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Minnesota Lawyer asked its readers to pick the best organizations and businesses for a number of categories of legal services, and Mitchell Hamline topped the list in some important areas. Readers voted Mitchell Hamline the best law school, the best non-association provider of CLEs, and the best in alumni relations. Hamline University’s paralegal program was …

Minnesota Lawyer readers vote Mitchell Hamline best law school, best in CLEs and alumni relations

Mitchell Hamline student Dominic Terry is profiled in the October issue of Attorney at Law Magazine. Terry is in the HYBRID J.D. program and also works as a full-time law clerk in the child protection division at the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office. Terry says his own life shaped how he works with families going through the …

Student Dominic Terry profiled in Attorney at Law Magazine

Third-year student Kristine Britven won the U.S. portion of Ernst & Young’s “Young Tax Professional of the Year” competition in New York City on Sept. 22. At the end of November, she will advance to the global portion of the competition in Amsterdam, where she will compete against tax students from around the world. Britven …

Student wins national “Young Tax Professional of the Year” competition

Mitchell Hamline School of Law and Jeff Anderson & Associates are breaking new ground in child abuse prevention and legal education by announcing the Zero Abuse Project (ZAP). A $2 million gift from Jeff Anderson & Associates to Mitchell Hamline will launch a collaboration aimed at training professionals and transforming how institutions play a necessary …

Jeff Anderson & Associates, Mitchell Hamline launch ‘Zero Abuse Project’

  Federal judge Edward J. Devitt had a significant impact on legal education, the practice of law, and the federal judiciary—both in Minnesota and nationally. Judge Devitt will be the focus of the inaugural lecture in Mitchell Hamline’s new Minnesota Legal Legends series on Friday, Sept. 22. The event is co-sponsored by Briggs and Morgan …

Sept. 22 event highlights Judge Devitt and Practical Justice

The latest issue of Hennepin Lawyer, the magazine of the Hennepin County Bar Association, features the perspectives of Mitchell Hamline School of Law President and Dean Mark Gordon, University of Minnesota Law School Dean Garry Jenkins, and University of St. Thomas School of Law Dean Robert Vischer as all three schools evolve to meet the …

Mark Gordon in Hennepin Lawyer magazine: The Changing Landscape of Legal Education in Minnesota

Mitchell Hamline professors Laura Hermer and Mehmet Konar-Steenberg have been chosen to receive the 2017-2018 John H. Faricy Jr. Professorship for Empirical Research in the Law. The professorship is rotated annually among the school’s faculty members. It was created by John H. Faricy Jr. ’82 (WMCL), founder of Minneapolis-based Faricy Law P.A., to provide professors …

Two Mitchell Hamline faculty awarded professorship