www.wmitchell.eduProfessor of Law
James F. Hogg
Teaches:
- Business - Agency, Partnerships, and LLCs
- Business - Corporations
- Business Buy/Sell Transaction Simulation
- Contracts
- Insurance Law - ONLINE COURSE
“I have practiced law for 18 years, taught at law schools for 30 years, and been a law school dean a total of 11 years. I have always enjoyed teaching, but now I am especially fascinated with the opportunities afforded by evolving technology and software to explore the teaching-learning interface and improve the results.”
Education
B.A., 1949; LL.B., 1951; LL.M., 1952, University of New Zealand
LL.M., 1954; S.J.D., 1959, Harvard Law School
Experience
William Mitchell College of Law: professor of law, 1995-; president and dean, 1985-95.
Western State University College of Law: dean 2001-03 (while on leave from William Mitchell).
Associate general counsel, Control Data Corp., Minneapolis, 1975-85.
Partner, Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, Minneapolis-St. Paul, 1971-75.
University of Minnesota Law School: assistant professor of law, 1956-57; associate professor of law, 1957-59; professor of law, 1959-70; assistant vice president for academic affairs, 1968; executive assistant to the president and secretary to the board of regents, 1968-70; senior fellow, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, 1995-96..
Admitted: New Zealand, 1951; Minnesota, 1966.
Professional Focus
Professor Hogg's business-law background and practice influences his choice of courses to teach and how he teaches. It also is reflected in his scholarship, including his West-published casebook on contract law (co-authored). He also is an active consultant and expert witness in liability insurance issues.