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Working the System: Susana De León’s tireless advocacy

Posted: October 10, 2023
The moment this year when Minnesota ended a 20-year ban on undocumented immigrants being able to legally obtain drivers’ licenses was a moment for Susana De León ’01 to reflect on her long career as an immigration attorney. The law was a win amidst what has been years of frustration with a system that De … Working the System: Susana De León’s tireless advocacy

Working the System: Susana De León’s tireless advocacy

New members join Mitchell Hamline board of trustees and alumni board

Posted: October 2, 2023
Mitchell Hamline’s board of trustees and alumni association board welcomed new members this summer. The new members of the board of trustees are: In addition, the terms of board members Chris Chalstrom ’91, Judge Sara Grewing ’03, and Mark Hallberg ’79 came to an end. We thank them for their service to the board and …

New members join Mitchell Hamline board of trustees and alumni board

Mitchell Hamline’s Institute to Transform Child Protection celebrates wins at Minnesota Capitol

Posted: September 17, 2023
Jamie Becker-Finn ’11 grew up on the Leech Lake reservation, an impoverished community in northern Minnesota where she has seen first-hand what poverty, discrimination, and an inequitable justice system can do to families and children. And when those families can’t afford legal representation to argue on their behalf, things get even more complicated. In some …

Mitchell Hamline’s Institute to Transform Child Protection celebrates wins at Minnesota Capitol

Alumni Association names three newest award winners

Posted: September 13, 2023
A recently retired judge who served on the bench in Minnesota for more than a quarter century, the director of the Safe Harbor program at Minnesota’s health department, and the director of the Prison to Law Pipeline at the Legal Revolution are being honored with this year’s alumni awards from the Mitchell Hamline Alumni Association. …

Alumni Association names three newest award winners

One student’s rewarding journey from paralegal to a law degree

Posted: September 11, 2023
“It has been really rewarding to feel like I am prepared for this next step.” Taylor Wall had long been interested in law school but wanted to get other legal experience first. After receiving her undergraduate degree in political science, Wall started a job at Messerli and Kramer as a file clerk and document processor. …

One student’s rewarding journey from paralegal to a law degree