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Five Mitchell Hamline alums honored with Minnesota Lawyer Diversity & Inclusion Awards

Posted: September 11, 2021
Five Mitchell Hamline alumni are among the 14 individuals and four organizations being recognized by Minnesota Lawyer for its 2021 Diversity & Inclusion awards. Recipients are being honored for “significantly advancing diversity, inclusion and the dignity of all people in Minnesota’s legal profession and in communities in which exceptional legal work impacts justice for all.” …

Five Mitchell Hamline alums honored with Minnesota Lawyer Diversity & Inclusion Awards

Alumni Association names three newest award winners

Posted: August 31, 2021
Two esteemed Minnesota judges and a solo practitioner whose pro bono work included helping start Mitchell Hamline’s Self Help Clinic are being honored with this year’s alumni awards from the Mitchell Hamline Alumni Association. Judge Leo Brisbois ’87 is receiving the Distinguished Alumni Award for his long tenure of public service and volunteer work. Judge …

Alumni Association names three newest award winners

Mitchell Hamline alum helps tenants struggling in pandemic economy

Posted: August 27, 2021
Federal, state, and local governments have provided billions of dollars to help tenants who were unable to keep up with their rent during the pandemic. But even with that assistance, tenants have continued to struggle because there were still gaps and the process was complicated by proceedings held online. That’s where Helen Paillé ‘12 comes …

Mitchell Hamline alum helps tenants struggling in pandemic economy

Alum’s clinic work at Mitchell Hamline paved the way for a Minnesota Supreme Court appearance

Posted: August 11, 2021
As Brooke Beskau Warg ‘19 sat in court Tuesday morning, she recalled how overwhelmed she had felt during the first week of law school a few years ago. But thanks to clinical work she did as a student with Mitchell Hamline’s Institute to Transform Child Protection, Warg was sitting in the chambers of the Minnesota …

Alum’s clinic work at Mitchell Hamline paved the way for a Minnesota Supreme Court appearance

Alum advocates for immigrants in South Dakota

Posted: July 16, 2021
Taneeza Islam ‘07 providing legal support, safe space After a car accident left Taneeza Islam’s arm severely injured in 2005, withdrawing temporarily from Mitchell Hamline seemed to be the only option. But when Islam spoke with her professors about her plans, one stood out. “Professor Marie Failinger looked at me and said, ‘Taneeza, we need …

Alum advocates for immigrants in South Dakota