Niels Schaumann

Professor of Law

Vice Dean of Faculty

“William Mitchell offers students a vital mixture of theoretical sophistication and practical application. Just as legal procedure and substance are related, so legal theory and practice interact and shape one another. Mitchell has long been a leader in recognizing this and turning it into educational reality. I particularly appreciate the opportunity to work with talented students and colleagues, whose differing perspectives have shaped my own and whose insights further my own personal and professional growth.”

Education

B.A., 1977, State University of New York, Plattsburgh
J.D., 1984, Fordham University School of Law

Experience

William Mitchell College of Law: vice dean for academic affairs/faculty, 2007-; professor of law, 1994-; associate professor of law, 1992-94; assistant professor of law, 1989-92.

Corporate associate, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, N.Y., 1985-89.

Clerk, Hon. Lawrence W. Pierce, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, New York, 1984-85. 

Admitted: New York, 1985; Minnesota, 1991.

Leadership & Service

American Bar Association: Section of Intellectual Property: Chair, Committee on Pictorial, Graphic, Sculptural and Choreographic Works, 2002-04; Chair, Special Committee on Security Interests, 2000-02; Chair, Committee on University Intellectual Property, 1998-2000: Chair, Committee on Broadcasting, Sound Recording and Performing Artists, 1997-98.