Add to favoritesMichael 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 …
› Open Fulbright Scholarship and Mitchell relationships result in return home for graduate
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 facts…
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. …
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 Jus…
› Open Mitchell students play key role in creation of bill protecting vulnerable adults
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. Mitchell student…
› Open William Mitchell students craft bill to protect Minnesota’s small-business owners
On March 14, second-year student Sarah Gibson got to do something very few law students ever get to do: argue an appeal before the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. The rare opportunity came after working with Professor Bradford Colbert on the brief fo…
› Open ‘Unflappable’ Mitchell student argues in federal court
They’re weighty subjects: national security policy, international law, international human rights. And if you want to really delve into them, you need to do what a group of William Mitchell students did over spring break and meet with leaders of the …
› Open Human rights trip makes a lasting impression on Mitchell students
It’s on to the finals for the William Mitchell team after winning its region in the American Association for Justice’s student trial advocacy competition. The team of Matti Adam, John Monnens, Kurt Sorensen, and Elliot Wyse finished first among 16 …
› Open Mitchell team wins regional mock trial competition, aims for national title
It’s on to the finals for the William Mitchell team after winning its region in the American Association for Justice’s student trial advocacy competition. The team of Matti Adam, John Monnens, Kurt Sorensen, and Elliot Wyse finished first among 16 …
› Open Mitchell team wins regional mock trial competition, aims for national title
Join us to learn more about how to become a teaching fellow for the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project! There will be two informational panels on Thursday, February 23rd in Room 223 from 1-2 and 2-3. Panel members include current fellows, and a former teaching fellow and Mitchell graduate, Michael Weinbeck — Dorsey and Whitney.…
› Open Learn how to become a Teaching Fellow and earn 3 credits!
William Mitchell College of Law invites the public to join students, faculty, and staff at the Fifth Annual Cesar Chavez Dinner from 5 to 9 pm Friday, March 30 in the William Mitchell Auditorium. The free event celebrates the life of influential labor …
› Open Join us in celebrating the life and accomplishments of Cesar Chavez
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 …
› Open Defense Department general counsel to speak at William Mitchell
A number of incoming William Mitchell students are starting their legal education a week early this year. They have enrolled in the college’s new program, Navigating Law School: Academic Preparation Workshop for Incoming Students. The optional, four-…
› Open William Mitchell introduces Navigating Law School Workshop for incoming students