Year-by-year - The Mitchell Fellows Program @ William Mitchell College of Law

Year-by-year programming

Academic Year	Required Components		Optional Opportunities
First year	Throughout the year Fellows First-Year Colloquia Series		Selected faculty colloquia.
	Spring semester "Onion" Seminar		Selected faculty colloquia.
	Summer after Fellow now linked with a professor. Become a full-time RA or conduct a 3 or 4 credit independent research project.		Social events for Fellows.
The middle years	Full-time students	Part-time students	Special networking opportunities.
	Year two Work 15-20 hours per week as RA.	Years two and three Work 10-15 hours per week as RA.	Special networking opportunities.
	Summer after year two No requirement	Summers after years two and three No requirement	Full- or part-time RA.
	Spring semester before the final year 3-credit Advanced Workshop in Analysis, Interpretation, and Argumentation (also open to law review editors and other highly-motivated students).		Full- or part-time RA.
The final year	Work 15-20 hours per week as RA.	Work 10-15 hours per week as RA.	Some Fellows may have the opportunity to co-author with professor. Some Fellows selected to present to a faculty colloquium.

RA = Research assistant (compensated employment)