Installation of President and Dean Eric S. Janus - William Mitchell College of Law

Program

Processional

Opening remarks
Gregory J. Stenmoe ’81
Chair, William Mitchell Board of Trustees

Student speaker
Jessica Stomski, J.D. candidate 2008

Guest speaker
Chief Judge Edward Toussaint Jr.
Minnesota Court of Appeals

Installation ceremony

Inaugural speech
President and Dean Eric S. Janus

Closing remarks
Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright
Minnesota Court of Appeals
William Mitchell Board of Trustees

Recessional
A reception will follow the program.

Installation Remarks

He has a genuine passion for law and how it–and the people who practice and study the law–can make a difference. He is also passionate about this place. He knows this is a place that–from the beginning–has been intellectually independent, lively, and progressive.

—Board of Trustees Chair Gregory J. Stenmoe

Slideshow of event photos

Launch slideshow of event photographs

Video from the Installation

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Short biography of Dean Janus

President and Dean Eric S. Janus has served on the William Mitchell College of Law faculty since 1984 and was named vice dean in 2004. Previously, Dean Janus served as a staff lawyer and managing attorney with the Minneapolis Legal Aid Society. His research focuses on the use of extraordinary governmental power to confine individuals preventively, a subject addressed in his most recent book, Failure to Protect: America's Sexual Predator Laws and the Rise of the Preventive State (Cornell University Press, 2006). A respected leader in the legal community and a nationally recognized legal scholar, Dean Janus received the David Graven Award for Public Service from the Minnesota State Bar Association and has twice received Mitchell's Outstanding Teacher Award. He received his B.A. degree from Carleton College and his J.D. degree from Harvard University.