William E. "Bill" Macklin (born December 29, 1945) was an American judge and politician.
Macklin lived in Lakeville, Minnesota with his wife and children. He received his bachelor's degree in theatre arts from the University of Minnesota in 1968 and his Juris Doctor degree from the Mitchell Hamline School of Law in 1975. He was admitted to the Minnesota bar. Macklin served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1989 to 1998 and was a Republican. He also served as a district court judge for Scott County, Minnesota. [1]
St. Peter is a city in Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States. It is 10 miles north of the Mankato – North Mankato metropolitan area. The population was 12,066 at the 2020 census. St. Peter is the county seat of Nicollet County and home to Gustavus Adolphus College.
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William Mitchell College of Law was a private, independent law school located in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States, from 1956 to 2015. Accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA), it offered full- and part-time legal education in pursuit of the Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree. On December 9, 2015, Hamline University School of Law merged into William Mitchell College of Law, and became the Mitchell Hamline School of Law.
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