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Mitchell Hamline to host conference on new criminal-justice laws in Minnesota

Posted: November 14, 2023
Mitchell Hamline will host a full-day conference, presented by the Legal Revolution, on November 30 to discuss the many new laws passed in Minnesota this year that relate to criminal justice reform and how they’ll reshape the landscape. The in-person CLE (7.0 standard credits pending) will feature community, legal, and legislative subject matter experts, including …

Mitchell Hamline to host conference on new criminal-justice laws in Minnesota

Mitchell Hamline’s Institute to Transform Child Protection celebrates wins at Minnesota Capitol

Posted: September 17, 2023
Jamie Becker-Finn ’11 grew up on the Leech Lake reservation, an impoverished community in northern Minnesota where she has seen first-hand what poverty, discrimination, and an inequitable justice system can do to families and children. And when those families can’t afford legal representation to argue on their behalf, things get even more complicated. In some …

Mitchell Hamline’s Institute to Transform Child Protection celebrates wins at Minnesota Capitol

Judges Jesson, Reilly ’83 to depart Minnesota Court of Appeals

Posted: May 22, 2023
Two judges with deep connections to Mitchell Hamline will step down from the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Denise Reilly ’83 and Lucinda Jesson were both named to the court during Gov. Mark Dayton’s administration – Reilly in 2014; Jesson in 2016. The announcement from Gov. Tim Walz’s office comes as Reilly nears the state’s mandatory …

Judges Jesson, Reilly ’83 to depart Minnesota Court of Appeals

Posthumous honor at Minn. Capitol for alum’s work on bike safety

Posted: February 15, 2023
A Mitchell Hamline alum who was a well-known advocate for bicycle safety was honored at the Minnesota Capitol last week, where a piece of legislation named for him was heard in a legislative committee. The Bill Dooley Bicycle Safety Act would require schools to teach bicycle safety and allocate more than $30 million for two …

Posthumous honor at Minn. Capitol for alum’s work on bike safety

Ruth Richardson ’06 named CEO of Planned Parenthood North Central States

Posted: September 13, 2022
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A 2006 Mitchell Hamline alum who also serves as a Minnesota state representative has been named the new CEO of the Planned Parenthood organization that covers five states, including Minnesota. Ruth Richardson will lead Planned Parenthood North Central States, which operates 28 health centers – as well as telehealth options – and serves more than …

Ruth Richardson ’06 named CEO of Planned Parenthood North Central States