Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Admission Requirements

Mitchell Hamline seeks to educate talented, motivated students who will effectively and ethically serve their clients and employers, their local and wider communities, their profession, and their law school. To achieve that goal, the law school and its Admissions Committee hold themselves to high standards of judgment, experience, and fairness.

In making admissions decisions, Mitchell Hamline strives to ensure that:

• All students offered admission are qualified to meet the challenges of law school and of the profession of law;

• Each applicant gets full, careful, personalized consideration;

• All relevant information, quantifiable and nonquantifiable, is considered, including undergraduate and graduate school transcripts, Law School Admission Test (LSAT) score(s), career experience and focus, motivation, activities outside of work or school, interpersonal skills, and intellectual and personal breadth and depth; and

• The entering class complements a diverse student body that includes all major racial and cultural groups, as well as a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and viewpoints.

Information submitted to us as a part of an application becomes the property of the law school.

Mitchell Hamline School of Law reserves the right to reject any applicant for admission, regardless of fulfillment of requirements stated in the application booklet or elsewhere. The law school’s nondiscrimination policy is observed in all cases.

Native Supports Offered

None

Native Student Organizations

• Native American Law Student Association

Native Events

• Native American Law Student Association Moot Court Competition