Anthony S. Niedwiecki, a longtime legal educator and activist on behalf of LGBTQ rights, is President and Dean at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota. Previously dean and professor of law at Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco, he is the second president and dean at Mitchell Hamline, which was formed in 2015 through the combination of William Mitchell College of Law and Hamline University School of Law. Niedwiecki is the first openly gay president and dean at Mitchell Hamline or any of its predecessor schools. For the last two decades, Niedwiecki has advocated for social and racial justice as an academic, elected official, and community activist. In 2007, he founded Fight OUT Loud, an organization dedicated to helping people counter discrimination and hate directed at the LGBTQ community, and he has received numerous awards for his advocacy on LGBTQ issues. He has served as city commissioner and vice mayor of Oakland Park, Fla., as well as a member of the Broward County, Fla., Resource Recovery and Human Rights boards.