Mitchell Hamline School of Law

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Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Established2015;9 years ago (2015)
School type Private law school
Dean Jim Hilbert (interim) [1]
Location Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Enrollment1,226 [2]
USNWR ranking164th (2024) [3]
Bar pass rate71.6 (2023 first-time takers, all jurisdictions) [4]
Website mitchellhamline.edu

Mitchell Hamline School of Law is a private law school in Saint Paul, Minnesota. [5] It is accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) and offers full and part-time legal education for its Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree.

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History

Mitchell Hamline was formed on December 9, 2015, when Hamline University School of Law merged into William Mitchell College of Law. [6] [7] 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. [8]

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. [9]

Annual tuition (including fees) for the 2022–23 academic year was $50,748 for full-time students and $36,900 for part-time students. [2]

The school was ranked by U.S. News & World Report between 147th and 193rd in the country (bottom 25%) in 2023. [10] Mitchell Hamline was ranked ninth in the nation in dispute resolution. [11]

Of 331 students who graduated in 2021, 41.7% found full-time long-term employment that requires a JD within nine months of graduation. [12] 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%). [13] Of the 309 Mitchell Hamline graduates who took any state's bar exam in 2021, only 59.55% passed. [14]

Academics

Dispute Resolution Institute

Mitchell Hamline houses an institute dedicated to alternative forms of dispute resolution. The institute offers a mediation center and four certificates. The institute also selects qualified students to study conflict resolution through two study abroad programs: an international business perspective in England through a partnership with Queen Mary University of London, as well as a through a lens of religious conflict in Israel in partnership with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Health Law Institute

Mitchell Hamline's Health Law Institute offers specialized courses and experiential learning. [15] Students are exposed to real-life health law issues. The institute offers four certificates, some of which satisfy the requirements to sit for the Compliance Certification Board's (CCB) national exam. Mitchell Hamline students are able to build this education into their J.D. program, while non-law-students can complete the certificate online.

Indian Law Program

The Indian Law Program emphasizes practical legal education with faculty who have spent their careers working with Indian tribes. [16]

Joint degree programs

Mitchell Hamline offers two types of joint degrees: The 3+3 and the Dual Degrees.

The 3+3 programs enable eligible students from select Minnesota universities to complete their bachelor's and J.D. degrees in only six years, rather than the more common seven. It currently has agreements with Hamline University, St. Cloud State University, and Bemidji State University.

Dual degree programs allow J.D. holders to combine their law degree with an additional graduate degree, and earn both in less time than normal. Most programs require four years to obtain both the J.D. and the master's degree. Through a partnership with Hamline University, students can also earn a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), a Master of Fine Arts in Writing (M.F.A.), a Master in Public Administration (M.P.A.), or a Master in Nonprofit Management (M.N.M.).

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. [17] The students ranged in age from 22 to 67 and represented 30 states and two countries. [18]

In fall 2020, the school started to offer blended learning. This includes elements of the Hybrid, Executive, and Weekend offerings. It is a four-year program that can be finished in three years. On-campus time includes a case-study workshop in which students learn from lawyers and participants in cases.[ citation needed ]

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. [19] [ better source needed ]

Externships

The school offers more practical externships than any other school in the Upper Midwest. [20]

Notable alumni

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:

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