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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

Professor Kim Vu-Dinh connects Mitchell Hamline students to Eastern Europe

Posted: August 18, 2023
Professor Kim Vu-Dinh traveled to Kosovo this summer, her second trip to the country as she continues building relationships that she began before her time at Mitchell Hamline. Her hope is to expand learning opportunities for Mitchell Hamline students to better understand the contemporary development of post-Soviet nations. Those opportunities will begin this fall starting …

Professor Kim Vu-Dinh connects Mitchell Hamline students to Eastern Europe

Haydock & Steenson: A half century of excellence

Posted: August 4, 2023
Roger Haydock and Mike Steenson laid the foundations for clinical education, law review The 2022-23 academic year marked the 50th anniversary of professors Roger Haydock and Mike Steenson at Mitchell Hamline. Haydock began at William Mitchell College of Law in 1970 as a part-time instructor, but it was in 1972 that he joined the faculty …

Haydock & Steenson: A half century of excellence

Mitchell Hamline marks 50 years of clinical education

Posted: May 8, 2023
Mitchell Hamline celebrated 50 years of clinical education with an event on Friday, May 5. The anniversary dates to 1973, when the William Mitchell Law Clinic debuted with four offerings, in criminal law, civil practice, welfare law and criminal appeals. It was one of the first clinics to open at any law school in the …

Mitchell Hamline marks 50 years of clinical education