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Student helps win unemployment benefits for client who was fired

Posted: January 16, 2024
Mitchell Hamline student Kendra Luke had observed and even sat second chair at several court hearings during her time in law school. But she recently took her first lead on a case and won. At issue was whether her client—a 17-year warehouse employee at a major corporation in Minnesota—had done anything to disqualify himself from …

Student helps win unemployment benefits for client who was fired

After 30 year career in Army, Mitchell Hamline student excited for second career in the law

Posted: December 11, 2023
During her 30 years in the Army, Karen Hanson often looked for online law school programs but never could find any. When she retired in 2020, she was accepted into an Executive Leadership Ph.D. program and discovered law schools were now offering online options. Then, she found Mitchell Hamline—the first ABA-approved law school to offer a substantially …

After 30 year career in Army, Mitchell Hamline student excited for second career in the law

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

Wisconsin tribes win ruling in yearslong case that included Mitchell Hamline student work

Posted: August 25, 2022
A federal appeals court ruled this month that the state of Wisconsin can’t impose property taxes on tribal lands, so long as the land is currently owned by the tribes or their members. Students from Mitchell Hamline worked on various aspects of the case as it moved through the courts over several years. The ruling …

Wisconsin tribes win ruling in yearslong case that included Mitchell Hamline student work