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One student’s rewarding journey from paralegal to a law degree

Posted: September 11, 2023
“It has been really rewarding to feel like I am prepared for this next step.” Taylor Wall had long been interested in law school but wanted to get other legal experience first. After receiving her undergraduate degree in political science, Wall started a job at Messerli and Kramer as a file clerk and document processor. …

One student’s rewarding journey from paralegal to a law degree

Mitchell Hamline 2023 Student Award of Merit winners named

Posted: May 15, 2023
Students (L-R) Marilys Solano, Jayashree Venkateswaran, and Michelle Furrer have been named 2023 Student Award of Merit winners.
Mitchell Hamline students Michelle Furrer, Marilys Solano, and Jayashree Venkateswaran have been named Student Award of Merit recipients for 2023. All three are part of the class of students that entered law school in August 2020 at the height of the COVID pandemic. Their studies were entirely online for their first year. The trio recently completed …

Mitchell Hamline 2023 Student Award of Merit winners named

“It’s possible.” A paralegal’s journey working and attending law school

Posted: February 27, 2023
Kerry Slick had long thought about going back to school but was undecided until she became a paralegal at the Hennepin County Attorney’s office. That work helped finalize her decision to attend law school. Using her four-year degree in human services, Slick began in the child protection division of the office. She started as an …

“It’s possible.” A paralegal’s journey working and attending law school

One paralegal’s journey from New Orleans to Texas to Mitchell Hamline

Posted: August 18, 2022
Brandy Johnson has wanted to be an attorney since she was seven. But with a family to raise, she instead started her career elsewhere in the legal profession. Her first legal assistant job came after advocating for her spouse when he suffered a workplace injury. The attorney representing them offered Johnson a job. That was …

One paralegal’s journey from New Orleans to Texas to Mitchell Hamline

Paralegal found path to attorney through Mitchell Hamline

Posted: July 18, 2022
After earning an undergraduate degree in paralegal studies and working in the field for six years, Sawyer Lyn Imrie (Hennlich) wondered if her goal of becoming an attorney had passed. “I felt comfortable with my paralegal career,” said Imrie. “But I was thinking about law school back in high school and here I wasn’t sure …

Paralegal found path to attorney through Mitchell Hamline