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William Mitchell will be well represented in the National Native American Law Students Association in 2012-2013. Two second-year students, Matt Elias and Veronica Newcomer, were elected to leadership positions at the organization’s recent national conference. Read more of Two Mitchell students picked for national group executive board…
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Mitchell faculty in the news
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Following is a list of some of the recent media stories in which Mitchell faculty are featured or quoted: Read more of Mitchell faculty in the news…
Fulbright Scholarship and Mitchell relationships result in return home for graduate
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Michael Murphy spent the first 10 years of his life in Papua New Guinea. Now after graduating this spring, he’ll head back there as a Fulbright Scholar. Murphy will spend seven months living in Port Moresby, the country’s capital, and three months living in a Nahu village with the barest essentials as he helps the government of his homeland expand alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Read more of Fulbright Scholarship and Mitchell relationships result in return home for graduate…
Center for Law and Business celebrates its one-year anniversary
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Four years ago, Jann Olsten ’74 had a lunch conversation about how a law degree makes an excellent foundation for a business career. As co-founder and former chief executive officer of the leading scrapbooking supply company Archiver’s, Olsten says he uses the skills he learned at Mitchell every day. Read more of Center for Law and Business celebrates its one-year anniversary…
Student gives his time to help the homeless
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Matt Enger
First-year student Matt Enger had a final in two days, but studying would have to wait while he performed some valuable community service. Enger spent the day volunteering at the Cass-Clay Project Community Connect event in Fargo, providing legal factsheets and referrals while working alongside Heidi Uecker, staff attorney at the Moorhead office of Legal Services of Northwest Minnesota.
“It was really interesting to hear about the difficult problems that many of the people were dealing with,” Enger says. “And it was nice to feel like we were giving them the resources they needed to get their lives back on track.”
The event was sponsored by the Fargo-Moorhead Coalition for Homeless Persons. More than 400 people stopped by to get information on a variety of subjects, including 46 who asked for help and information on legal issues.
Mitchell student honored for volunteer legal work
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Adina Florea
A third-year student’s work to help small businesses and people of modest income recently earned her recognition from the Minnesota State Bar Association. Adina Florea received the MSBA’s Volunteer Law Student Award, part of the 2012 Bernard P. Becker Awards for Legal Services Staff and Volunteer Law Students. Read more of Mitchell student honored for volunteer legal work…
Minnesota State Bar Association presents Professor Edward Toussaint, Jr. with Advocate Award
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Distinguished Professor of Law Edward Toussaint, Jr. has been named this year’s recipient of the Minnesota State Bar Association Advocate Award. Read more of Minnesota State Bar Association presents Professor Edward Toussaint, Jr. with Advocate Award…
Mitchell students play key role in creation of bill protecting vulnerable adults
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When Gov. Mark Dayton signed the bill that makes it a felony to intentionally and severely neglect vulnerable adults, he enacted legislation that was partially shaped by the hard work of a group of William Mitchell students and the Center for Elder Justice & Policy. Read more of Mitchell students play key role in creation of bill protecting vulnerable adults…
Leonard, Street and Deinard’s first annual Project: Business™ event will focus on ownership transition strategies for closely held and family-owned businesses
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Owners and executives of closely held and family-owned businesses should be aware of how early strategic planning can put them in better control of their eventual business transition. This forward-thinking approach is the focus of the first event in Project: Business Read more of Leonard, Street and Deinard’s first annual Project: Business™ event will focus on ownership transition strategies for closely held and family-owned businesses…
Professor Daniel S. Kleinberger: As National Expert, He Writes the Laws
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For more than two decades, Mitchell Professor Daniel Kleinberger has been a fixture in state and national legislative drafting projects, writing the statutes that govern limited liability companies (LLCs), limited partnership (LPs) and limited liability partnerships (LLPs). Read more of Professor Daniel S. Kleinberger: As National Expert, He Writes the Laws…
Professor Kimberley Dayton: Making Policy, Changing Lives
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As director and founder of Mitchell’s Center for Elder Justice and Policy, Professor Kimberley Dayton works daily to bring resources and legal expertise to seniors and their families. However, she never loses sight of her main priority: providing students with real-world policymaking experience. Read more of Professor Kimberley Dayton: Making Policy, Changing Lives…
Professor Ted Sampsell-Jones: Bringing the Court to the Classroom
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When Mitchell Professor Ted Sampsell-Jones teaches Evidence, he has his students evaluate the prosecution’s evidence from the Barry Bonds case. In his Sentencing class, his students write a memo from the perspective of a Minnesota public defender. It’s real-world work that Sampsell-Jones knows personally. Read more of Professor Ted Sampsell-Jones: Bringing the Court to the Classroom…
California Supreme Court Associate Justice Goodwin Liu to address current, former Law Review editors
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Goodwin Liu, an associate justice on the California Supreme Court, will deliver the keynote address at this year’s Law Review Banquet. Read more of California Supreme Court Associate Justice Goodwin Liu to address current, former Law Review editors…
William Mitchell College of Law faculty opposes anti-marriage amendment
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Calling it “discriminatory against GLBT students, staff, and faculty and an inappropriate use of the constitutional amendment process,” the faculty of William Mitchell College of Law has passed a resolution opposing the proposed amendment to the Minnesota constitution that would define marriage only as the union of a man and woman. Read more of William Mitchell College of Law faculty opposes anti-marriage amendment…
William Mitchell students craft bill to protect Minnesota’s small-business owners
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A bill written by students at William Mitchell College of Law that would significantly lower legal costs for small businesses involved in trademark disputes with large corporations has been introduced in the Minnesota House and Senate. Read more of William Mitchell students craft bill to protect Minnesota’s small-business owners…