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Ed Butterfoss, longtime professor and former Hamline Law dean, retires

Posted: July 28, 2022
Ed Butterfoss always returned to teaching. During his time as a faculty member at Hamline University – and later Mitchell Hamline – schools of law, Butterfoss found himself elevated – sometimes drafted – for leadership positions, including several years as Hamline Law’s dean. But he always felt the pull of the classroom, eschewing a long …

Ed Butterfoss, longtime professor and former Hamline Law dean, retires

The Infinite Mission: Retired judge works to get more women on the bench

Posted: July 8, 2022
When asked if she’s any less busy in retirement, her chuckle says it all. Judge Gail Chang Bohr ’91 served last year as president of the Infinity Project, a nonpartisan group dedicated to getting more women into judgeships. “There are plenty of qualified women, but they don’t put themselves forward,” she said. “We don’t endorse …

The Infinite Mission: Retired judge works to get more women on the bench

Traduciendo Esperanza: Translating Hope

Posted: July 6, 2022
For attorney Gloria Contreras Edin ’05, it’s not enough to practice law. It’s her practice in life to give people hope – something that shines from a dark place where she had little hope of her own. Contreras Edin’s goal as a child was to survive. Born and raised in an unsafe part of east …

Traduciendo Esperanza: Translating Hope

Alum couple opens law-themed coffee shop

Posted: July 5, 2022
A married couple who both attended Mitchell Hamline recently opened what they believe might be the first law-themed coffee shop in the country. Using the Spanish word for “lawyers,” Abogados Café sits below the law office Inti Martinez-Alemán ’16 and Ofelia Ponce ’19 run in the Como Park neighborhood of St. Paul. The idea for …

Alum couple opens law-themed coffee shop

Nicole James Gilchrist ’03 named new chair of Mitchell Hamline board of trustees

Posted: June 27, 2022
Nicole James Gilchrist ’03 will become chair of the Mitchell Hamline board of trustees, as of July 1. Gilchrist, who has served on the board since 2014, is currently vice chair. She will succeed Frank Harris ’75, who has been chair since 2020. “Mitchell Hamline honors its history by continuing to work to find ways …

Nicole James Gilchrist ’03 named new chair of Mitchell Hamline board of trustees