This past academic year about 60 alumni participated in a one-on-one mentor program for students in their last year of law school.  We anticipate that at least another 60 students will be interested in participating in this program next fall. While we don’t yet know the areas of interest our students will indicate when they…

Please join us for another great year of stimulating and affordable CLE programs presented by Mitchell faculty and alumni. This year our Alumni CLE series features 15 different 90-minute programs on topics ranging from The Affordable Care Act to Family Law to Ethics for Criminal Defense Lawyers. Fee and registration information is below. All CLEs…

Check out which courses are available for auditing, how to apply for CLE credit and more at Auditing Opportunities for Alumni.

It’s already time to sign up to be a mentor to our incoming 1Ls.  But first we’d like to take a moment to thank all our alumni who served as mentors last year.  Here’s what some of the 1Ls said about the program: “It was an awesome experience. My mentors were so cool. I feel…

Kathy Kimmel ’96 is the new president of the Alumni Association Board of Directors.  Rounding out the executive committee is Judge Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks ’85 as vice president, and Nicole James Gilchrist ’03 as secretary/treasurer.  Joining the board are four new members: David Bland ’79, Elizabeth Cowan Wright ’06, Fred Dawe ’92, and Jewelie Grape…

Beating out schools from across the country, a William Mitchell team scored a second place finish at the recent William E. McGee National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition. The 27th annual competition drew 36 teams from across the country to the Univ…

If you’ve ever thought about practicing law in Greater Minnesota, you won’t want to miss this event sponsored by the MSBA Outstate Practice Section, the William Mitchell Office of Career and Professional Development, and the Hachey Initiati…

A man who has been described as one of the most powerful and influential lawyers in the federal government will speak at William Mitchell College of Law from 6:30 to 8 pm Tuesday, March 6. Jeh Johnson, general counsel of the U.S. Department of Defense …

Jenna Yauch-Erickson ’11 says she’s been walking around in shock for a couple of weeks. The cause of her disbelief: a whirlwind of activity that landed her a coveted federal clerkship less than a month after she heard about the opening. At the eye …

Matthew Johnson ’92, chief judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals and former editor-in-chief of the William Mitchell Law Review (1991–92), will deliver this winter’s commencement address at 2 pm Saturday, Jan. 14. Johnson was appointed to the Co…

Almost 50 classes are open for alumni to audit, including a wide variety of subjects. Only $100/credit hour (and every hour spent in class qualifies as 1 CLE credit).   For more information and to register, click here.

Jeffrey R. Anderson ’75 and William M. Orth ’80 at the college’s Annual DeParcq Leadership Dinner. The dinner is held in honor of William H. DeParcq ‘30, prominent Minnesota personal injury lawyer who died in 1988, to recognize those who make a…

Judge Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks ’85 has joined the William Mitchell College of Law board of trustees. Halbrooks has been a judge with the Minnesota Court of Appeals since 1998. Previously, she was a partner and attorney with Rider, Bennett, Egan and Ar…

Students, faculty, alumni, and the community will benefit from a $2 million gift to William Mitchell College of Law William Mitchell College of Law received a gift of $2 million, one of the largest to the college, from Stephen B. ’72 and Lisa S. Bonn…

About 70 alumni have already signed up to help incoming ILs make a successful transition to law school, but we still need about 50 more recent grads to join us.  We’re looking for alumni who can commit to spending a few hours each month to meet and share advice and experiences with 3 ILs, along…

According to ABC News, more than 80 percent of jobs are found through professional contacts. Not online. Not through the classified ads. And not by chance. On Thursday, Oct. 13, William Mitchell students and alumni are invited to learn how they can sta…

Insurance companies are searching social media sites to discover insurance fraud. Some attorneys have argued that scouring social networking sites in search of a reason not to hire someone, or evidence of insurance fraud, is an invasion of privacy. But…

What can I say?  I’m glad it’s over.  But the Mitchell alumni community is pulling for you.  And before you know it, you’ll be back for the swearing-in brunch and ceremony.  So we’ll see you in October! Oh, and don’t forget to breathe…

Join the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) and the Intellectual Property Institute at William Mitchell College of Law as they host the Electronics and Computer Patent Law Summit on Tuesday, Aug. 16 from 7:30 am to 5 pm at William M…

Once again, Mitchell is pleased to make a variety of courses available for our alumni to audit at the reduced rate of $100/credit hour.  This summer, alumni may apply to audit one of eight courses, but the application period is only open through May 8.  For all the details on the courses open for auditing,…

Course Title Course Section Credits Instructor Day Start End Room Notes Agency, Partnerships, and LLCs 2005 1 3.00 Vo Mon Wed Fri 9 am 9 am 9 am 12:15 pm 12:15 pm 12:15 pm 319 319 319 Class starts 5/23 and ends 6/29, no class 6/10 – 6/17. The fin…

You and a guest are cordially invited to attend a complimentary brunch reception to celebrate the swearing in of William Mitchell College of Law alumni before the Minnesota Supreme Court on Friday, May 6 from 9:30 – 10:45 am at 317 on Rice Park.  $12 per additional guest; children under 5 may attend free of…

This year’s Annual William Mitchell Law Review Symposium features an impressive line-up of guest speakers, including William Mitchell Law Review staff members and William Mitchell faculty. The event, “Seven Cases You Need to Know: Criminal Law Pol…

William Mitchell College of Law has a rich tradition of helping its students secure judicial clerkships, which are among the most prestigious and competitive employment opportunities available to recent law school graduates. In recent years, several Mi…

Happy Holidays from William Mitchell. The college will be closed from 5 pm Thursday, Dec. 23 until 7 am Monday, Jan. 3.

Haven’t made your gift to Mitchell yet this year? Your proscrastination pays off again! The alumni association board has just announced a $5,000 match for new gifts to the Annual Fund through Dec. 31. Make your gift today at www.wmitchell.edu/giving.

One hundred and ten years ago today, five practicing attorneys from St. Paul founded the St. Paul College of Law (one of the predecessor schools to William Mitchell) to provide access to a law school education to those who needed to work full time to provide for themselves and their families.  Fast forward 110 years, and…

Interested in auditing a class at Mitchell this spring? We’ll have information about the registration period, costs, and courses available in the December eNewsletter. If you don’t receive it, sign up from the alumni page under the Stay Connected section on the right.

A number of Mitchell students and alumni are tackling the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon tomorrow. Watch for them in their Mitchell t-shirts!

More than 200 first-year students, 65 upper class student mentors, and 128 alumni mentors are participating in Mitchell Mentors this year, a program designed to help first-years make a successful transition to law school.  We  especially want to thank our alumni mentors (graduates from ’05-’09) for taking the time to help our students in such…

Beginning at 10am CST on Monday, September 20th, all alumni email accounts will be moved to Windows Live. Your email address will continue to be firstname.lastname@alumni.wmitchell.edu, but you will now access your email by going to www.outlook.com. You should login using your email address as the username and a password of wmxxxxxx where xxxxxx is…

The William Mitchell Self-Help Clinic is currently seeking attorneys to volunteer a few hours each month helping litigants in the areas of criminal expungement and family law. The clinic is open on Saturdays from 2-4 PM (beginning on Sept. 11), and is run by Mitchell students and staffed by volunteer attorneys. (For more information on…

Up for discussion this month:  websites and increasing your web presence.  Join us from noon to 1pm here at Mitchell.  Bring your own lunch -we’ll provide drinks and dessert.  Feel free to stop by, but if you let me know you’re coming we’ll make sure to have enough cookies!

Britt Ackerman ’04, Heather Diersen ’08, Jason Brown ’00, Francis Rojas ’08, & Leah Weaver ’05 are among the recent grads recruited by Minnesota Lawyer to contribute to its new blog: JDs Rising. Brown and Diersen’s first posts are up – read them here.

Finish your studying this afternoon, then go have a nice, relaxing evening. Get a massage, walk around a lake, work out, whatever – just don’t keep at it all night! We’ll see you at the Swearing In Brunch in October . . .

The application period is now open (through Friday, July 23) to apply to audit one of 30 available courses (note that Appellate Law, Criminal Procedure, and Immigration Law are no longer available to auditors). Go to the alumni page for more information.

We’re starting to plan the Alumni CLE Series for the 2010-11 academic year – what topics would you like us cover (or which subjects should we definitely not program)?  Send me your ideas.

Mitchell is currently seeking part-time adjunct professors for three courses for the 2010-11 academic year: (1) Writing Professors teach first-year students about office memos, advice and demand letters, and motion practice memoranda in a year-long course; (2) Representation Professors critique first-year students in interviewing, counseling, negotiating, and oral argument exercises in a year-long course; (3)…

Are you interested in getting more involved with William Mitchell? We’re looking for four engaged and enthusiastic alumni to join the 21-member alumni board for terms beginning in July. The alumni board provides guidance to the school on building alumni engagement and helps foster meaningful connections between students and alumni and among the alumni community. Board…

A poem by Minneapolis attorney Tim Nolan ’89 entitled “At the Choral Concert” was featured in the American Life in Poetry column written by Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate from 2004-2006.  The poem is from Nolan’s most recent book, The Sound of It, New Rivers Press, 2008.  Read the poem.

Barbara Golden ’80, retired state law librarian, will be presented with an Outstanding Service to the Profession Award by Minnesota Lawyer “in recognition of her more than 25 years of service to lawyers and judges.”   Only one of five to receive this award, you can read more about this prestigious honor here.

Considering a career with the FBI, Mike Koval ’85 came to William Mitchell for a law degree, but has since found his place recruiting and training new officers for the Madison, WI police department. Read the full article in the Isthmus.

Organizations run by Leon Steinberg ’80 and Susan Haigh ’77 were both featured in the Star Tribune on Sunday. Steinberg is CEO of National Wind, a Minneapolis-based wind developer that just joined forces with a Montana wind company for a wind project in Montana that will provide power all the way to Las Vegas. Haigh…

Almost 400 Mitchell grads were recognized as “Rising Stars” in the Dec/Jan edition of Minnesota Law & Politics, a distinction reserved for Minnesota lawyers 40 years old or younger or who have been licensed to practice for 10 years or less.  A full listing along with a description of the selection process can be found here.  A…

Read about Bridget Hayden’s alter-ego “Patently Offensive,” her rink name as a member of the MN RollerGirls’ flat track roller derby league team the Dagger Dolls.  Check it out here in the Dec. issue of The Hennepin Lawyer.   If you’ve got an unusual stress-busting activity, let us know by posting a comment.

Read about how Mitchell alumni Robert Milavetz ’63 and Alan Milavetz ’84 and their Edina, MN law firm of Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz are challenging the constitutionality of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act in a case to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 1 in this National Law Journal article…

On Nov. 23, 1900, five working attorneys signed the incorporation papers for the St. Paul College of Law, which later became William Mitchell College of Law. Their vision was to make  a legal education accessible to those who needed to keep working at full-time jobs to support themselves and their families.  Up until 1978, when a full-time program…

The release yesterday of new law school rankings by Super Lawyers provides another way to compare law schools, based at least to some extent on the accomplishments and reputation of its alumni. William Mitchell is ranked 52nd out of 180 law schools on the list. The rankings are based on the number of graduates who…

Last Friday, a number of proud Mitchell grads were sworn in as newly minted lawyers.  I had the pleasure of talking to many of them at the brunch we host before the ceremony for those planning to take the oath and their friends and families.  Happily, most of those I met were employed.  But then…

Arriving in your mailbox and inbox soon are the Fall edition of Mitchell on Law and the November eNewsletter, filled with the latest information about what’s going on at school, great articles about alumni whose practices have an international component or who are making it as solo practitioners, and other news you can use.  If you aren’t receiving…