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Posted: April 27, 2022
After Amber Goodwin ‘21 had spine surgery during law school, she felt relieved to be in Mitchell Hamline’s partially online blended-learning program, so she could complete assignments without sitting in a traditional classroom. But the program didn’t just let her do her work primarily at home in Texas; it created opportunities to meet a diverse …

Change the Law. Change the World.

Alum reflects on year working in the White House

Posted: January 20, 2022
Christopher Garcia ‘16 never imagined he’d work at the White House. Then, he purchased a DVD of the show “The West Wing” and was hooked. “I’m going to make it there one day,” Garcia recalls thinking at the time. “I don’t know how it’s going to happen, or what I’m going to do, but that’s …

Alum reflects on year working in the White House

Mitchell Hamline student supports efforts in planning first-ever Summit for Democracy

Posted: December 15, 2021
Mitchell Hamline student Lidice “Lilly” Calero Calafell hasn’t only spent the last few weeks finalizing her last semester in law school. She was also diligently supporting President Biden’s Summit for Democracy, first announced on the campaign trail last year. Calafell, a part-time blended learning student, is part of a team of US State Department officials …

Mitchell Hamline student supports efforts in planning first-ever Summit for Democracy

SBA President Amber Goodwin attends White House event on gun violence prevention

Posted: April 8, 2021
Mitchell Hamline’s Student Bar Association president Amber Goodwin was a guest at the White House Thursday for an event in the Rose Garden where President Joe Biden announced executive action on guns and gun violence. Goodwin, a blended-learning student who lives in Texas, founded a gun violence prevention organization called Community Justice Action Fund several …

SBA President Amber Goodwin attends White House event on gun violence prevention