{"id":73734,"date":"2026-04-01T00:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/?p=73734"},"modified":"2026-04-02T10:40:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:40:58","slug":"choosing-a-law-school-is-every-students-first-major-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/01\/choosing-a-law-school-is-every-students-first-major-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing a law school is every student\u2019s first major decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Deciding where you\u2019re going to go to law school is the first major decision of your legal career. That\u2019s why Mitchell Hamline is here to help.<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell Hamline is excited to welcome prospective students to campus for Admitted Student Day and have them experience what it\u2019s like to be a law student here\u2014learning about academic opportunities, hearing from student panels, sitting through a mock class, hearing an inspiring keynote address from a Mitchell Hamline alum, exploring student support services, and getting to know fellow prospective and current students, faculty, and staff.<\/p>\n<p>Current 1L student Jennifer Guerra was drawn to Mitchell Hamline because of the experiential learning opportunities and community. \u201cI chose to attend Mitchell Hamline because of the amount of <a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/field-placements\/externships\/\">externships<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/clinics\/\">clinics<\/a>, and also the <a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/biographies\/\">professors<\/a>,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>For another 1L student, Ashely Frisco, <a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/careers\/\">career preparation<\/a> was on her mind when she decided on a law school. \u201cI want to become a judge one day here in Minnesota, and I know that going to school at Mitchell Hamline School of Law will open many doors to be able to let me do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell Hamline was the gateway to the law for alumna Roxanne Lutgen \u201918. \u201cIf it had not been for Mitchell Hamline\u2019s hybrid class, I would never have been able to go to law school,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Lutgen decided to pursue law school after spending almost three decades as a CPA, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/academics\/j-d-enrollment-options\/blended-learning-at-mitchell-hamline\/\">blended-learning enrollment option<\/a> allowed her to work full time while attending law school. She currently owns a solo practice in Wisconsin, Lutgen Law Office, and she is one of the newest members of Mitchell Hamline <a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/25\/alumni-sworn-into-the-supreme-court-of-the-united-states-bar\/\">alumni sworn into the Supreme Court of the United States bar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about everything Mitchell Hamline has to offer you by <a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/admission\/visiting-mitchell-hamline\/\">connecting with our Admissions team<\/a>. This year\u2019s application cycle is open until July 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deciding where you\u2019re going to go to law school is the first major decision of your legal career. That\u2019s why Mitchell Hamline is here to help. Mitchell Hamline is excited to welcome prospective students to campus for Admitted Student Day and have them experience what it\u2019s like to be a law student here\u2014learning about academic &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/01\/choosing-a-law-school-is-every-students-first-major-decision\/\" class=\"more-link\">Choosing a law school is every student\u2019s first major decision<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2537,"featured_media":73735,"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-73734","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\/73734","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\/2537"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73734"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73736,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73734\/revisions\/73736"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}