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Doug Heidenreich, longtime professor and dean, dies at age 90

Posted: January 5, 2023
Doug Heidenreich, an instrumental leader and professor at William Mitchell College of Law and Mitchell Hamline School of Law for more than 60 years, died Wednesday at the age of 90. “There are very few people who have had more of an impact on our law school than Doug did,” said President and Dean Anthony …

Doug Heidenreich, longtime professor and dean, dies at age 90

Category: Alumni, Feature, History Center, News Tag: Anthony Niedwiecki, Barbara Colombo, Colette Routel, Doug Heidenreich, faculty, obituary, Peter Knapp, Phebe Haugen, William Mitchell

Wisconsin tribes win ruling in yearslong case that included Mitchell Hamline student work

Posted: August 25, 2022
A federal appeals court ruled this month that the state of Wisconsin can’t impose property taxes on tribal lands, so long as the land is currently owned by the tribes or their members. Students from Mitchell Hamline worked on various aspects of the case as it moved through the courts over several years. The ruling …

Wisconsin tribes win ruling in yearslong case that included Mitchell Hamline student work

Category: Alumni, Feature, News, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Tag: Al Metoxen, alumni, Amy Kania, Angelique EagleWoman, Anton Treuer, clinical education, Colette Routel, Dyllan Linehan, Jason Decker, NALS, Native American law, Student Experience, students, tribal government, tribes, Vanya Hogens

“Class Action Park” – Mitchell Hamline students learn legal lessons from nation’s most dangerous amusement park

Posted: September 30, 2021
There might be no truer fit to the phrase “a lawsuit waiting to happen” than a now-defunct amusement park in New Jersey called Action Park. During its heyday in the 1980s and 90s, there were countless injuries and even a few deaths on the various rides and attractions. From the litigation spurred by the park’s …

“Class Action Park” – Mitchell Hamline students learn legal lessons from nation’s most dangerous amusement park

Category: Feature, News Tag: Action Park, amusement park, Bill Childs, Colette Routel, liability, tort law

Mitchell Hamline Professor Colette Routel appointed to judgeship

Posted: July 29, 2021
Mitchell Hamline Professor Colette Routel has been named to the bench in Hennepin County, Minnesota. The appointment, announced Thursday by Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan, was one of two made to fill vacancies in the Fourth Judicial District that will occur with the retirements of Judges Margaret Daly ‘81 and Kathleen Sheehy. …

Mitchell Hamline Professor Colette Routel appointed to judgeship

Category: indian law, News Tag: Anthony Niedwiecki, clinical education, Colette Routel, Hennepin County, Indian Law, judgeship, Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute, tribal reservations

Students, professor contribute to Supreme Court case over tribal police authority

Posted: June 1, 2021
After finals ended last winter, Mitchell Hamline students Ge-Waden Dunkley, Annika Sanora, and Alia Hawkins got to work. They weren’t getting a head start on the spring semester but rather answering a call from Professor Colette Routel, seeking help on a brief she was co-writing in a case over tribal sovereignty. On Tuesday, that hard …

Students, professor contribute to Supreme Court case over tribal police authority

Category: Feature, News Tag: Colette Routel, Indian Law, Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute, Native Americans, SCOTUS

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