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Economic Inclusion Clinic

Linnea Coltvet named Outstanding Clinic Student

Posted: June 27, 2025
Mitchell Hamline graduate Linnea Coltvet has won the Outstanding Clinic Student award from the Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) for her dedicated work in the Economic Inclusion Clinic. This clinic, directed by Professor Kim Vu-Dinh, provides transactional legal work to clients and focuses on helping historically disenfranchised communities. Coltvet participated in the clinic for three …

Linnea Coltvet named Outstanding Clinic Student

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

University leader in Kosovo visits Mitchell Hamline to explore collaboration

Posted: November 28, 2023
Mitchell Hamline hosted Dr. Agron Bajraktari, rector of the University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj, Kosovo, earlier this semester as a next step toward establishing a possible collaboration between the schools. “I think it’s very important to have this connection,” said Bajraktari, in an interview. “We want to learn the best practices from your law …

University leader in Kosovo visits Mitchell Hamline to explore collaboration

Faculty Spotlight: Vu-Dinh named to Journal of Law and Political Economy board

Posted: March 20, 2023
Mitchell Hamline Professor Kim Vu-Dinh was recently named to the editorial board of the Journal of Law and Political Economy as director of operations and logistics. The journal is an online, peer-reviewed journal hosted by the University of California, Berkeley School of Law that aims to “explore power in all its manifestations (race, class, gender, …

Faculty Spotlight: Vu-Dinh named to Journal of Law and Political Economy board

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