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2003

Legal Education

Clinical legal education--Minnesota

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Foreword, Douglas R. Heidenreich Jan 2003

Foreword, Douglas R. Heidenreich

William Mitchell Law Review

Foreward to William Mitchell Law Review volume 30, issue 1: Essay Collection: Thirty Years of Clinical Legal Education at William Mitchell College of Law.


Lest We Forget: Celebrating Thirty Years Of Clinical Legal Education At William Mitchell College Of Law, Rosalie E. Wahl Jan 2003

Lest We Forget: Celebrating Thirty Years Of Clinical Legal Education At William Mitchell College Of Law, Rosalie E. Wahl

William Mitchell Law Review

Speech given at Reunion of Early Clinic Directors and Participants, March 20, 2003.


Clinical Reflections: Looking Ahead Toward The Past, Roger S. Haydock Jan 2003

Clinical Reflections: Looking Ahead Toward The Past, Roger S. Haydock

William Mitchell Law Review

What were we planning? What were we thinking? What were we daring to do? Oh, so many questions and answers for everything, or so we surmised. Are we any wiser three decades after we thought we knew what we were doing? And, another question, who were the “we”? The real hope in looking back is to help illuminate, a bit, the future for legal education. Recreating time past--and training students to recreate time past for clients in court and hearing rooms--is what helped propel many of us into legal academia. Predicting the future--and helping law professors predict the future--is what …


The Healing Presence Of Clients In Law School, Angela Mccaffrey Jan 2003

The Healing Presence Of Clients In Law School, Angela Mccaffrey

William Mitchell Law Review

William Mitchell College of Law is celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the Law Clinic. As a beneficiary of clinical legal education at William Mitchell, I write this essay to reflect on the value of clinical legal education to law students, to the clients served, and to the community at large. In my view, clinical legal education is timeless--as valuable to law students today as it was thirty years ago when William Mitchell started its first clinic. Although many things combine to make clinical education valuable, three aspects are particularly noteworthy. First, clinics give law students the chance to represent clients …


Risks And Rewards Of Law Student Volunteer Service: A Supervisor’S Perspective, Julie E. Bennett, Sharon H. Fischlowitz Jan 2003

Risks And Rewards Of Law Student Volunteer Service: A Supervisor’S Perspective, Julie E. Bennett, Sharon H. Fischlowitz

William Mitchell Law Review

During the 2002 academic year, law students in Minnesota contributed 16,078 pro bono service hours. This level of student pro bono activity is possible only because licensed attorneys take the time to supervise and guide students. Volunteer supervision, a task separate from the practice of law, requires time, patience, and teaching skills, and has no guaranteed outcome. One might conclude that the necessary investment is not worth the effort. However, year after year, supervisors and volunteers continue to give thousands of service hours, providing critical legal services to clients who would otherwise go unrepresented. This essay examines some of the …