Add to favoritesWilliam 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 co…
› Open Two Mitchell students picked for national group executive board
Following is a list of some of the recent media stories in which Mitchell faculty are featured or quoted: Dean and President Eric Janus is quoted in an article in the National Law Journal about the decline of part-time law school programs. Read the com…
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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 …
› Open Fulbright Scholarship and Mitchell relationships result in return home for graduate
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…
› Open Center for Law and Business celebrates its one-year anniversary
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. …
Distinguished Professor of Law Edward Toussaint, Jr. has been named this year’s recipient of the Minnesota State Bar Association Advocate Award. The Hon. Edward Toussaint, Jr. will receive the MSBA Advocate Award at the MSBA’s Civil Litiga…
› Open Minnesota State Bar Association presents Professor Edward Toussaint, Jr. with Advocate Award
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
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 Pr…
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 liabilit…
› Open Professor Daniel S. Kleinberger: As National Expert, He Writes the Laws
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 stu…
› Open Professor Kimberley Dayton: Making Policy, Changing Lives
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…
› Open Professor Ted Sampsell-Jones: Bringing the Court to the Classroom
Goodwin Liu, an associate justice on the California Supreme Court, will deliver the keynote address at this year’s Law Review Banquet. The event brings together current William Mitchell Law Review editors and staff with former editors to celebrate th…
› Open California Supreme Court Associate Justice Goodwin Liu to address current, former Law Review editors
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 Mi…
› Open William Mitchell College of Law faculty opposes anti-marriage amendment
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
Community groups, lawyers, legislators, and law student groups will register voters and provide information on voter registration issues and current cases at a first-of-its kind event 6-8 pm Tuesday, April 17 in the William Mitchell Auditorium. The eve…
› Open Community event to educate people on voter ID legislation
Community groups, lawyers, legislators, and law student groups will register voters and provide information on voter registration issues and current cases at a first-of-its kind event 6-8 pm Tuesday, April 17 in the William Mitchell Auditorium. The eve…
› Open Community event to educate people on voter ID legislation
Community groups, lawyers, legislators, and law student groups will register voters and provide information on voter registration issues and current cases at a first-of-its kind event 6-8 pm Tuesday, April 17 in the William Mitchell Auditorium. The eve…
› Open Community event to educate people on voter ID legislation
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
The numbers just keep growing. With over 32,000 downloads since its launch in fall 2010, William Mitchell College of Law’s institutional repository, Mitchell Open Access, has been wildly successful. Open Access archives the scholarly activities of …
› Open More and more individuals and courts looking to Mitchell’s practical approach
World Without Genocide is marking Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month with several events celebrating the legacy of the Nuremberg trials that occurred after World War II. These trials created the legal and moral precedent for the establishment of t…
› Open Remembering the Nuremberg Trials: Thought-provoking events reflect and look to the future
For the third consecutive year, a team of William Mitchell students has won the annual Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association (MIPLA) Cup Competition. Third-year Mitchell students Daniel Bruzzone and Joseph Martyn were awarded first place in …
› Open William Mitchell Students win Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association Cup Competition
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
The Intellectual Property Clinic at William Mitchell College of Law has obtained its first patent allowance–and the environment will reap the benefits. The allowance was granted to the clinic’s first patent client, Michelle “Mitch” Hedlund,…
› Open Intellectual Property Clinic’s first patent goes green
A third place Best Oralist finish for third-year student Cecilia Knapp was among the highlights for the William Mitchell teams at the 20th annual national Native American Law Students Association’s (NALSA) moot court competition in Honolulu. Knap…
› Open Impressive showing for Mitchell students in Hawaii competition
William Mitchell College of Law, the Minnesota State Bar Association, Minnesota Women Lawyers, Twin Cities Diversity in Practice will host a candid discussion about diversity and gender equity in legal offices. Join us as a panel of experts address dif…
› Open Join us for a discussion on gender equity and diversity in the legal profession
An expert on law school admissions and diversity in legal education will lead a presentation at William Mitchell College of Law on the current status of diversity in the legal profession. Chancellor Dennis Shields of the University of Wisconsin-Plattev…
› Open William Mitchell hosts expert on diversity and the law
Deadline to apply for a Marshall-Brennan Teaching Fellow position is extended until Friday, March 16th. Invitations to interview will take place the week of March, 20th. If selected, you will teach Constitutional law at a local high school for nine weeks. Earn 3 graded law school credits without sitting in a law school classroom! This…
March is Diversity Month, a time to honor and reflect on the diverse cultures in our community. William Mitchell is marking the month with a number of events, from an award-winning storyteller discussing genocide to a dinner celebrating a civil rights …
Toward the end of March, two St. Paul Central High School students will head to Washington, D.C., for the experience of a lifetime: competing in the National Marshall-Brennan High School Moot Court Competition. David Vang and Mainesha Cyrus earned the …
› Open Marshall-Brennan Project sends law students, high school students to Washington, D.C.
Join us at the Third Annual Patterson Thuente IP Lecture to hear from a panel of experts who were there, in the trenches, at various points in the journey that gave us the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. Monday, April 9 | 4:30-6 pm William Mitche…
› Open Get a candid insider perspective on the America Invents Act
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…
› Open Mitchell students argue their way to the finals at national moot court competition
Second-year student Sarah Gibson is a firm believer that the response of individuals can affect a global outcome. She’s the co-president of the student chapter of World Without Genocide at William Mitchell College of Law, which works to protect peopl…
› Open Mitchell student helping children affected by war one hand at a time
With all the health care decisions people have to make, they often forget about one of the most important: What kind of care they’d want if they couldn’t communicate because of an illness or injury. William Mitchell College of Law invites the publi…
Cyber law, the privacy of social networking websites, and working with forensic analysts. These are a few of the issues that will be explored at the annual Law Review Symposium Friday, March 30 from 1 to 3:30 pm. “Topics in Cyber Law & Recent Min…
› Open Annual Law Review Symposium: cyber law and recent Minnesota Supreme Court cases
The Network for Public Health Law’s first Annual Report provides a snapshot of a growing organization serving its many communities through numerous channels. Based at the Public Health Law Center at William Mitchell College of Law, the Network for Pu…
› Open Network for Public Health Law releases first annual report
Here’s a question: What lasts five days and nights and requires 10 faculty members, a set of walkie-talkies, a megaphone, and 96 exhausted but adrenaline-charged students? The answer is something you probably won’t find at any other law school in t…
› Open ‘Exhausting but exhilarating’ class gives students intense real-world experience
William Mitchell will host the Third Annual Energy and the Environment Conference from 11 am to 4:30 pm Wednesday, March 14. Register Leaders from state and federal government, environmental advocates, regional and national practitioners, and industry …
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
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…
› Open Event to explore life and the practice of law in Greater Minnesota
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
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 …
› Open Graduate lands federal clerkship, credits Mitchell connections
Following is a list of some of the recent media stories in which Mitchell faculty are featured or quoted: President and Dean Eric Janus was included in the Star Tribune’s coverage of a symposium at William Mitchell College of Law on treating sex offe…
› Open Mitchell faculty in the news
In 2003, Michael Herring ’12 was part of the U.S. Army’s initial entry force during Operation Iraqi Freedom. For the next year, he worked to integrate a community of Iraqi citizens and Kurdish citizens in Northern Iraq, assisting them in settin…
› Open Iraq War veteran is this winter’s Student Award of Merit honoree
William Mitchell College of Law Professor Afsheen John Radsan has been invited to speak in Qatar at the annual conference of legal advisers to the United States Central Command. Radsan is director of Mitchell’s National Security Forum and a former at…
› Open Prof. John Radsan to address U.S. Central Command in Qatar
An exhibit featuring photographs, paintings, and historical documents related to the Dakota War is now on display at William Mitchell College of Law.
› Open New Mitchell exhibit explores history and cause of Dakota War
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…
› Open Chief Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals is Winter Commencement speaker
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. From Monday, Jan. 16 through Friday, Jan. 20, Mitchell students, alumni, faculty, and staff will honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by vol…
› Open William Mitchell honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with week of public service
World Without Genocide at William Mitchell College of Law will present a CLE exploring the role water scarcity plays in global conflicts Saturday, Jan. 28, from 1 to 4:30 pm. According to the event’s organizers, access to water is a human rights issu…
› Open World Without Genocide presents ‘Water, War, and Conflict’
Sex Offender Civil Commitment in Minnesota: Challenges and Opportunities Thursday, Jan. 19 | 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Register William Mitchell College of Law will host a conference examining Minnesota’s civil commitment of sex offenders from 8:3…
› Open Conference to examine Minnesota’s civil commitment of sex offenders
William Mitchell College of Law Professor Jay Erstling has been selected to serve on the America Invents Act Pro Bono Task Force by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director David Kappos. The task force is charged with encouraging intellectual property…
› Open Professor Erstling named to national task force to help inventors get legal assistance
On Friday, Dec. 9, Hubert. H. “Skip” Humphrey, III, will visit William Mitchell College of Law and meet with members of the Vulnerable Adult Justice Project, a collaborative of professionals working for and advocating on behalf of vulnerable adults…
When Brian Bender began law school at William Mitchell in 2008, he knew it would be a time of adjustment—long hours, endless studying, added stress. But nothing could have prepared him for what he was about to face. WCCO-TV’s full story about Brian…
› Open Third-year student Brian Bender creates scholarship in honor of his late wife
William Mitchell College of Law is proud to present “You can get there from here,” an exhibit on the life, work, and achievement of the Honorable Warren E. Burger, the 15th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and a 1931 graduate of William Mitc…
William Mitchell College of Law will webcast a conference featuring a high-ranking member of the Rwanda government from 4 to 6 pm Monday, Nov. 28. Click here to launch live stream at 4 pm CST. “Rwanda Truth and Reconciliation: The Process Begins” w…
› Open Watch ‘Rwanda Truth and Reconciliation: The Process Begins’ live at 4 pm Monday, Nov. 28
Diversity is a core value at Mitchell We believe that diversity, in all of its forms, benefits the classroom, the college, and the legal profession. Learn more about Mitchell’s commitment to diversity The Council on Legal Education Opportunity …
Members of William Mitchell’s Civil Litigation Society made a strong case for public service when they helped Habitat for Humanity rebuild a home in St. Paul, Minn., on Saturday, Nov. 19. Students framed walls and windows, hung sheet rock, and painte…
Paul Rusesabagina, author of “An Ordinary Man,” the memoir that became the film Hotel Rwanda, will speak at William Mitchell College of Law from 1 to 3 pm Monday, Nov. 28. His speech, “Human Rights, Democracy, and Dictatorship: The Rwanda…
› Open Real life hero of acclaimed film Hotel Rwanda to speak at Mitchell Monday, Nov. 28
William Mitchell College of Law Professor Kim Dayton’s paper, “Guardianship Standards for Health Care Decision-Making: Legal and Practical Considerations,” has shaped recommendations from the National Guardianship Network aimed at helping the…
The Public Health Law Center at William Mitchell College of Law has received a 2011 Community Partner Agency Award from the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health. The award honors organizations whose collaboration has enriched the school…
› Open Public Health Law Center honored by University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health
William Mitchell Professor Sarah Deer will participate in a panel discussion entitled Violence Against Women: Reforming Global Attitudes and Stemming the Tide from 9:20 to 10:40 am during The XX Factor: Advance Women’s Rights. Change the World, a hum…
› Open Watch Professor Sarah Deer at the Amnesty International human rights conference Thursday, Nov. 17
It didn’t take long for this year’s recipient of the Minnesota Justice Foundation Outstanding Service Award to figure out in which direction to take her legal career. Before she’d even completed her first semester at William Mitchell, Bonnie Clax…
Following is a summary of Mitchell faculty and programs recently featured in the media. Professor Kim Dayton was quoted in a Star Tribune article about current issues related to court-appointed guardians and conservators. “One of the reasons guar…
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…
› Open William Mitchell honors distinguished alumni at Annual DeParcq Leadership Dinner
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…
Professors Gregory Duhl and Jim Hilbert have designed Deals and Dispute Resolution, a one-week, three-credit course for J-Term 2012. Similar to Transactions and Settlements, the fall and spring semester course designed by Duhl and Hilbert, students in …
The first-ever study of prostitution and trafficking of Native women in Minnesota will be released by the Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition and Prostitution Research & Education. The study, “Garden of Truth: The Prostitution…
Of the 133 William Mitchell graduates in 2010, 69 went on to careers in business. Right now, there is an unprecedented demand for business leaders—and business lawyers—who have the critical thinking skills that law school helps to develop. Explore …
› Open The Hachey Initiative presents: Opportunities at the Intersection of Law and Business
Widely acclaimed lecturer and prolific writer on intellectual property law, Samson Helfgott, will be the featured speaker at the event “America Invents Act—Implications for International Patent Practice,” being held on Tuesday, Nov.1 from 6:30 to…
› Open Intellectual property expert Samson Helfgott to speak at William Mitchell
On Oct. 11, William Mitchell Professor Colette Routel argued in front of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in two cases related to Summit Lake Paiute Tribe et al v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management (Case No. 10-72762 & 11-70336). The…
On Thursday, Oct. 13, William Mitchell Professor Colette Routel testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. The hearing entitled “Carcieri Crisis: The Ripple Effect on Jobs, Economic Development, and Public Safety in Indian Count…
› Open William Mitchell Professor Colette Routel testifies before U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
The Indian Law Program at William Mitchell College of Law is hosting the Second Annual Indian Law CLE: Hot Topics in Federal Indian Law on Tuesday, Oct. 25 from 8:30 am to 5 pm at William Mitchell. The event will feature presentations by scholars and p…
› Open William Mitchell presents Second Annual Indian Law CLE
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention announced today that William Mitchell College of Law Professor Sarah Deer was selected to be a member of the Attorney General’s National Task Force on Childr…
› Open William Mitchell Professor Sarah Deer selected to join the national Defending Childhood Task Force
Third-year William Mitchell student Alissa Fischer recently placed fourth in the Sixth Annual National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys’ student writing competition. The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys is a nonprofit association that assist…
Learn more about why alumni and friends support Mitchell. William Mitchell College of Law had its best fundraising year in the 111-year history of the college in fiscal year 2011. The law school raised more than $6 million in annual fund, major, and pl…
› Open William Mitchell College of Law reports record fundraising year
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…
› Open William Mitchell receives leadership gift to increase scholarships and innovation in legal education
Evolving Threats to the Globe Monday, Oct. 17 | 1 – 3:30 pm Mall of America Great Room Bloomington, Minn. 55425 Register The National Security Forum at William Mitchell College of Law and the Mall of America are hosting “Evolving Threats t…
› Open The National Security Forum presents: Evolving Threats to the Globe
On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the day Chief Justice Warren Burger retired from the U.S. Supreme Court, many of the men and women who served as his judicial clerks gathered at William Mitchell to discuss his decisions, share personal stories, and c…
William Mitchell and the area’s three other law schools are sponsoring the second annual Upper Midwest Law Fair from 10 am to 1 pm Saturday, Nov. 5 at the University of St. Thomas School of Law (1000 LaSalle Avenue · Minneapolis, Minn.). The eve…
William Mitchell College of Law and China University of Political Science and Law’s College of Comparative Law today (Friday, Sept. 16) signed an agreement that will establish an educational partnership between the two law schools. Under the agreemen…
› Open William Mitchell, China University partner to expand educational opportunities for students
Since the beginning of 2009, the U.S. has witnessed significant changes at the federal level, both big and small, that will forever change the legal landscape of the LGBT community. Join us on Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 7 pm in the Conservatory at Wil…
› Open U.S. Department of Justice Attorney Sharon McGowan to speak on current legal state of LGBT equality
The William Mitchell Law Review Journal of the National Security Forum was recently mentioned in Newsweek. Read the story. September 11, 2011 marks the 10-year anniversary of the attacks on 9/11. Mall of America®, William Mitchell College of Law’…
The following was featured in The Yale Forum on Climate Change & The Media on Aug. 15: Climate Scientists in Mock Court Room Settings; From Arbitration to ‘Voir Dire’ to Full (Pretend) Trial Nearly two-dozen climate scientists and educators spe…
› Open The Yale Forum features Expert Witness Advocacy Training Academy at William Mitchell
Students and alumni will be available to provide assistance with: • filing for uncontested divorces • child modifications • issues related to parenting time • expungements of evictions • criminal expungements. More information Phone: 651-695-…
› Open Mitchell students, alumni offer free legal assistance
FOX 9 News recently did a story about how Joel Anderson ’11 worked with adjunct professor Paula Duthoy to keep a father and his daughter together as she fought for her life. Anderson was a student at Mitchell working in the college’s Immigration C…
World Without Genocide, a human rights organization headquartered at William Mitchell College of Law, will host a conference titled “Sex, Gender, and Human Rights: LGBT Issues from Anoka to Uganda,” on Sunday, Sept. 11 from 1 to 5 pm at William Mi…
› Open Attend the Sex, Gender, and Human Rights: LGBT Issues from Anoka to Uganda conference
William Mitchell College of Law invites you to the opening of “Seeing the World Anew” featuring an exhibit of the photography of Phyllis Welter ’79. The event takes place on Tuesday, Aug. 30 from 6 to 8:30 pm at William Mitchell. When Welter beg…
› Open William Mitchell presents the artwork of Phyllis Welter ’79
Eighteen intellectual property professionals from across the globe made their way to William Mitchell on Aug. 15 as part of the International Visitor Leadership Program. The program allows for professional and cultural exchange among emerging leaders i…
› Open William Mitchell hosts intellectual property professionals from around the world
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…
› Open Students and alumni invited to learn how to connect to the careers they crave
William Mitchell College of Law and the National Science Foundation recently partnered to present a week-long crash course for scientists to on how to talk about science to non-scientists. The Expert Witness Advocacy Training Academy immersed scientist…
› Open National Science Foundations, William Mitchell partner to train expert witnesses
With Minnesota now home to the nation’s largest Somali population, World Without Genocide at William Mitchell College of Law will host a program about the local Somali community and challenges facing people living in Somalia today. A documentary…
› Open World Without Genocide event addresses current issues in Somalia
Former Chief Judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals Edward Toussaint, Jr. has joined the William Mitchell College of Law faculty as a distinguished professor of law and associate dean of Multicultural Affairs. He will teach in the areas of Evidence an…
› Open Honorable Edward Toussaint joins William Mitchell faculty
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…
› Open Social media and insurance fraud—Professor Gregory Duhl and attorney Jaclyn Millner explain
Following is a summary of Mitchell faculty and programs recently featured in the media: Professor Peter Erlinder was quoted by several national and international media outlets discussing various topics related to genocide and his trial work representin…
A ten-year old law review article about a pioneering William Mitchell graduate recently helped a Minneapolis neighborhood come to terms with, and move past, its painful past. The 2001 article by Professor Ann Juergens detailed the life of Lena Smith, M…
› Open Professor Juergens’ scholarship helps a community move past its painful past
Professor Kim Dayton’s 1988 article, “Personal Jurisdiction and the Stream of Commerce,” which was published in The Review of Litigation at the University of Texas School of Law was cited in the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Goodyear …
› Open U.S. Supreme Court cites Professor Kim Dayton in recent ruling
Sometimes one seemingly insignificant decision can alter the course of your life forever. For fourth-year Mitchell student Elle Lyons, that decision was to volunteer at Project Homeless Connect, an effort of nonprofits, government agencies, businesses,…
On Thursday, July 14, William Mitchell Professor Sarah Deer, testified before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. In advance of her testimony, Deer, a Native women’s advocate and member of Amnesty International USA’s Native American and Alaska …
› Open Professor Sarah Deer testifies before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
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
Professor John Radsan was recently called on again to use his experience as a former assistant general counsel with the C.I.A. and founder of the National Security Forum at William Mitchell to provide context on some of the nation’s key national secu…