Professor of Law
Professor of Law
ann.iijima @wmitchell.edu
Phone: (651) 290-6429
Fax: (651) 290-6426
Office: Rm 359
Teaches:
"I truly enjoy teaching at William Mitchell College of Law. The students are talented and engaged, and their diverse backgrounds bring an unusual breadth and depth of understanding to the issues facing our legal system and the broader society. My colleagues are dedicated both to learning and to teaching. The staff, faculty, and administrators at William Mitchell constantly strive to ensure that each student achieves her or his full potential. The college’s integration of the theoretical and practical creates a dynamic, creative community of legal scholars."
B.A.,1977, Carleton College
J.D., 1985, University of Minnesota Law School
William Mitchell College of Law: vice dean, 2006- ; professor of law, 1995- ; associate professor of law, 1993-95; assistant professor of law, 1990-93.
Associate, Lindquist & Vennum, Minneapolis, 1986-90.
Clerk, Hon. Gerald W. Heaney, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, Duluth, Minn., 1985-86.
Admitted: Minnesota, 1986.
Although Professor Iijima continues teaching traditional doctrinal courses, her research and writing currently focus on issues of legal education, particularly alternatives to traditional law school teaching methods. With the college’s Director of Counseling Services, she developed the Collaborative Legal Studies Program, a program designed to encourage law students to work together on common issues of concern. She developed model curriculum for the ABA’s Council on Legal Education Opportunity. She currently is developing and directing the college’s Compass programs, courses designed to help students improve their academic performance.
Member, Advisory Committee on the Rules of the Board on Judicial Standards, Minnesota Supreme Court; Trustee, National Outdoor Leadership School; Member, Carleton College Alumni Council; Chair, Labor & Empl. Section, Minnesota State Bar Assn., 1995-96.
