Professor John Sonsteng named director of international programs at William Mitchell

William Mitchell College of Law has named Professor John O. Sonsteng director of international programs.

Posted: Monday, March 15, 2010

Mitchell students place third in 15th Annual Uvaldo Herrera National Moot Court Competition

Team’s respondent brief awarded second prize

The William Mitchell team won third place in the 15th Annual Uvaldo Herrera National Moot Court Competition, which was held in San Diego, Calif., and sponsored by the Hispanic National Bar Association.

Posted: Friday, March 12, 2010

Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging funds research by Professor Kim Dayton and Israel Doron on municipal law and older persons’ rights

Professor Kim Dayton, director of the William Mitchell Center for Elder Justice & Policy, and Affiliated Faculty Professor Israel Doron, department of gerontology, University of Haifa, in Haifa, Israel, have been awarded a $15,000 grant from the Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging to conduct research on “Municipal Law and Rights of Older Persons.”

Posted: Friday, March 12, 2010

Mitchell students teach high school students about constitutional rights in Marshall-Brennan Project

Mitchell students are helping high school students understand their constitutional rights and gaining practical skills through the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project, which sends law students into classrooms to teach.

Posted: Friday, March 12, 2010

Michael Gieseke ’10 receives American College of Bankruptcy Distinguished Law Student award

Mitchell alumni is one of six nationwide to receive this honor

Michael Gieseke ’10 won the 2010 American College of Bankruptcy Distinguished Law Student award, one of six students in the nation to receive this prestigious award from the honorary professional and educational association of bankruptcy and insolvency professionals.

Posted: Thursday, March 11, 2010

Professor Radsan participates in Harvard Law School Symposium on drone warfare

William Mitchell Professor Afsheen John Radsan was among the experts in national security participating in a symposium at Harvard Law School on Drone Warfare: New Robotics & The Legality of Targeted Killings March 5.

Posted: Thursday, March 11, 2010

Law Review Symposium provides update on recent developments in Minnesota law

April 9, 1-3:30 pm, Kelley Boardroom

Find out what is important to know about recent Minnesota court decisions at a free symposium April 9 hosted by the William Mitchell Law Review.

Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Shubha Harris ’09 receives prestigious U.S. Court of Appeals clerkship

Shubha Harris ’09 will begin a one-year-clerkship with Judge Betty Binns Fletcher of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Seattle in 2011.

Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Leah Boomsma ’09 receives prestigious U.S. Court of Appeals clerkship

Leah Boomsma ’09 was recently selected to clerk for Judge Kermit Bye of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, in Fargo, N.D.

Posted: Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Mitchell faculty in the news, through March 9

Following is a summary of William Mitchell faculty and programs recently featured in the media.

Posted: Tuesday, March 09, 2010

William Mitchell 2L elected regional co-director of National Asian Pacific American Law Student Association

Amy Johnson, a second-year William Mitchell student, was recently elected co-regional director of the National Asian Pacific American Law Student Association’s Central-North Region for 2009-2010.

Posted: Monday, March 08, 2010

Coleman v. Franken one year later: a look behind the curtain

6:30–8:30 pm Wednesday, April 14

Coleman v. Franken had it all: charges of voter disenfranchisement, a controversial hand recount, and high-stakes courtroom drama. In the end, Al Franken prevailed and became Minnesota’s newest U.S. senator. Now, a year after a three-judge panel ruled that Franken had won the election by 312 votes, a group of judges, an election official, and a journalist will come together to discuss what happened, what worked, and what may need to change.

Posted: Thursday, March 04, 2010

Mitchell faculty in the news, through Feb. 26

A summary of William Mitchell faculty and programs recently featured in the media.

Posted: Friday, February 26, 2010

William Mitchell students launch nation’s first online Latino law journal

William Mitchell students have launched the William Mitchell Law Raza Journal, the first online publication exploring issues and developments in law relevant to Latinos across the state, nation, and globe.

Posted: Thursday, February 25, 2010

Mitchell hosts free, hands-on trial skills training for legal services attorneys March 3-5

Fifty legal aid attorneys from the five-state area will receive hands-on trial advocacy training at William Mitchell March 3-5 led by Professor John Sonsteng, Midwest director of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA).

Posted: Thursday, February 25, 2010