{"id":14962,"date":"2019-03-27T16:29:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T21:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/?p=14962"},"modified":"2019-03-27T16:41:02","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T21:41:02","slug":"donors-meet-the-students-they-support-at-scholarship-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/2019\/03\/27\/donors-meet-the-students-they-support-at-scholarship-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Donors meet the students they support at Scholarship Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Retired Justice Sam Hanson (left) with Mitchell Hamline 3L Muteeat Lawal and her son Kaden<\/p><\/div>\n

Most students at Mitchell Hamline School of Law receive scholarship aid and much of that support comes from privately funded endowments. The school currently has 213 endowed scholarships, which generated nearly $800,000 in scholarship and program support this year.<\/p>\n

With generous donor support of its scholarship program<\/a>, Mitchell Hamline is able to recruit promising students from diverse backgrounds and help them pursue their dream of law school. On Tuesday, March 26, students had a chance to meet\u2014and thank\u2014the donors who created those scholarships at Mitchell Hamline\u2019s Scholarship Dinner.<\/p>\n

In 2000, retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Sam Hanson \u201965<\/strong> created the Briggs and Morgan-Sam Hanson Diversity Scholarship with the help of his fellow alums at Briggs and Morgan. So far, 21 students have benefited from the scholarship.<\/p>\n

Hanson earned his J.D. from Mitchell Hamline predecessor school William Mitchell College of Law in 1965. After graduation he joined Briggs and Morgan<\/a>, where he practiced for 34 years. He was appointed to the Minnesota Court of Appeals in 2000 and then the Minnesota Supreme Court in 2002. He retired from the state\u2019s highest court in 2008 and rejoined Briggs and Morgan.<\/p>\n

Hanson has served the school in many ways\u2014he\u2019s taught as an adjunct, founded his alma mater\u2019s first alumni association, and served as secretary, vice chair, and chair of the board of trustees.<\/p>\n

He maintains that supporting students through scholarships is one of the most rewarding things he does at Mitchell Hamline and hopes that support helps diversify the pool of practicing attorneys.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are honored to be able to be your sponsors in your education,\u201d Hanson said at the event. \u201cWe dream as you do about your future.\u201d<\/p>\n

3L Muteeat Lawal<\/strong> is one of the recipients of the Briggs and Morgan-Sam Hanson Diversity Scholarship. Lawal told donors that their \u201ckindness and generosity\u201d helped her fulfill the dream of attending law school.<\/p>\n

Lawal said the support allowed her to attend Mitchell Hamline full time, something she wouldn\u2019t have been able to do if she had to work full time and take care of her son. \u201cIt was such a relief,\u201d Lawal said. \u201cI had more time study and take care of my son.\u201d<\/p>\n

While at Mitchell Hamline, Lawal has served as president of the Parents Attending Law School group and was an associate of the Mitchell Hamline Law Review.<\/p>\n

Going to law school was still a challenge, Lawal said, but now she can see a legal career in her future. She graduates in May and is currently working as a judicial clerk to Ramsey County Judge Nicole Starr<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Most students at Mitchell Hamline School of Law receive scholarship aid and much of that support comes from privately funded endowments. The school currently has 213 endowed scholarships, which generated nearly $800,000 in scholarship and program support this year. With generous donor support of its scholarship program, Mitchell Hamline is able to recruit promising students … <\/p>\n

Donors meet the students they support at Scholarship Dinner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4909,"featured_media":14963,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14962","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-features","8":"category-news","9":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4909"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}