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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

New clinic brings students into economic inclusion work

Posted: October 12, 2022
One of Mitchell Hamline’s newest professors recently debuted a clinic that will give students experience representing clients working on behalf of historically disenfranchised communities. The Economic Inclusion Clinic is a continuation of the work Associate Professor Kim Vu-Dinh did at the William Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. “Many …

New clinic brings students into economic inclusion work

New Mitchell Hamline clinic tackles wrongful convictions and sentences in Minnesota

Posted: September 12, 2022
A new clinic at Mitchell Hamline is giving students the opportunity to work with a unit of the Minnesota Attorney General’s office that is investigating cases of people possibly being wrongfully convicted. This fall is the first time the Wrongful Conviction and Sentencing Clinic is being offered. Eight students have enrolled for the inaugural course. …

New Mitchell Hamline clinic tackles wrongful convictions and sentences in Minnesota

Mitchell Hamline clinic helps win reprieve in case over reincarcerating inmates

Posted: August 15, 2022
Mitchell Hamline’s Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners (LAMP) Clinic, along with the ACLU of Minnesota and the Clemency Clinic at the University of Minnesota Law School, obtained an order from a Ramsey County judge last week that will prevent, for now, the reincarceration of 18 people. The 18 were among 158 who had won conditional …

Mitchell Hamline clinic helps win reprieve in case over reincarcerating inmates