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Over 300 to graduate from Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Posted: May 29, 2025
Another academic year has closed, and over 300 Mitchell Hamline graduates will be honored at the law school’s commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 31. The class of 2025 includes graduates from 45 U.S. states and D.C., as well as Canada, Germany, Argentina, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and 12 First Nations and Tribal Nations across the …

Over 300 to graduate from Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan to deliver Mitchell Hamline commencement address

Posted: April 24, 2025
Peggy Flanagan, Minnesota’s 50th lieutenant governor, will give the keynote address at Mitchell Hamline’s commencement on May 31, where over 300 graduates will receive their J.D. or LL.M. degree. “Mitchell Hamline has been a force in our community for generations, and you don’t need to look far to see the impact that alumni of this …

Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan to deliver Mitchell Hamline commencement address

Institute to Transform Child Protection celebrates legislative wins in Minnesota

Posted: November 15, 2021
After years of work, Mitchell Hamline’s Institute to Transform Child Protection was part of an event in October with Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan to celebrate several legislative wins for Minnesota families. The institute had worked specifically on two proposals that became law. The measures were part of a larger bill that …

Institute to Transform Child Protection celebrates legislative wins in Minnesota

Niedwiecki announces scholarship honoring Lena Smith, calls to reform bar exam in installation speech focused on access

Posted: September 16, 2021
“There are so many reasons I came to this school. Number one, and most important, is because I wanted to be at a school that committed itself to providing access and opportunity to those who otherwise would not have gotten a degree.”   As a gay, first-generation college student of modest means, Anthony Niedwiecki would …

Niedwiecki announces scholarship honoring Lena Smith, calls to reform bar exam in installation speech focused on access