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Angelique EagleWoman

Three 2022 graduates receive Student Awards of Merit

Posted: May 23, 2022
Mitchell Hamline students Angela Levasseur, Katherine Raths, and Kaitlin Yira have been named Student Award of Merit recipients for 2022. All three recently completed their final law school courses and will graduate next month. The award, from the Mitchell Hamline Alumni Association, honors graduating students whose contributions and participation in organizations and other events go …

Three 2022 graduates receive Student Awards of Merit

Expert Q&A: Professor EagleWoman explains important ICWA case heading to Supreme Court

Posted: March 7, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court last week agreed to hear an important case that could determine the future of the Indian Child Welfare Act, a 1978 law that aims to protect against the separation of Native American families. The case, Haaland v. Brackeen, is a consolidation of several cases, one of which centers around a couple …

Expert Q&A: Professor EagleWoman explains important ICWA case heading to Supreme Court

Mitchell Hamline’s Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute debuts certificate

Posted: December 16, 2021
The Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minn., recently won faculty approval for a new certificate. Certificates are focused tracks within the J.D. program to allow law students to specialize in a field of law and graduate with practice-ready skills. The Native American Law and Sovereignty Certificate …

Mitchell Hamline’s Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute debuts certificate

Mitchell Hamline welcomes record number of Native students

Posted: October 11, 2021
“Seeing these Native 1Ls is a sign that we are still here and are thriving in spite of what was done to us.” Weston Jones chose to attend Mitchell Hamline because it occupies his people’s traditional lands. A member of the Oglala Lakota Nation who grew up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South …

Mitchell Hamline welcomes record number of Native students

Mitchell Hamline hosts community remembrance honoring George Floyd

Posted: May 26, 2021
A vigil to honor the life of George Floyd drew about 200 people to campus Tuesday evening. Members of the Mitchell Hamline community as well as the public at large gathered on the front lawn to mark the one-year anniversary of Floyd’s murder at the hands of police. The event began at 8 pm, the …

Mitchell Hamline hosts community remembrance honoring George Floyd