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Student wins ruling in effort to educate town about whites-only church

Posted: May 10, 2021
Mitchell Hamline student Victoria Guillemard spent the school year like her fellow 2Ls, with one notable exception. Between attending classes online, studying, and working in a public defender’s office, she also has been part of an effort to educate people about the new whites-only church in her hometown. Recently, her efforts drew the ire of …

Student wins ruling in effort to educate town about whites-only church

SBA President Amber Goodwin attends White House event on gun violence prevention

Posted: April 8, 2021
Mitchell Hamline’s Student Bar Association president Amber Goodwin was a guest at the White House Thursday for an event in the Rose Garden where President Joe Biden announced executive action on guns and gun violence. Goodwin, a blended-learning student who lives in Texas, founded a gun violence prevention organization called Community Justice Action Fund several …

SBA President Amber Goodwin attends White House event on gun violence prevention

Six Minnesota judges to lead conversation for students on judicial clerkships

Posted: April 1, 2021
Six Minnesota judges, five of whom are alums of Mitchell Hamline, will be part of a conversation for current students on April 7th about judicial clerkships. The event, which is co-sponsored by Mitchell Hamline School of Law, is called “Demystifying Judicial Clerkships: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know.” The panel will be moderated by Judge …

Six Minnesota judges to lead conversation for students on judicial clerkships

Mitchell Hamline student Laura Sweeney named semifinalist for Law Student of the Year

Posted: March 24, 2021
Mitchell Hamline student Laura Sweeney has been named a semifinalist for Law Student of the Year by National Jurist magazine. The publication took nominations from across the country and named one student of the year and six semifinalists; honorees are featured in the Spring 2021 issue. Sweeney, a 3L who will soon graduate from Mitchell …

Mitchell Hamline student Laura Sweeney named semifinalist for Law Student of the Year

New course at Mitchell Hamline focuses on transgender rights and the law

Posted: March 5, 2021
Nine Mitchell Hamline students are part of the initial offering of a class this spring that focuses on transgender rights and the law. Transgender rights have a long history in the state. Minneapolis was the nation’s first city to pass trans-inclusive civil rights protection in the 1970s, and Minnesota was the first state to do …

New course at Mitchell Hamline focuses on transgender rights and the law