At that time, Mitchell Hamline was still William Mitchell College of Law, its ship steered by then-president and dean, Eric Janus who helped pioneer the hybrid program. The school's first cohort of hybrid students included several accomplished professionals, most with graduate degrees. Of the 85 students in the first cohort, 14 already held M.B.A.s, 5 held M.D.s, and three held Ph.D.s. The students ranged in age from 22 to 67, and represented 30 states and two countries. Since that time, the school has welcomed an even more diverse student body. Students fly in from Hawaii, London, Germany, Alaska, Japan, and India. Professions that have been represented include physicians, police officers, FBI agents, psychologists, school teachers, scientists, college professors, social workers, CEOs, and paralegals with sometimes decades of pre-existing legal experience. The law school even became home to a linebacker for the Washington State Cougars and a Major League Baseball umpire. Mitchell Hamline offers hybrid students two options. The traditional Hybrid J.D. Program allows students to sit for all bar exams across the country, with the exception of New York. Students in the traditional hybrid program come to the campus once at the end of each semester for four years, as well as two additional times – at the beginning of the semester – during 1L and 2L. For students who need to take the bar exam in New York, the Executive J.D. Program requires students to come to campus twice a semester for all four years. This additional in-classroom-time satisfies the New York Bar requirement. The Executive J.D. Program spends this extra time going over intensive legal case studies related to a current complex dilemma facing the courts in multiple countries. Students in the hybrid and executive programs are able to participate in the school's Student Bar Association, all of the school's interest groups, all of the study abroad programs, and most of the clinics. Even the law school's workshops and trainings (e.g., diversity) are usually scheduled during times when the hybrid and executive students will be on campus. Mitchell Hamline students have the opportunity to participate several academic journals including the flagship Mitchell Hamline Law Review; Cybaris®, an Intellectual Property Law Review; and the Mitchell Hamline Journal of Public Policy and Practice. Mitchell Hamline's alumni reaches back through an impressive rich history. Its alumni are from William Mitchell College of Law, Hamline University, Minneapolis-Minnesota College of Law, all the way to the St. Paul College of Law from 1900.