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Mitchell Hamline professor’s forthcoming article cited in briefs in crucial Supreme Court case

Posted: December 5, 2022
The authors of three briefs in an important election-related Supreme Court case have cited a forthcoming law review article by Mitchell Hamline Associate Professor Jason Marisam. Oral arguments in the case, Moore v. Harper, will be heard this week, on December 7. Marisam’s forthcoming article focuses on the crux of the case – a theory …

Mitchell Hamline professor’s forthcoming article cited in briefs in crucial Supreme Court case

Mitchell Hamline profs return with Supreme Court review event

Posted: October 20, 2022
Mitchell Hamline professors Michael Steenson and Mehmet Konar-Steenberg will present their popular CLE on Oct. 26 that reviews key recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court. Over the past decade, the duo has made it an annual look at what cases the court had decided in its previous term. The event will review the 2021-22 …

Mitchell Hamline profs return with Supreme Court review event

Mitchell Hamline dean, students respond to Dobbs decision

Posted: June 24, 2022
President and Dean Anthony Niedwiecki emailed this message on Friday, June 24, to the Mitchell Hamline community following the U.S. Supreme Court’s release of its opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Below the dean’s message are statements from the Student Bar Association and the Law Review.   Dear students, staff, and faculty: Regardless …

Mitchell Hamline dean, students respond to Dobbs decision

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

Students, professor contribute to Supreme Court case over tribal police authority

Posted: June 1, 2021
After finals ended last winter, Mitchell Hamline students Ge-Waden Dunkley, Annika Sanora, and Alia Hawkins got to work. They weren’t getting a head start on the spring semester but rather answering a call from Professor Colette Routel, seeking help on a brief she was co-writing in a case over tribal sovereignty. On Tuesday, that hard …

Students, professor contribute to Supreme Court case over tribal police authority