Hiram F. Stevens and the Founding of the St. Paul College of Law

The St. Paul College of Law, one of William Mitchell College of Law\u27s predecessor institutions, was established by five attorneys in 1900. Especially prominent among these attorneys was Hiram F. Stevens (1852-1904), who served as the first dean and was also a legislator, teacher, scholar, popular orator, and a founding member of the American Bar Association

And Then There Was One

In the twentieth century\u27s second decade, Minneapolis lawyers created four night law schools, all of which William Mitchell College of Law numbers among its predecessor institutions. By 1940, a single law school remained, an amalgam of the original four. It would unite in 1956 with its St. Paul counterpart to form William Mitchell College of Law

Foreword

Foreward to William Mitchell Law Review volume 30, issue 1: Essay Collection: Thirty Years of Clinical Legal Education at William Mitchell College of Law

Porcupine Diplomacy Produces Summit (Ave.) Accord

While William Mitchell College of Law was officially formed in 1956 through the merger of two local evening law schools, there had been discussion of a merger for years before 1956. Even after the merger, the two parts of the new institution continued to operate mostly separately. The acquisition of a building at 2100 Summit Avenue, in St. Paul, in 1958 finally allowed the two schools to become one and to enter the modern era of legal education