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Professor Steenson to receive honorary degree at commencement

Posted: May 30, 2023
Professor Mike Steenson will receive an honorary degree at Mitchell Hamline’s commencement this weekend. The law school’s board of trustees has approved the degree in recognition of his 50 years of service to Mitchell Hamline. “I am honored that the board of trustees has voted to grant me an honorary degree from the institution that …

Professor Steenson to receive honorary degree at commencement

Judges Jesson, Reilly ’83 to depart Minnesota Court of Appeals

Posted: May 22, 2023
Two judges with deep connections to Mitchell Hamline will step down from the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Denise Reilly ’83 and Lucinda Jesson were both named to the court during Gov. Mark Dayton’s administration – Reilly in 2014; Jesson in 2016. The announcement from Gov. Tim Walz’s office comes as Reilly nears the state’s mandatory …

Judges Jesson, Reilly ’83 to depart Minnesota Court of Appeals

Mitchell Hamline 2023 Student Award of Merit winners named

Posted: May 15, 2023
Students (L-R) Marilys Solano, Jayashree Venkateswaran, and Michelle Furrer have been named 2023 Student Award of Merit winners.
Mitchell Hamline students Michelle Furrer, Marilys Solano, and Jayashree Venkateswaran have been named Student Award of Merit recipients for 2023. All three are part of the class of students that entered law school in August 2020 at the height of the COVID pandemic. Their studies were entirely online for their first year. The trio recently completed …

Mitchell Hamline 2023 Student Award of Merit winners named