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Two students at Mitchell Hamline are getting valuable hands-on experience in the courtroom this summer through judicial internships. Sheila Francois and Stephanie Lucero, who both start their third year of law school this fall, are the first Mitchell Hamline students to be chosen for the Fulton & Waite Scholars program. Francois’ internship is with Judge …

Students get courtroom experience through flexible summer internship program

At 27, Peter Cuderman ’18 has already accomplished a lot. After earning an MBA from Florida Coast University in 2013, Cuderman worked as a bank analyst, then started his own business consulting company, and also began teaching entrepreneurship at his alma mater. In 2015, not long after he enlisted in the Marine Corps, he started …

Alum’s new book profiles successful people 30 and under

234 graduates received their Juris Doctor degrees at Mitchell Hamline’s spring commencement on Sunday, May 20. The new graduates join the ranks of more than 20,000 alumni. Hon. Anne McKeig ’92 delivered the commencement address. McKeig, who grew up on the Leech Lake Reservation, was appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court in 2016 and was the first Native …

Photos, video from Mitchell Hamline’s 2018 spring commencement

Nearly all the spots in the Mitchell Hamline Alumni Golf Tournament are full, so gather up your foursome and register today! Rain or shine, we’ll hit the links at Troy Burne Golf Course in Hudson, Wis., on Tuesday, June 12. Lunch and registration begin at 11 am, the scramble-style golf tournament kicks off with a …

Register today for the June 12 Alumni Golf Tournament

Mitchell Hamline student Abdisamed Awed is profiled in the April issue of Attorney at Law Magazine’s Minnesota edition. You can read the entire article on the magazine’s website. Awed, who goes by AJ, was a toddler when he immigrated with his family to the U.S. to escape civil war in Somalia. Awed hopes to someday return to …

Student Abdisamed Awed profiled in Attorney at Law Magazine

The Mitchell Hamline Law Review has honored two alums for their work on the student-edited legal journal during their time in law school and their successful careers since. Judge Leo Brisbois ’87 and Kathy Kimmel ’96 each received a 2018 Wallace-Lerner Award for Excellence in Leadership during the law review’s annual banquet on Friday, April 6. …

Two alums honored with Mitchell Hamline Law Review awards

True to its mission of expanding access to the legal profession to underserved communities, Mitchell Hamline School of Law is launching the “Gateway to Legal Education” program. The new initiative will offer free, online, law-related classes to students at colleges and universities that serve primarily minority and first-generation college students. In addition to taking classes, …

Gateway to Legal Education aims to help diversify legal field

The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners awarded Mitchell Hamline School of Law and United Family Medicine a 2018 Ramsey County Public Health Award for the important work being done through their Medical-Legal Partnership. This partnership helps clinic patients address legal issues that affect their health. Mitchell Hamline students participate in the Medical-Legal Partnership by enrolling …

Medical-Legal Partnership receives Ramsey County Public Health Award