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:Mitchell Hamline School of Law

{{Short description|Law school in Saint Paul, Minnesota, US}}

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| name = Mitchell Hamline School of Law

| established = {{start date and age|2015}}

| type = Private law school

| head = Camille M. Davidson{{Cite web|url=https://mitchellhamline.edu/biographies|title=Faculty, Staff, and Administration retrieved 12/5/2024}}

| city = Saint Paul

| state = Minnesota

| country = United States

| students =1,226{{Cite web|url=https://www.abarequireddisclosures.org/Disclosure509.aspx|title=Standard 509 Disclosure|website=www.abarequireddisclosures.org}}

| ranking = 154th (tie) (2025){{cite web |title=Mitchell Hamline School of Law |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/mitchell-hamline-school-of-law-03212 |website=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=April 8, 2025}}

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| bar pass rate =72.3 (2023 first-time takers, all jurisdictions){{Cite web|url=https://mitchellhamline.edu/admission/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/03/2024-Bar-Passage-Report.pdf |title=retrieved 12/5/2024 }}

| homepage = [https://mitchellhamline.edu/ mitchellhamline.edu]

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Mitchell Hamline School of Law is a private law school in Saint Paul, Minnesota.{{cite web |title=Mitchell Hamline School of Law |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/mitchell-hamline-school-of-law-03212 |website=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=11 January 2019}} It is accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) and offers full and part-time legal education for its Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree.

History

Mitchell Hamline was formed on December 9, 2015, when Hamline University School of Law merged into William Mitchell College of Law.Maura Lerner, "[http://www.startribune.com/local/stpaul/291856891.html Hamline, William Mitchell law schools to merge]", Star Tribune (February 13, 2015).{{Cite web|url=https://mitchellhamline.edu/about/history/|title=Hamline Law and William Mitchell Combine | Newsroom | Hamline University|website=www.hamline.edu}} Prior to merging into Mitchell Hamline, William Mitchell itself was the product of the merger of several other law schools, all in the Twin Cities. Mark C. Gordon served as the founding dean of Mitchell Hamline before stepping down in 2019.{{Cite web |title=Dean Mark Gordon to step down June 30 – News and Events {{!}} Mitchell Hamline School of Law |url=https://mitchellhamline.edu/news/2019/01/23/mitchell-hamline-school-of-law-dean-to-step-down/ |access-date=2022-03-26 |website=mitchellhamline.edu |language=en-US}}

Profile, tuition, rankings, and employment

In Fall of 2022 Mitchell Hamline accepted 65% of the applications it received; 55% of those who were accepted, or 341 students, enrolled. The median LSAT for students starting in Fall 2022 was 152, while the median GPA was 3.33; 69% of students enrolled in the part time track. In total, the school has 1,211 students, 58% of whom are women, 7% of whom are Hispanic, and 8% of whom are Black.{{Cite web|title=Standard 509 Disclosure|url=http://www.abarequireddisclosures.org/Disclosure509.aspx|access-date=2023-01-14|website=www.abarequireddisclosures.org|archive-date=2018-04-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428150753/http://www.abarequireddisclosures.org/Disclosure509.aspx|url-status=dead}}

Annual tuition (including fees) for the 2022–23 academic year was $50,748 for full-time students and $36,900 for part-time students.

The school was ranked by U.S. News & World Report between 147th and 193rd in the country (bottom 25%) in 2023.{{Cite web|title=Mitchell Hamline School of Law|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/mitchell-hamline-school-of-law-03212#:~:text=Mitchell%20Hamline%20School%20of%20Law%20is%20ranked%20No.,widely%20accepted%20indicators%20of%20excellence.|website=U.S. News & World Report}} Mitchell Hamline was ranked ninth in the nation in dispute resolution.{{Cite web|title=Top Law Schools, Dispute Resolution Rankings|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/dispute-resolution-rankings|last=|first=|date=March 16, 2020|website=U.S. News & World Report|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}

Of 331 students who graduated in 2021, 41.7% found full-time long-term employment that requires a JD within nine months of graduation."[http://www.abarequireddisclosures.org/EmploymentOutcomes.aspx MITCHELL|HAMLINE ABA EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY FOR GRADUATES] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191125104241/http://www.abarequireddisclosures.org/EmploymentOutcomes.aspx |date=2019-11-25 }}." American Bar Association. 2021. Retrieved on January 14, 2023. Of the 180 Mitchell Hamline graduates who took the Minnesota bar exam for the first time in 2021, 120 passed, for a 66.67% pass rate, 12.81% below the pass rate for all ABA approved law school graduates taking the Minnesota bar (79.48%), 13.43% below the pass rate for University of St. Thomas School of Law (80.1%) and 29.03% below the pass rate for the University of Minnesota Law School (95.7%).{{Cite web|title=Standard 509 Disclosure|url=http://www.abarequireddisclosures.org/BarPassageOutcomes.aspx|access-date=2023-01-14|website=www.abarequireddisclosures.org|archive-date=2019-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610180213/http://www.abarequireddisclosures.org/barpassageoutcomes.aspx|url-status=dead}} Of the 309 Mitchell Hamline graduates who took any state's bar exam in 2021, only 59.55% passed.{{Cite web|title=ABA SECTION OF LEGAL EDUCATION - BAR PASSAGE REPORT|url=http://www.abarequireddisclosures.org/BarPassageOutcomes.aspx|access-date=2021-09-14|website=ABA|archive-date=2019-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190610180213/http://www.abarequireddisclosures.org/barpassageoutcomes.aspx|url-status=dead}}

Academics

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= Health Law Institute =

Mitchell Hamline's Health Law Institute offers specialized courses and experiential learning.{{Cite web|url=https://mitchellhamline.edu/health-law-institute/certificates/health-care-compliance-certificate/|title=Health Care Compliance Certificate – Health Law Institute|website=mitchellhamline.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-08}}

= Indian Law Program =

The Indian Law Program emphasizes practical legal education with faculty who have spent their careers working with Indian tribes.{{Cite web|url=https://mitchellhamline.edu/indian-law-program/|title=Indian Law Program|website=mitchellhamline.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-08}}

= Blended learning =

In the early 2000s the American Bar Association's Task Force on the Future of Legal Education drafted a recommendation that law schools be permitted to experiment and innovate. At that time, Mitchell Hamline was still William Mitchell College of Law. The school's first cohort of hybrid students included 85 students, 14 of whom already held M.B.A.s, 5 held M.D.s, and three held PhDs.{{Cite web|url=https://mitchellhamline.edu/about/mitchell-hamlines-hybrid-program/|title=Mitchell Hamline's HYBRID J.D. program – About Mitchell Hamline School of Law|website=mitchellhamline.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-07}} The students ranged in age from 22 to 67 and represented 30 states and two countries.{{Cite web|url=https://mitchellhamline.edu/news/2017/12/20/fall-entering-class-features-three-students-with-ties-to-pro-sports/|title=Fall entering class features three students with ties to pro sports – News and Events|website=mitchellhamline.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-08}}

= Student journals =

Mitchell Hamline students can participate in several academic journals, including the flagship Mitchell Hamline Law Review; Cybaris, an Intellectual Property Law Review; and the Mitchell Hamline Journal of Public Policy and Practice.{{Cite web|title=Journals and Law Reviews – Academics|url=https://mitchellhamline.edu/academics/journals-and-law-reviews/|access-date=2020-06-04|website=mitchellhamline.edu}}{{better|reason=primary source|date=April 2022}}

= Externships =

The school offers more practical externships than any other school in the Upper Midwest.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Mitchell Hamline School of Law|url=http://nationaljurist.com/law-schools/william-mitchell-college-of-law|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109120249/http://nationaljurist.com/law-schools/william-mitchell-college-of-law|archive-date=2018-11-09|access-date=2020-07-16|work=National Jurist|language=en}}

Notable alumni

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The law library on campus is named in honor of Warren E. Burger, the fifteenth Chief Justice of the United States, who graduated from one of the school's predecessor institutions, St. Paul College of Law.

Other notable graduates include:

References

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External links

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