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<\/a><\/p>\nThe agreement was signed by\u00a0Mark Gordon<\/strong>, president and dean of Mitchell Hamline, and\u00a0Dr. Faith C. Hensrud, BSU president.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a tremendous opportunity for our students who are interested in going into the field of law to be able to start here in Bemidji and then transfer to get a degree at each institution,\u201d Hensrud said. \u201cIt\u2019s a great opportunity for them to get their educational footing started and then go on to get a law degree.”<\/p>\n Gordon said the agreement is part of Mitchell Hamline\u2019s goal to deepen its relationships with public institutions across the state of Minnesota.<\/p>\n “We are delighted to enter into this agreement to enable qualified Bemidji students to study law at Mitchell Hamline School of Law on an accelerated basis,\u201d he said. \u201cAt Mitchell Hamline, we are committed to serving students from every part of the state, and we are very pleased that we are becoming the law school of choice for students throughout the Minnesota State system.” Mitchell Hamline has similar agreements with Hamline University and St. Cloud State University.<\/p>\n The \u201c3+3\u201d transfer program requires BSU students to complete a minimum of 92 undergraduate credits before transferring to Mitchell Hamline. At Mitchell Hamline, students will complete both their final year of undergraduate coursework and their first year of law school, transferring between 12 and 28 upper-level credits back to BSU to complete their bachelor\u2019s degree. After this crossover year, students will then spend two additional years at Mitchell Hamline, allowing them to complete both their undergraduate and law degrees in just six years.<\/p>\n