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Building restrictions remain in place until further notice

Posted: May 15, 2020
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced on May 13 that the state’s “stay at home” order will expire on Monday, May 18. Mitchell Hamline continues to operate with safety and public health concerns at the forefront, and we are actively reviewing processes and procedures to be put in place when we are able to gradually reopen the …

Building restrictions remain in place until further notice

Blended Learning students elected to top SBA posts

Posted: May 13, 2020
Amber Goodwin will be the first black woman to serve as president Amber Goodwin wonders if being a serious athlete in college somehow made her appear as a not-serious candidate for law school. She’d always wanted to be a lawyer but as an undergrad was rejected ten times for law school. Her eleventh attempt – …

Blended Learning students elected to top SBA posts

Mitchell Hamline extends building restrictions to May 18

Posted: May 1, 2020
On Thursday, April 30, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz extended his “stay-at-home” order to May 18, while allowing more retail businesses to open for curbside operations. He asked all who are currently working from home to continue to do so. In addition to the familiar baseline health recommendations (wash hands, stay home if sick, social distance), …

Mitchell Hamline extends building restrictions to May 18

You’ve asked: How can we help during pandemic? Here are some ways

Posted: April 30, 2020
During the current public health emergency, we’ve heard from alumni, faculty, staff, and students who are looking for ways to get involved and help others. Here are a few projects in which members of the Mitchell Hamline community are participating. Please let us know of other efforts you are involved in and what sort of …

You’ve asked: How can we help during pandemic? Here are some ways

Professor Thaddeus Pope wins Fulbright Scholar Award; will do research in Canada next spring

Posted: April 23, 2020
Mitchell Hamline professor Thaddeus Pope will spend the first months of 2021 doing research in Canada’s capital city after receiving a Fulbright Scholar Award. Pope, director of Mitchell Hamline’s Health Law Institute, has long worked on legal issues surrounding end-of-life care. He often helps public health and elected leaders shape policy. His research on the …

Professor Thaddeus Pope wins Fulbright Scholar Award; will do research in Canada next spring

Professor Ann Juergens wins public service award from Minnesota State Bar Association

Posted: April 16, 2020
There have been few constants since the fall semester in 1984 at William Mitchell College of Law—even the school’s name has changed. But through that change and others, Ann Juergens’ Civil Advocacy Clinic has remained. The intensive course is exactly the kind of hands-on learning that sets Mitchell Hamline apart: Student attorneys getting courthouse experience, …

Professor Ann Juergens wins public service award from Minnesota State Bar Association

Mitchell Hamline professor Ana Pottratz Acosta wins award for work with immigrants and new Americans

Posted: April 6, 2020
Ana Pottratz Acosta
When the Trump administration ended a program in 2017 that had given temporary legal residence to nearly 3,000 minors from Central America, Ana Pottratz Acosta sprang to action. Working with the International Institute of Minnesota, the immigration attorney helped screen those in the program, called Central American Minors (CAM), to see if another immigration path …

Mitchell Hamline professor Ana Pottratz Acosta wins award for work with immigrants and new Americans

Mitchell Hamline alumni offering discounted services during COVID-19

Posted: April 2, 2020
During the current public health emergency, Mitchell Hamline reached out to alumni to see if any are offering discounts or pro bono legal work for people affected in some way by the pandemic. This is a working list. Check back for updates.   Maher Abduselman ’16 & Abdifatah Mohamed ’15 Mohamed Zain, LLP Minneapolis, Minnesota …

Mitchell Hamline alumni offering discounted services during COVID-19

Students have pass/fail option for spring semester

Posted: March 27, 2020
Students can choose a pass/fail option for courses in the spring semester, following a vote Friday by the Mitchell Hamline faculty. “After extensive deliberation and debate,” Dean Peter Knapp said Friday in an email to students, “the faculty have decided to proceed with the following grading policy for Spring Semester 2020: Optional pass/fail after grade: …

Students have pass/fail option for spring semester