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Justice Anne McKeig ’92 elected to prestigious American Law Institute

Posted: August 24, 2022
Minnesota Supreme Court Anne McKeig ’92 has been elected to the American Law Institute, a private and independent nonprofit that publishes materials that can be used throughout the legal system to better the administration of justice. The organization’s publications – known as restatements, model codes, and principles – are not controlling law but have long …

Justice Anne McKeig ’92 elected to prestigious American Law Institute

Expert Q&A: Professor EagleWoman explains important ICWA case heading to Supreme Court

Posted: March 7, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court last week agreed to hear an important case that could determine the future of the Indian Child Welfare Act, a 1978 law that aims to protect against the separation of Native American families. The case, Haaland v. Brackeen, is a consolidation of several cases, one of which centers around a couple …

Expert Q&A: Professor EagleWoman explains important ICWA case heading to Supreme Court

Alum using NCAA platform to raise awareness of Native athlete representation

Posted: March 3, 2022
Jessie Stomski Seim ’08 is convinced she would have never attended law school or become general counsel for a tribal government if not for the scholarship she received to play basketball at the University of Wisconsin. With the NCAA Women’s Final Four coming to Minneapolis in April, Stomski Seim, a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) …

Alum using NCAA platform to raise awareness of Native athlete representation

Mitchell Hamline welcomes record number of Native students

Posted: October 11, 2021
“Seeing these Native 1Ls is a sign that we are still here and are thriving in spite of what was done to us.” Weston Jones chose to attend Mitchell Hamline because it occupies his people’s traditional lands. A member of the Oglala Lakota Nation who grew up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South …

Mitchell Hamline welcomes record number of Native students

Mitchell Hamline student planning post-graduation work for her tribe’s self-determination and self-sufficiency

Posted: September 28, 2021
“I will be the first tribal member to earn a law degree. And now, some of my students want to attend law school.” Angela Levasseur is certain people would wonder why she applied to law school at age 41. The enrolled member of the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, who lives on her reservation in northern Manitoba, …

Mitchell Hamline student planning post-graduation work for her tribe’s self-determination and self-sufficiency