September - October 2002

Oct. 21, 2002

Alumni

Loretta Smith, '80, received the 2002 Connecting with Youth Award from the Minnesota Business Partnership and the Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota. Her achievement along with the mentoring program she began with Minneapolis North High School students was profiled in the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder on Oct. 3, 2002.

More than 70 Asian Pacific youth learned about their legal rights during a symposium held at William Mitchell on Sept. 21, 2002, according to an article in the Asian American Press. Several William Mitchell alums participated in the event, including Gail Chang Bohr, '91, executive director of the Children's Law Center, which planned and organized the symposium.

Posted Sept. 23, 2002

Faculty

“It’s one the very interesting questions. Do they have to physically e-mail notice of change, or can they rely on people to check the new language every time they come to the Web page?” said Christina L. Kunz in the ABA Journal e-Report. A member of the ABA Cyberspace Law Committee, Kunz was commenting on the legal strength of Internet user-contracts and whether changes in those contracts are binding for prior users. Titled “Sealed with a Click: Two courts differ on enforceability of ‘Clickwrap’ agreements,” the article, published Sept. 20, discussed how courts are ruling differently in cases where Internet users have sued Online companies for breech of contract.

Posted Sept. 12, 2002

Faculty

"Government historically has overreacted in times of crisis and...it will be up to its citizens to see that everyone is treated fairly," said Peter Erlinder in a Star Tribune article, referring to immigration and other difficulties that Muslims face in the post-9/11 United States. The article, titled "Muslims pay tribute to 9/11 victims, speak of consequences on Islam's followers in America," was published on Sept. 12, 2002.

Posted Sept. 3, 2002

Alumni

Kathleen Flynn Peterson, '81, recently was appointed an officer of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, according to a Sept. 3 Star Tribune article. She also is on the front lines in a battle with the Bush administration over limiting jury awards in malpractice lawsuits. In the article she states that she is opposed to "attempts to reduce individual access to the legal system through such steps as limits on damage recovery and limits on contingency fees, which often are the only way average or poor individuals can bring a lawsuit."