William Mitchell students featured in Business Journal

Two William Mitchell 2L students in their first year of law school were featured in the July 18 issue of the Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal as part of a series on “The Future of Law.”

Posted: Monday, August 18, 2008

Mitchell faculty in the news, August 2008

Following is a summary of Mitchell faculty and programs featured recently in the media.

Posted: Monday, August 11, 2008

William Mitchell’s Community Development Clinic receives Otto Bremer Foundation grant to expand service to underrepresented communities

The Community Development Clinic at William Mitchell College of Law has received a three-year grant totaling $171,573 from the Otto Bremer Foundation to expand hands-on educational opportunities for students and legal services to underrepresented communities.

Posted: Monday, August 11, 2008

William Mitchell student publishes two tobacco law articles in leading journals

Monique E. Muggli, M.P.H, 4L, published two articles in national public health journals last month.

Posted: Monday, August 04, 2008

William Mitchell Professor Anthony Winer receives Fulbright Award to teach in Azerbaijan

William Mitchell College of Law Professor Anthony S. Winer has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture at the Academy of Public Administration in Baku, Azerbaijan, during the 2008-09 academic year.

Posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Mitchell Professor John Sonsteng honored for innovative teaching in national trial advocacy programs

Professor John O. Sonsteng, a William Mitchell faculty member since 1979 and a National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) faculty member since 1974, received the 2007 Honorable Prentice H. Marshall Faculty Award for introducing countless educational innovations in NITA programs.

Posted: Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Mitchell faculty in the news, June-July, 2008

A summary of Mitchell faculty and programs recently featured in the media

Posted: Tuesday, July 29, 2008

The Business Lawyer editor Gregory Duhl joins William Mitchell faculty

Experienced legal educator and editor of The Business Lawyer Gregory M. Duhl will join the faculty of William Mitchell College of Law this fall as an associate professor of law.

Posted: Monday, July 28, 2008

Mitchell Professor John Radsan quoted in new book on war on terror

William Mitchell Professor John Radsan is quoted in a highly-publicized new book on the war on terror by New Yorker investigative reporter Jane Mayer.

Posted: Friday, July 25, 2008

William Mitchell selected to participate in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office clinic pilot

William Mitchell College of Law is one of six law schools in the nation selected to participate in a two-year pilot program of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) starting this fall.

Posted: Thursday, July 24, 2008

William Mitchell students’ papers make finals of ABA writing competition

Environment, Energy, and Resources Section Law Student Writing Competition

Five William Mitchell students’ papers have made it to the final round of the American Bar Association’s Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (ABA SEER) Law Student Writing Competition.

Posted: Monday, July 07, 2008

Tobacco Control Legal Consortium files brief in U.S. Supreme Court “light” cigarette case

The Tobacco Control Legal Consortium, a program of William Mitchell’s Tobacco Law Center, filed an amicus brief June 18 in the U.S. Supreme Court in the significant “light” cigarette advertising case, Altria v. Good.

Posted: Thursday, July 03, 2008

William Mitchell’s FILL program sparks students’ passion for the law

Forty-one students participated in William Mitchell’s annual Future in Learning Law (FILL) program last month.

Posted: Thursday, July 03, 2008

Mitchell celebrates appointment of Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Eric Magnuson ’76

More than 200 William Mitchell alumni and other leading members of the bench and bar, along with Mitchell students, faculty and staff, attended a reception June 24 at the St. Paul law school to celebrate the appointment of Mitchell alumnus Eric Magnuson ’76 as the new chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.

Posted: Wednesday, July 02, 2008

William Mitchell law school names four prominent attorneys to board

William Mitchell College of Law has named four prominent attorneys to its board of trustees: Martin R. Lueck ’84, chair, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.; Ruth A. Mickelsen ’81, former vice president and ethics advisor, Allina Hospitals and Clinics; Daniel P. O’Keefe ’78, general counsel and executive vice president, Benfield Inc.; and Lenor A. Scheffler ’88, partner and chair, Native American Law Section, Best & Flanagan LLP.

Posted: Monday, June 30, 2008