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Mitchell Hamline honors 10 years of blended learning with future of law symposium

Posted: December 12, 2024
Ten years ago, Mitchell Hamline School of Law launched the nation’s first J.D. at an ABA-approved law school that students could earn partially online and partially in person, forever changing the landscape of legal education. To honor this milestone and commitment to continual evolution, Mitchell Hamline will be hosting a symposium on January 15, “Transforming …

Mitchell Hamline honors 10 years of blended learning with future of law symposium

Mitchell Hamline increasing clinical opportunities for blended-learning students

Posted: November 18, 2024
Coordinating plans to visit a crime scene while buying flight tickets for Capstone Week. Speaking with classmates and clients over a Zoom call. Analyzing documents on your laptop after working a shift at your full-time job on the East Coast. Gaining real-world experience in clinics as a law student at Mitchell Hamline can look a …

Mitchell Hamline increasing clinical opportunities for blended-learning students

Students assist in review of case by AG’s office

Posted: June 24, 2024
New wrongful-conviction clinic designed for blended-learning students In early June, the Conviction Review Unit (CRU) of the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office announced it was recommending exoneration for Brian Pippitt, a 61-year-old man serving life in prison for first-degree murder. It was the first time the CRU had ever made an endorsement of full exoneration for …

Students assist in review of case by AG’s office

Paving the Way: Continuing to expand access to law school

Posted: October 30, 2023
Mitchell Hamline continues to innovate in a variety of ways to expand access to law school Michelle and Chris Furrer nearly gave up on law school because the commutes to the nearest law schools would be too long. The married couple lives and works on Chris’ family’s third-generation cattle farm in rural Monroe, Washington, the …

Paving the Way: Continuing to expand access to law school

One student’s rewarding journey from paralegal to a law degree

Posted: September 11, 2023
“It has been really rewarding to feel like I am prepared for this next step.” Taylor Wall had long been interested in law school but wanted to get other legal experience first. After receiving her undergraduate degree in political science, Wall started a job at Messerli and Kramer as a file clerk and document processor. …

One student’s rewarding journey from paralegal to a law degree