St. Paul, Minnesota
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 2015
- Institution type
- Private
- J.D. formats
- Full-time and Part-time and Distance education J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 154
- Median GPA
- 3.29
- Resident tuition
- $55,300
- First-year class
- 364
- Bar-required jobs
- 60.1%
- First-time bar passage
- 72%
J.D. program formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Offered. Full-time first-year students were reported to the ABA.
- Part-time J.D.
- Offered. The school is on the ABA Council’s list of approved part-time programs.
- Distance-education J.D.
- Offered. The school is on the ABA Council’s distance-education J.D. list.
Formats come from the ABA Council’s published lists, not from the school’s marketing. What each format means
Programs published by the school
Certificates
Credentials a school awards for completing a defined set of courses, either alongside the J.D. or as a stand-alone program.
- Conflict Resolution CertificateSchool page for Conflict Resolution Certificate (opens in a new tab)
- Health Care Compliance CertificateSchool page for Health Care Compliance Certificate (opens in a new tab)
- Health Law CertificateSchool page for Health Law Certificate (opens in a new tab)
- Health Law Certificate with a Concentration in Food LawSchool page for Health Law Certificate with a Concentration in Food Law (opens in a new tab)
- Law and Business CertificateSchool page for Law and Business Certificate (opens in a new tab)
Clinics and field placements
Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.
- Health Law ClinicSchool page for Health Law Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Centers and institutes
Research and program centers that organize a school's teaching, scholarship and events in a field.
- Center for Law and BusinessSchool page for Center for Law and Business (opens in a new tab)
- Dispute Resolution InstituteSchool page for Dispute Resolution Institute (opens in a new tab)
- Food Law CenterSchool page for Food Law Center (opens in a new tab)
- Health Law InstituteSchool page for Health Law Institute (opens in a new tab)
- Institute to Transform Child ProtectionSchool page for Institute to Transform Child Protection (opens in a new tab)
- Intellectual Property InstituteSchool page for Intellectual Property Institute (opens in a new tab)
- Mediation CenterSchool page for Mediation Center (opens in a new tab)
- Native American Law and Sovereignty InstituteSchool page for Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute (opens in a new tab)
- Public Health Law CenterSchool page for Public Health Law Center (opens in a new tab)
- Rosalie Wahl Legal Practice CenterSchool page for Rosalie Wahl Legal Practice Center (opens in a new tab)
- Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Resource CenterSchool page for Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Resource Center (opens in a new tab)
Journals and advocacy programs
Student-edited publications and competitive advocacy programs.
- Mitchell Hamline Law Journal of Public Policy and PracticeSchool page for Mitchell Hamline Law Journal of Public Policy and Practice (opens in a new tab)
- Mitchell Hamline Law ReviewSchool page for Mitchell Hamline Law Review (opens in a new tab)
Advanced law degrees
Degrees for people who already hold a first degree in law, in the United States or abroad.
- LL.M. programSchool page for LL.M. program (opens in a new tab)
Curriculum & faculty (2025 ABA report)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Curricular Offerings (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
Course titles beyond 1L
210
Clinic positions available
202
92 filled
Field placements filled
364
Simulation course seats
791
Co-curricular offerings
22
Full-time faculty
53
163 total faculty
Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).
