Who we are

Admissions Team From left to right: Melanie Bishop; Jack Her; Ann Buesgens; Meghan Donnelly; Soua Xiong; Ann Gemmell ’12; and Katie Kuehl

Mitchell Hamline School of Law provides a legal education grounded in legal theory and distinguished by exceptional practical legal training. A forward-thinking, independent law school with a history dating back more than 100 years, we have continually shaped legal education to be relevant to our students, their future clients, and the legal profession. We are committed to making legal education accessible. Our students graduate prepared to put their degree into practice or use their legal training in the profession of their choice.

Patent Diversity Advisory Board

External board members

Marla R. Butler

Partner Firmwide Chair, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Initiative Thompson Hine

Alexander J. Kim

Shareholder Greenberg Traurig

Michael A. Essien

Principal/Intellectual Property Attorney Essien Law

Suneel Arora

Principal Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner

Jumi Kassim

Patent Attorney Patterson Thuente IP

Angela J. Grayson

Principal Member Precipice IP

Jihan Rush Jenkins

IP Counsel Cargill

Enrique W. Iturralde

Partner Fabricant

Judge Peter M. Reyes Jr.

Minnesota Court of Appeals

James Smith

Chief Intellectual Property Counsel Ecolab USA

Justine Gozzi (ex officio)

Special Counsel Baker Botts

Internal board members

R. Carl Moy

Associate Director, Intellectual Property Institute Professor of Law

Jay Erstling

Emeritus Professor of Law

Deanna Burns

Associate Director, Intellectual Property Institute and Patent Law Program