Posted: May 18, 2021
President and Dean Anthony Niedwiecki has announced the appointment of Michael Birchard to be Mitchell Hamline’s inaugural vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion.
“Michael was universally praised by those who interviewed him over the past few weeks,” noted Niedwiecki, in an email to faculty and staff. “He is one of the top DEI leaders in the Twin Cities and an innovative senior leader at his current institutions.”
Birchard will be part of Niedwiecki’s executive leadership team and will engage with students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the broader community to lead the campus in developing a vision and strategy for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion. The goal will also be to position Mitchell Hamline as a leader around these issues.
Posted: January 12, 2021
Mitchell Hamline President and Dean Anthony Niedwiecki was one of 157 law school deans from across the country to sign onto a statement Tuesday decrying the January 6
th attack on the U.S. Capitol and efforts to overturn the results of a fair and free election.
“The violent attack on the Capitol was an assault on our democracy and the rule of law,” the statement says. “The effort to disrupt the certification of a free and fair election was a betrayal of the core values that undergird our Constitution.”
The statement notes the rarity with of a vast majority of law school deans speaking out together. But, it continued, “the rule of law is as much a touchstone of our profession as it is of our Constitution.