School of Law
Hamline University School of Law educates students to apply legal knowledge with disciplined imagination, a global perspective, and creative conflict resolution skills. Our challenging yet humane environment inspires men and women to improve lives and enhance communities. We strive to strengthen society through professional excellence and ethical leadership.
Hamline University Mission, Values, and Vision
You can find them in the values that guide our education, in the way our community comes together, and in our professors, leaders, staff, alumni, and students’ hearts.
They are not static. Rather, they are continually active, guiding us in what we do, whether it is creating new programs, erecting new buildings, or charting a course into our next 150 years.
MissionTo create a diverse and collaborative community of learners dedicated to the development of students' knowledge, values and skills for successful lives of leadership, scholarship, and service.
Values
Hamline University recognizes its roots in the traditions and values of the United Methodist Church, and aspires to the highest standards for:
- Creation, dissemination, and practical application of knowledge
- Rigor, creativity, and innovation in teaching, learning, and research
- Multicultural competencies in local and global contexts
- The development and education of the whole person
- An individual and community ethic of social justice, civic responsibility, and inclusive leadership and service
Vision
Hamline University will be recognized as a diverse, learning-centered university that is:
- Rooted in a tradition of liberal education
- Dynamic and actively inclusive
- Locally engaged and globally connected
- Invested in the personal and professional growth of persons