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Anthony Niedwiecki

Kate Kruse, Natalie Netzel named co-directors of Mitchell Hamline clinics

Posted: April 19, 2022
When Natalie Netzel was deciding which law school to attend, she kept coming back to the school that promised her “practical wisdom” that would make her ready to practice when she graduated. A large part of the pull was the clinical education that would give her real-world legal experience while still in law school. Ten …

Kate Kruse, Natalie Netzel named co-directors of Mitchell Hamline clinics

Mitchell Hamline announces forthcoming Center for the Study of Black Life and the Law

Posted: February 18, 2022
Mitchell Hamline School of Law is pleased to announce a forthcoming academic center focused on the legal system and Black lives. The formal launch of the Center for the Study of Black Life and the Law is expected this fall. The center will be a repository for both theory and policy on how laws and …

Mitchell Hamline announces forthcoming Center for the Study of Black Life and the Law

Influential litigator, author, and teacher David Herr ’78 remembered for ‘remarkable legacy’

Posted: January 3, 2022
David Herr ‘78, a highly regarded appellate lawyer and complex case litigator who long mentored students and taught at Mitchell Hamline, died on Dec. 22, 2021, at the age of 71. He had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. “I already miss his wit, writings, and wisdom,” said Professor Roger Haydock, who knew …

Influential litigator, author, and teacher David Herr ’78 remembered for ‘remarkable legacy’

Board of trustees approves strategic plan for 2021-25

Posted: December 14, 2021
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The board of trustees on Dec. 7 approved a strategic plan for Mitchell Hamline that establishes goals in the areas of curriculum; access and opportunity; student experience; organizational excellence and culture; and community. The plan includes intermediate goals on a path toward completion by 2025, the 10-year anniversary of the combination that created Mitchell Hamline. …

Board of trustees approves strategic plan for 2021-25

Niedwiecki announces scholarship honoring Lena Smith, calls to reform bar exam in installation speech focused on access

Posted: September 16, 2021
“There are so many reasons I came to this school. Number one, and most important, is because I wanted to be at a school that committed itself to providing access and opportunity to those who otherwise would not have gotten a degree.”   As a gay, first-generation college student of modest means, Anthony Niedwiecki would …

Niedwiecki announces scholarship honoring Lena Smith, calls to reform bar exam in installation speech focused on access