being handed out to groups and individuals the magazine says have “made a significant impact with respect to diversity and inclusion on the greater community or within their organizations.” The winners …

Members of Mitchell Hamline community recognized for contributions to diversity

Professor Raleigh Levine has been awarded the James E. Kelley Chair in Tort Law, a professorship created by James E. and Margaret H. Kelley in 1966. James Kelley graduated from Mitchell Hamline predecessor school St. Paul College of Law in 1917. After a successful trial practice, he went on to become general counsel of Hamm’s …

Professor Levine named to Kelley Chair in Tort Law

A new textbook co-authored by Professor Sharon Sandeen, director of Mitchell Hamline’s Intellectual Property Institute, is taking a big-picture approach to handling the reams and gigabytes of information that businesses collect and create on a daily basis, including issues related to intellectual property protection, privacy, data breaches, and government transparency. Sandeen worked with Elon Law …

Prof. Sandeen co-authors new textbook on information law

The board of trustees of Mitchell Hamline School of Law added five new members as of July 1. Two board members, former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Eric J. Magnuson ’76 (WMCL) and former Minnesota Supreme Court Associate Justice Helen M. Meyer ’83 (WMCL), completed their service and stepped down from the board. Board membership …

Mitchell Hamline board of trustees adds five members