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Anthony Niedwiecki

Legal Writing is hitting its stride at Mitchell Hamline

Posted: October 7, 2022
Program has added full-time professors and is rising in national rankings Mitchell Hamline’s Legal Writing program has some special reasons for celebration this fall. First, it has the most full-time professors—10—it has ever had. That means more individual attention for students in the two required first-year legal writing courses, and more capacity for the faculty …

Legal Writing is hitting its stride at Mitchell Hamline

Justice Anne McKeig ’92 elected to prestigious American Law Institute

Posted: August 24, 2022
Minnesota Supreme Court Anne McKeig ’92 has been elected to the American Law Institute, a private and independent nonprofit that publishes materials that can be used throughout the legal system to better the administration of justice. The organization’s publications – known as restatements, model codes, and principles – are not controlling law but have long …

Justice Anne McKeig ’92 elected to prestigious American Law Institute

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

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

Mitchell Hamline dean, students respond to Dobbs decision

Posted: June 24, 2022
President and Dean Anthony Niedwiecki emailed this message on Friday, June 24, to the Mitchell Hamline community following the U.S. Supreme Court’s release of its opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Below the dean’s message are statements from the Student Bar Association and the Law Review.   Dear students, staff, and faculty: Regardless …

Mitchell Hamline dean, students respond to Dobbs decision