Mitchell Hamline School of Law

What is the cost of studying for a year at Mitchell Hamline School of Law?

Attending Mitchell Hamline involves more than tuition: students must budget for school fees, books, living expenses, transportation, and other personal costs. In federal reporting for 2024-25, the school's full-time graduate tuition was $38,580, with $500 in required fees. The reported graduate part-time charge was $2,400 per credit. Those figures were the same for in-state and out-of-state students.

These are reported graduate charges for that year, not a current, individualized JD bill. A student comparing programs should use the school's published tuition schedule and cost-of-attendance budget for the intended entry year, credit load, and JD format. In particular, do not add a per-credit charge to a full-time annual tuition figure unless the school's billing rules call for it.

Graduate and professional students generally cannot use federal Pell Grants. Financing may include institutional scholarships, eligible federal graduate loans, outside awards, and military or veteran education benefits. Graduate recipients of military education benefits had an average reported benefit of $25,270 in the 2024-25 institutional figures, but eligibility and an individual award depend on the relevant benefits program. A scholarship can lower the amount billed; loans defer payment and usually increase the total cost through interest.

What are the work-study opportunities at Mitchell Hamline School of Law?

Mitchell Hamline students can pursue legal work experience through clinics, externships, and employer-based jobs, but those opportunities have different purposes and compensation rules. A clinic or credit-bearing externship is an academic experience; an employer-paid position is a job. Students should check whether a placement carries credit, pay, or both, and how it fits their class schedule.

The school's career services resources are the appropriate starting point for counseling about legal résumés, interviewing, networking, and searches for summer or post-graduation positions. Federal Work-Study, when included in an eligible student's aid package and attached to an approved job, is earned as wages for hours worked - not a grant paid in full at the start of a term. Students seeking paid campus work should ask the financial aid office which positions are currently open and whether their award permits Work-Study employment. Part-time and hybrid students may need to coordinate work hours around required classes and campus visits.