Law students who are also interested in business can now take advantage of a new certification program at William Mitchell College of Law and earn a Law and Business Certificate. Students can earn the certificate, which is unique to Mitchell, through the school’s Center for Law and Business. Continue reading →
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Mitchell wins national championship
William Mitchell students Caitlin Grom and Peter Snyder used their deal-making skills to win the Transactional LawMeet® competition Friday, March 29, at Drexel Law School in Philadelphia. Continue reading →
Conference explores fracking, global warming, and the domestic natural gas boom
From fracking to global warming, the domestic natural gas boom is reshaping the policy landscape. On Friday, April 12, a group of experts will gather at William Mitchell for a free, public conference to discuss how regulators, industry representatives, and activists view the future of inexpensive natural gas and its environmental impacts at the local, state, national, …
Public Health Law Center puts students on front lines of improving country’s health
Mitchell students who are looking for a career that combines law and public health have a nationally-recognized resource right on their campus. The Public Health Law Center at William Mitchell College of Law focuses on encouraging healthier lives, by working to reduce the harm caused by tobacco use, prevent childhood obesity, support healthy eating, and …
Mitchell Self-Help Clinic: Students build skills, provide community service
It’s only been around for three years, but the student-run William Mitchell Self-Help Clinic has become a popular place for students to get hands-on experience while teaching people how they can help themselves. Continue reading →
Mitchell named as a Fulbright ‘Top Producer’
Strong mentorship and a successful campus program have led to William Mitchell being named a “Top Producer of U.S. Fulbright Students.” Continue reading →
Mitchell students awarded clerkships, gain hands-on experience
Mitchell students frequently secure judicial clerkships with the college’s help, part of Mitchell’s tradition of giving its students excellent opportunities to succeed. In 2013, several current or former students are, or will be, clerking, with two of them landing coveted federal clerkships. Continue reading →
Mitchell hosts ‘law school for legislators’
For the past 15 years or so, newly elected Minnesota legislators and House and Senate leaders have often spent a day at William Mitchell College of Law learning about the upcoming session’s key legal issues. Continue reading →
Mitchell professor advising Department of Justice on sexual assault issues
Mitchell Professor Sarah Deer has been named chair of a U.S. Department of Justice federal advisory committee designed to develop protocol for responding to sexual assault in tribal communities. Continue reading →
Students get experience, a non-profit gets legal help, and Bolivians get badly needed supplies
This semester 11 Mitchell students are doing work that will have an impact five thousand miles away. They’re part of Professor Chris Ver Ploeg’s seminar, “Advising the International and Humanitarian NGO,” in which they gain experience serving as legal advisers to a major international non-profit organization. Continue reading →
‘Tis the season to drop the resentment and pass the mashed potatoes
It’s holiday season, a time of joyful family get-togethers and warm companionship with loved ones. Or is it? Holidays can be extra stressful on families for any number of reasons: long-standing feuds, perceived slights, tension because of changes in relationships—the list goes on. While the easy path might be to ignore the grudge-holding elephant in the room, …
High school students take on free speech in Marshall-Brennan moot court at William Mitchell, set sights on D.C.
The problem: A high school student is suspended for posting a message critical of the principal on the school’s on-line message board. The solution? That’s up to the two dozen high school students taking part in the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project Moot Court Competition held this fall at William Mitchell. Continue reading →
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