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Legal Writing is hitting its stride at Mitchell Hamline

Posted: October 7, 2022
Program has added full-time professors and is rising in national rankings Mitchell Hamline’s Legal Writing program has some special reasons for celebration this fall. First, it has the most full-time professors—10—it has ever had. That means more individual attention for students in the two required first-year legal writing courses, and more capacity for the faculty …

Legal Writing is hitting its stride at Mitchell Hamline

Jon Lee is interim leader of Public Health Law Center

Posted: September 22, 2022
The Public Health Law Center at Mitchell Hamline is now under the interim leadership of Jon Lee, who had been the organization’s director of operations. As interim executive director, Lee will provide a stable bridge to the center’s new leadership while a national search is being conducted. The center hopes to announce its new leader …

Jon Lee is interim leader of Public Health Law Center

Ruth Richardson ’06 named CEO of Planned Parenthood North Central States

Posted: September 13, 2022
Ruth Richardson feature
A 2006 Mitchell Hamline alum who also serves as a Minnesota state representative has been named the new CEO of the Planned Parenthood organization that covers five states, including Minnesota. Ruth Richardson will lead Planned Parenthood North Central States, which operates 28 health centers – as well as telehealth options – and serves more than …

Ruth Richardson ’06 named CEO of Planned Parenthood North Central States

New Mitchell Hamline clinic tackles wrongful convictions and sentences in Minnesota

Posted: September 12, 2022
A new clinic at Mitchell Hamline is giving students the opportunity to work with a unit of the Minnesota Attorney General’s office that is investigating cases of people possibly being wrongfully convicted. This fall is the first time the Wrongful Conviction and Sentencing Clinic is being offered. Eight students have enrolled for the inaugural course. …

New Mitchell Hamline clinic tackles wrongful convictions and sentences in Minnesota