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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

Student helps win unemployment benefits for client who was fired

Posted: January 16, 2024
Mitchell Hamline student Kendra Luke had observed and even sat second chair at several court hearings during her time in law school. But she recently took her first lead on a case and won. At issue was whether her client—a 17-year warehouse employee at a major corporation in Minnesota—had done anything to disqualify himself from …

Student helps win unemployment benefits for client who was fired

From ‘ungovernable’ to champion, Watkins informed by own youth on child protection matters

Posted: September 7, 2023
Alisha Watkins ’20 is always looking for ways the child protection system can better reflect the reality of families’ situations. While laws and practices are designed to consider biological parents in a situation, Watkins says relatives and other kin who could be called upon to care for youth in emergency situations often struggle to learn …

From ‘ungovernable’ to champion, Watkins informed by own youth on child protection matters

McConlogue brings clinics experience and a desire to mentor students to Mitchell Hamline

Posted: August 28, 2023
Nicole McConlogue is the first to admit she didn’t exactly know what she wanted to be when she grew up. Born and raised in Baltimore, she started taking French in seventh grade, which ultimately led to an undergraduate degree in French literature. She then went to law school and focused on consumer protection. That led …

McConlogue brings clinics experience and a desire to mentor students to Mitchell Hamline