Laura Brooks

Laura Brooks serves as an Associate Teaching Professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, where she has been a core faculty member since 2015. She teaches critical courses including Legal Methods and Bar Prep Strategies, previously instructing Torts, Constitutional Criminal Procedure, and Legal Analysis, Research, and Communication. Her academic mission centers on empowering students—particularly from underrepresented backgrounds—to achieve their full potential through personalized mentorship and evidence-based teaching methodologies.

Her academic credentials include:

• J.D., Hamline University School of Law, 2015
• B.S., Minnesota State University, 2012

Professor Brooks specializes in pedagogical innovation within legal education, with concentrated expertise in bar examination preparation and foundational legal skills development. Her approach integrates practical courtroom insights from her judicial clerkship experience with cognitive science principles to optimize student comprehension and retention. She actively designs curriculum frameworks that bridge theoretical legal concepts with real-world application, emphasizing accessibility for diverse learners through the Minnesota Literacy Council volunteer program.

As an Academic Excellence Specialist, she provides intensive one-on-one tutoring across all substantive law domains, leveraging her background as a former judicial law clerk and practicing attorney. Her mentorship extends beyond the classroom through structured bar preparation workshops and individualized academic coaching, drawing directly from her experience clerking for Minnesota District Court judges and practicing at regional law firms.