be sort of a college prep type of William Mitchell’s Grading Policy Meet Professor school, but they can’t afford it any longer. An Interview with Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Port! Opinion: It sounds like you have Professor Matthew Downs By Mary Kilgus, 2L your work cut out for you. I’d like to talk about Japan, though. How a mid-level grade is a “B”, then it did you get interested in Japan? would be unfair to those students in Prof. Port: I lived in Japan for 7 of professor “C’s” class. Most employers the last 20 years. I went there first as look at class rank so raw score is not a foreign exchange student from as important as class rank; hence Macalester. I moved back to Japan parity among faculty and between after I graduated from college and sections of classes is most important. worked there as a translator for 3 Another reason for having a grad- years. I came back to go to law school ing policy is to guard against grade and have made several trips back inflation. For example, if grades are since. I spent all of last year there on

PHOTO COURTESY OF WMCL PUBLIC RELATIONS COURTESY PHOTO inflated, and 80% of students gradu- PHOTO COURTESY OF WMCL PUBLIC RELATIONS COURTESY PHOTO sabbatical at the University of Tokyo ate with honors, then honors don’t What is William Mitchell’s grading (for the second time and on my mean much. In fact, as reported in policy? We have a new professor at William second Fulbright Research Grant). I the press, Harvard College currently is William Mitchell has long had Mitchell, who intends to nicely round teach Japanese law to American in the process of re-examining its guidelines that assist faculty in devel- out our IP advantage over the other students on study abroad programs, grading policies because so many of oping a grade normalization curve for area law schools. I had the chance to and I teach Japanese students its students graduate with honors. their courses. The faculty is the only ask him some of the questions I know American intellectual property law. I Can the Associate Dean of body that has authority to set we all have burning in our minds, so typically spend most academic years Academic Affairs change grades? academic policies. Under the current here’s your chance to get them in the U.S. and go to Japan most No. If changes are made, the profes- grading policy, the Associate Dean of answered! years during the summer. sor or adjunct must make them before Academic Affairs (Professor Downs) Opinion: What are the main the grades are formally posted and and the Associate Dean for Skills and Opinion: So, Professor Port, are differences between Japanese entered on a student’s official record. Clinics (Professor Schmedemann) are you from MN originally? lawyers and American lawyers? Prof Port: I’m from Cloquet, Prof. Port: That is a big question. obligated to educate the full-time and continued on page 6 adjunct faculty about William Minnesota. I went to high school The easy answer is Japanese lawyers Mitchell’s grading norms. The goal is there. I graduated from Macalester in always know where the best sushi to assure that all students are treated Paul Marino- 1982. After graduation, I moved restaurant is. Seriously, in Japan, law equally and fairly by providing parity Champion for the Powerless around to Tokyo, L.A., Miami, is still an undergraduate degree. They in grades for all students, regardless Madison, Chicago, Milwaukee, Tokyo are considering adopting what they by Kenneth Kirwin and Peter Erlinder of the instructor. and now the Twin Cities. Although I call a “U.S. style” law school system, William Mitchell College of Law Professors and adjuncts alike are am “from” here, this is really my first but today law is a faculty of many advised of the College’s grading prac- experience living here as a profes- (some 140) universities. Japan is a tices and the prevailing norms, which sional adult. Some might dispute the civil law system, like most of the rest are also explained in the Student use of either of these terms to of the world (and unlike the United Handbook. Although there is no describe me, though. States) so Japanese lawyers tend to strictly enforced curve, in order to Opinion: What are your thoughts focus on the statute, while American assure some parity among the 50-plus so far? lawyers tend to focus on the case law. classes each semester, one of the Prof Port: We like living here a lot. It is sometimes funny to have a legal deans (Schmedemann, Downs, or I really like the faculty here and the discussion with Japanese lawyers. Brooks) reviews each professor’s environs. Students should realize how When you say, “the case says X.”, grades before they are formally nice they have it here. Most law they reply, “Yes, but what does the posted. If a particular professor’s OF WMCL PUBLIC RELATIONS COURTESY PHOTO schools do not have the commitment statute say?” grades are perceived to be radically On March 14, we lost a valiant to high quality and accomplished To become “begoshi” (translated as out of alignment (too high or too low fighter for the poor and downtrod- faculty, technology, and academics “lawyer” but it is a job far more – both have been examined in recent den. Paul J. Marino was born in New that William Mitchell has. This is a specialized than the term in English years), one of the Associate Deans York of Sicilian parents on October really good place. On the downside, connotes; Japanese begoshi are prin- will discuss the College’s grading prac- 29, 1936. He grew up in New York we are disappointed with the public continued on page 7 tices and norms with that professor City. He served in the United States education here. We are working hard and encourage him or her to take Marine Corps Reserves while attend- to improve Stillwater (where we live). In This Issue another look at the grades and, if ing the City College of New York, I’m thinking of running for the school WMCL Grading Policy ...... 1 necessary, change them to conform to from which he graduated in 1962. board. the curve. If the professor is able to Thereafter, he attended the Opinion: Political aspirations, Paul Marino ...... 1 justify to the Dean the reasons for University of Chicago Law School, huh? What in particular would you Meet Professor Port ...... 1 the non-conformity, the grades will where he earned his Juris Doctor like to change? The Bar Exam ...... 3 remain unaltered. degree in 1965. Prof Port: The disappointments in Up Yours, Selig! ...... 4 Is William Mitchell’s grading curve Paul began his legal career with Stillwater are too many students in A Little Light Humor ...... 4 mandatory? the classes (some of the biggest in the Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis. What Happened to My Grade?!. . . 6 No. William Mitchell has established Along with his fellow New Yorker and the state), too much development a recommended grading curve. It is dear friend, Bernard Becker, Paul without specific “give backs” from What I Expected ...... 7 not mandatory. The College’s grading represented persons who could not the developers in the form of money Courtroom Experience Required . . 8 policy is consistent with that used in afford to pay for a lawyer. Paul soon and/or land for new schools to ease Died September 11th...... 8 most U.S. law schools. became an expert in the area of land- the overcrowding that their develop- Why does William Mitchell have a lord tenant law, and worked tirelessly ments have caused. (Apparently, no Columns recommended grading curve? in the legislative arena, drafting and one on the school board thought of From the Editor...... 3 The reason William Mitchell has a securing the passage by the asking for this so the developers have Alumni Column ...... 5 grading curve is to establish parity Minnesota Legislature of landmark gone to the bank on the Board’s Spouse’s Sidebar ...... 5 and make grade comparisons among legislation protecting the rights of stupidity.) There are great, commit- The Good News Report ...... 9 ted teachers in Stillwater, students fair. For example, if one tenants, including laws on retaliatory Career Services ...... 10 professor’s idea of a “mid-level” grade eviction, tenants’ remedies, and though—just too few people going to is “C,” and another professor’s idea of college in the end. Stillwater used to Student Organizations Update . . 11 continued on page 10 Calendar...... 11 on the web at www.wmitchell.edu/current/nonacademic/student_orgs/opinion.html Volume 48, Issue 3, Spring 2002

The Opinion • Winter 2001 Page 3 From the Editor Well, here it is; my last column as EIC for next year and I know she’s editor for The Opinion. It has been going to do a great job. quite an experience and I’ve learned I also want to thank the SBA. It a lot. What I’ve learned the most is was very supportive this year and that I could never have done it alone. tolerant of my rookie status as a There are several people who I need newspaper person. I think the SBA’s Editor-in-Chief: Jennifer D. Henderson to thank for helping me along this work with The Opinion this year will year. result in more significant long-term Business Manager: Jennifer Macaulay First and foremost, I have to thank stability for the paper that wasn’t Faculty Advisor: Douglas Heidenreich my husband, Mike Henderson. present before. Without him, I’d never even be in law William Mitchell staff, including school, much less editing the paper. Kari Jensen Thomas, Diane Lund and Contributing Editors: Dan Gilchrist, Mary Kilgus, Jennifer Macaulay, And his Spouse’s Sidebar contribu- Jake Houle, were also very helpful Matt Torgerson, Lori Bower tions left me with the confidence this year and I thank them, as well that I’d always have something to as the several faculty members who Non-student Columnists: Diane Lund, Mike Henderson, Peter Reyes print in the paper - even if no one contributed articles, including Dean else came through. Haynsworth, Professor Winer and But of course people did come Professor Erlinder. ©2002 The Opinion, William Mitchell College of Law Student Newspaper through - one of the primary of those Finally, I want to thank Andrew being Jennifer Macaulay. Jen is one Warneke. Andrew has been working The Opinion is an independent publication of the Student Bar of the people who started up The with me and Jen Macaulay to Association of William Mitchell College of Law. The views expressed in The Opinion after it was out of print improve the look of the paper since Opinion are those of the authors and do not reflect the views of William several years, and she’s continued to May of 2001. His work and patience Mitchell College of Law, its employees or its Board of Trustees unless work on it, even after her graduation over the past year have been invalu- otherwise noted. last December. Without Jen, the able. paper wouldn’t be here. And the Thank you to everyone who worked The Opinion is always seeking quality content for publication. paper certainly wouldn’t have been to make The Opinion a success and Interested authors may forward articles of not more than 1500 words to as well-funded as it was this year good luck in the future because … [email protected]. The Opinion also welcomes letters from read- without Jen’s significant efforts; Jen ers limited to not more than 250 words at the same address. Please booked all the ads. include with all articles and letters your name and contact information, Several other students made regular Whoopee!! I Am Outa Here!! and note whether you are a student at William Mitchell. The Opinion contributions to the paper, including reserves the right to edit submissions for clarity or space. Mary Kilgus, Dan Gilchrist, Chris Jen Henderson Frank, Patrick Ostergren and Tracy Please contact the next Editor-in-Chief (2002-2003) at Harris. Mary Kilgus has been elected [email protected] with specific questions or comments.

Parties interested in advertising in The Opinion should contact the injury worked to mitigate any fault who don’t like to teach, Multistate 2002-2003 Business Manager at [email protected]. or negligence on the part of the rail- Performance Tests, “scaled scores,” road. (The EEOC was certainly not essay questions involving only pleased to hear about this.) I wonder “limited partners,” the Rule Against if that’s not what the Board of Law Perpetuities, the Case Method, the Examiners and the LSAT people are “well pleaded complaint rule,” the FTD cards that I insist to this day conspiring to do. I mean, it’s not honor system, lack of parking spaces The Bar Exam: were created to accompany funeral really that hard to do decently on the before class, the logical reasoning bouquets, or bouquets to be sent to LSAT’s, and I guess 97% of WMCL section of the LSAT, legalese, stan- Another Test Of the families of the terminally ill. grads pass the Minnesota Bar exam. If dard deviation, grade deflation for Just when you think you’ve passed you have passed the Bar, or received 1-L’s… all of which make as much Your Mental whatever threshold of deservingness decent LSAT scores, I will suppose sense as supply-side economics. All that marks the established standard that means that you did not suffer a the devil’s own handiwork. Weak Constitution? for minimum legal aptitude, they’ll complete mental collapse during or thread. throw another vision quest at you. prior to the exam. You pass. Gives me 3) Justifying our existence and By Jennifer Macaulay They want to know, (over and over pause, that’s all. the elitism that naturally flows I’ve just endured the February again) that you’ve got the “right Of course, the irony here is that in from the justification. When you Minnesota Bar Exam and will see or stuff” to be an attorney. It gives me my experience, the people with whom endure so many tests, you start to not see my name on a list of people pause each time I encounter yet I suffered through law school think that you must know some- who passed a few days after this another test of my supposed apti- certainly never struck me as mentally thing. When you pass the tests, paper goes to print. I studied to the tude. I wonder if at some point the stable. We certainly weren’t the you’re probably fairly confident that point of exhaustion. In the weeks test is really just whether you can poster kids for a strong mental you know something. When you preceding the exam I was unable to bear to take another test without constitution. In fact, there were quite endure and pass numerous tie my own shoes without assistance having a full blown mental collapse. a few of us rumored to be criminally Republican-conceived breakdown and resolved to remain in the comfort Some test. insane. And these people (myself predictor tests in the context of of my home until I could summon the On behalf of the Board of Law included) are, more than likely going higher academia, chances are you end brain-energy to tie my shoes unas- Examiners, the kind professors at to practice law somewhere, either up thinking you know something sisted. (I figured it wasn’t safe WMCL, the National Council of Bar now or in the near future. If the tests everybody else doesn’t. So, I half- outside the house in my mental Examiners, the people who write the are supposed to weed out the wonder if we aren’t being groomed to state.) I ate only Cornuts, kiwi fruit LSAT, and even the trolls who put mentally frail, I would argue they’re be arrogant pricks. We’re just pawns and Flinstones multivitamins and together the ACT’s and SAT’s, I have failing miserably. in a giant scheme to give the world drank coffee and occasionally orange attempted to reconcile their claimed 2) Republicans. I always find it someone to blame its problems on… juice or beer. I sat, day after day in a justifications for these tests with the useful to at least attempt to blame all arrogant pricks always make comfort- big chair staring at the law, broken reality of what I’m going to do if I non-sensical things that I encounter able scapegoats. (Why else do you down into digestible pieces by a man pass the tests. To no avail. Here are in the world on Republicans first. If think they would make us carry so named Conviser. My dog attempted some of the possibilities I’ve consid- that doesn’t work, I now have the damned much malpractice insur- (unsuccessfully) to escape to my ered: additional option of trying to blame ance???) neighbor’s house on several occa- 1) Mental breakdown predictor. it on Independents or professional 4) The test-preparation lobby. I sions, likely because he was afraid. In (My preferred explanation.) The wrestlers. But it’s always worthwhile imagine that the nice people at the early weeks, friends and family problem with this one is that it to at least examine the Republicans Kaplan, Princeton Review, BarBri and would stop by with care packages of reminds me of the scary people at the option first. They are, as you proba- PMBR must have a handsome lobby various types of food and drink. big railroad who decided to steal DNA bly know, sullying the fabric of our out in Iowa or D.C. or wherever the During the later weeks, people samples from their employees in society with weak thread. Chances decision to make these tests is made. stopped calling and paying personal order to determine which employees are, there are probably Republicans I imagine that these lobbyists work visits. Even the mailman snuck care- would most easily succumb to work- out there, working behind the scenes, tirelessly to convince the powers- fully up to my mailbox and ran off to place injuries. When a tested toiling day and night to develop that-be to make these tests more avoid contact with me. I started to employee was injured, the railroad things like multiple choice tests impossible and impractical every year receive flowers and plants from well- could then claim that the worker’s styled as “worst of the lot,” the to virtually guarantee that we the wishers, many of which contained genetic propensity for whatever Socratic Method, tenure to professors continued on page 7 Page 4 The Opinion • Winter 2001

over ad nauseam, without supportive an “exhibition” of state interest, and This is a test. If you read this Up Yours, Selig! logic or explanation. “Why,” I asked that its effects on interstate and don’t feel like smiling - even myself, “isn’t Governor Bobble-Head commerce are merely incidental. just a little bit - then you’ve By Matt Torgerson, 3L stating the obvious – that Major Second, Toolson v. New York Yankees, been studying too hard. Minnesota was a sports market League Baseball, a cartel, is in Inc. reasoned that Congress had lived Take a break! “jonesing” for professional baseball. blatant violation of federal antitrust with the holding in Baseball Club of Calvin Griffith knew this when he law?” Yes, I was aware of the profes- Baltimore for thirty years, yet had decided in 1960 to move his sional baseball antitrust exemption, not expressly made antitrust applica- Two vultures board an airplane, Washington Senators to Minnesota, but I didn’t understand why the ble to baseball. Thus, the court was each carrying two dead raccoons. The renaming the then forty-eight-year- exemption existed or why it wasn’t unwilling to do so on its own. And stewardess looks at them and says, old team the “Twins,” after the Twin criticized. After a little research on finally, Flood v. Kuhn cited the “posi- “I’m sorry, gentlemen, only one Cities. Included in the move were the subject, I was left puzzled, to put tive inaction” of Congress and, carrion allowed per passenger.” Harmon Killebrew and Bob Allison; it mildly, with Congress’ “positive remarkably, accepted the Toolson soon thereafter Tony Oliva, Rod inaction.” logic on stare decisis grounds. Carew, Jim Kaat, and Jim Perry joined U.S. antitrust law has roots dating Congress’ “positive inaction” with Two boll weevils grew up on South the team and helped legitimize back to the industrial revolution. The respect to the most recent antitrust Carolina. One went to Hollywood and Minnesota sports by winning the public learned about antitrust, in exemption melee involving our became a famous actor. The other American League Pennant in 1965. part, through famed political beloved Twins is surprising, to say stayed behind in the cotton fields Even though the Twins lost the cartoonist Horace Taylor. Taylor sati- the least. Both Senators Wellstone and never amounted to much. The World Series in seven games to Sandy rized John D. Rockefeller, the and Dayton are passing up a great second one, naturally, became known Koufax and the Los Angeles Dodgers, antitrust poster-child, in the January opportunity to once and for all as the lesser of two weevils. that ‘65 season represented to many 22, 1900 edition of the Verdict. With subject professional baseball to that one identifiable moment akin to seeming foresight, Taylor depicted antitrust law and, in the process, falling in love. And that loving feel- the oil tycoon in the foreground as a earn heroic status - at least amongst Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak ing was so strong and exacted such gruff twenty-story tall giant holding us Twins fans. It seems that the were chilly, but when they lit a fire staying power that Minnesota’s base- the Supreme Court Building in the courts, state and federal, are sitting in the craft, it sank, proving once ball-passionate public overlooked, palm of his hand, while the Capitol and staring at Congress, perhaps with again that you can’t have your kayak throughout the cellar-dweller years of Building was rendered in the back- a slight grin, waiting for positive and heat it, too. the seventies, the bumbling antics of ground as an industrial factory action rather than inaction to rectify manager Gene Mach, center-fielder spouting smokestacks fully ablaze in the current exemption anomaly. Yet Bombo Rivera, shortstop Willie profit-making force beyond bountiful nothing is being done. A three-legged dog walks into a “Burnt Glove” Norwood, and right- though iniquitous oil fields. Selig and What seems so illogical about the saloon in the Old West. He slides up fielder Kenny Landreaux. The fans Steinbrenner now stand in exemption is the antitrust case law to the bar and announces, “I’m look- stood strong. And it paid off with Rockefeller’s shoes, except for one that runs concurrent to the line of ing for the man who shot my paw.” two world championships. difference. The Supreme Court found cases discussed above. For instance, Yet now, after the ‘01 Twins and Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company other professional sports are subject their league-lowest payroll kept pace had violated antitrust laws in the to antitrust laws, including basketball Did you hear about the Buddist with the all-star caliber Cleveland seminal case, Standard Oil Co. v. U.S. (Haywood v. NBA), football (Radovich who refused Novocain during a root Indians, fans stand at the mercy of Professional baseball and its team v. NFL), and boxing (U.S. v. IBC). canal? Bud Selig and George Steinbrenner, owners, unlike Rockefeller and other Moreover, throughout the twentieth He wanted to transcend dental who wish to eliminate the Twins for business owners, enjoy an antitrust century, the Court has interpreted medication. one purpose – mo’ money. exemption and have since 1922. the Sherman Act to mean that A few months ago Bud Selig, Major Steinbrenner owes it all to Congress’ express or implied agreements League Baseball’s Commissioner, testi- “positive inaction.” between business cartel members are A group of chess enthusiasts fied in front of Congress and The Supreme Court used Congress’ unreasonable and illegal restraints of checked into a hotel and were stand- explained how necessary it was to “positive inaction” to justify a base- trade if the agreement promises to ing in the lobby discussing their “contract” the Twins – or did he? Not ball antitrust exemption via three eliminate competition and is not recent tournament victories. After really. He fumbled his way through cases, commonly referred to as the “ancillary” to the transference of about an hour, the manager came out dispassionate rhetoric while seated at baseball antitrust exemption “tril- property or an employment contract. of the office and asked them to the right hand of the father – ogy.” First, Baseball Club of Certainly the elimination of the only disperse. “But why?” they asked, as Governor Jesse Ventura, who never Baltimore, Inc. v. National League of business capable of delivering a prod- they moved off. “Because,” he said, “ seemed to say anything substantive, Professional Baseball Clubs ruled uct to one community, i.e., baseball, I can’t stand chess nuts boasting in just that “baseball wasn’t going to (ridiculously – at least by today’s for the purpose of generating an open foyer.” solve any of its problems by getting legal standards), that pro baseball is increased revenues for remaining not interstate commerce but rather is rid of the Twins.” He said it over and continued on page 5 The Opinion • Fall 2001 Page 5 Alumni Column: Spouse’s Law School and Life Afterwards Sidebar By Peter Reyes, WMCL 1997 Although I thoroughly enjoyed liti- By Mike Henderson adjusting our grades-and if they’re gation and my experience at Robins, adjusting them I’m sure it’s down- It’s happened in Paris as well as I found the time commitment to be ward-they’d never raise them.” other lesser known glamour spots rather challenging in trying to “The look” continued throughout like Overland Park, Kansas, balance time spent on work, extra- our trip. When we got back home, Winnipeg, Canada and Lutsen, circular activities and, most despite all of her paranoia and panic Minnesota. In fact, looking back, I importantly, family. In 2000, I took attacks, the grades were still not can recall seeing “the look” from my the Patent Bar and became licensed out. The deadline for grades to be favorite law student just about to practice before the Patent and posted, a date highlighted and anyplace we’ve been in the past Trademark Office. Shortly thereafter, circled prominently on every calen- the recruiting calls came in on almost three years after she’s completed a PHOTO COURTESY OF CARGILL, INC. COURTESY PHOTO dar we owned, came and went and semester. a daily basis. I ignored them until a still no grades. Any spouse who pays attention law school colleague and friend called As any spouse worth his salt Although life during law school at occasionally… let’s just say any about an opening at Cargill for an would do, I continued to reassure William Mitchell College of Law was spouse with better than 20/2000 Intellectual Property attorney. He her. “The grades will be out any an exciting, if somewhat hectic, vision has probably noticed “the asked me if I wanted to get in on the day” I said. “The delay does not experience, life post-law school has look.” It’s the same look a late- ground floor of a newly formed mean anything” I said. “Don’t be been well worth the sacrifices I made. night TV hypnotist gets from his Intellectual Property division. I said silly, they would never recalculate Like many students, I worked full- audience volunteers just before he yes. and then lower your grades” I said. time (as a Senior Environmental asks them to whinny like a horse. After four years of litigation at Finally, on a bright and sunny Scientist) when I began law school in On our trip to Paris a few days Robins, I took the plunge into the Saturday afternoon, after checking 1993. In addition, I had two children after her first semester, I saw “the corporate sector in 2001. The amount for her grades on William Mitchell’s when I began and somehow had look” while gliding down the Seine of responsibility is greater as a corpo- web-site throughout the day like a three children when I finished. I was on a Bateaux Mouche. I noticed “the rate attorney, since I am now the compulsive obsessive washing his originally interested in environmen- look” while searching for Jim Intellectual Property attorney for a hands, she struck gold. All of her tal law, but intellectual property law Morrison’s grave (who said we’re not number of business units and corpo- grades were in and official. caught my attention and I never cultured?) and again while dining rate functions within Cargill. Rather After almost four years of this looked back. on jambon in a romantic bistro. than the vertical oversight that exists craziness I’m sorry to report that we I was fortunate enough to get a After our fifth straight meal of in a law firm (such as partner have not gotten much better at judicial clerkship with the Honorable jambon accompanied by “the look” review), I now rely on my colleagues handling this problem. She never Salvador M. Rosas in Ramsey County (the French love their ham, but for input and feedback when neces- seems to get her grades until a few while in law school. Although I took that’s another story), I confronted sary. In addition, rather than days after each ‘deadline,’ but she a 50% pay-cut and lost the benefits her. I snapped my fingers which had focusing primarily on the litigation continues to check the web-site at a and security of my previous position, the same effect as turning the head- process, I am now focusing on the manic pace mere hours after her last it was the best move I ever made. I lights off on a deer’s glazed eyes. business goals and tailoring the legal exam. We do stay closer to home was able to observe numerous trials, She came to. I asked what was advice to compliment those goals. now during breaks. It is much easier learn the inside workings of the going on: Was she overtaken by the Finding the time to devote to for my spouse to check her grades courthouse, and watch some of the romance of the City of Light and my outside activities at Cargill recently via the Web and pester the adminis- best trial attorneys in the state. My company? Was the jambon too good led to unexpected recognition. I was tration from home versus a French experiences with Judge Rosas and for words to describe? honored as one of the Top Ten bistro. Ramsey County were rather unique, With that the flood gates opened. Attorneys in Minnesota in 2001 this We are starting to sleep better as including roles as a juror (and Except for several attempts to say past January by Minnesota Lawyer. she heads into her final semester, foreperson), a judicial law clerk, and the word ‘relax’ I said very little. Although I do not think I deserved knowing that senior grades get even a victim witness. “Do you think grades are out yet?” the honor, they cited the reasons for priority. But every once in a while, After my first year of law school, I “Can we check William Mitchell’s my recognition as my involvement as when I’m passing the pepper to my was thrilled to be chosen as a juror web-site from here?” “Grades ought President of the Minnesota Hispanic favorite law student during a rare for a trial in front of Judge Rosas on to be out by now-maybe I should Bar Association and my other profes- dinner together I’ll see “the look” a criminal matter. I suspect I was call the administration-what’s our sional and community activities as a reappear. “Will they really get my picked because the attorneys thought country code?” “Perhaps there was young lawyer. I sincerely believe that grades out quicker this semester?” a first-year law student, who didn’t a problem with one of the finals I we as professionals have a responsi- she’ll mumble. “How will they know even know what voir dire was, would took-could we get your mom to bility to give back to the community, I’m a senior?” “When… be harmless. Two years later, I and this recognition has strength- check our answering machine?” became Judge Rosas’ law clerk. Then, ened my resolve to give back to the “Could the delay mean they’re in 1997, I was a victim witness in legal and greater community. front of another judge against Joanna While I took the traditional route Rivera, who was charged with out of the law school, the beauty of a est revenue-generating baseball team teers. George Steinbrenner will second-degree murder in the shoot- law degree is the ability to take any ing of my uncle Louis Reyes, a in the world, agree to team revenue continue to afford $100 million number of career paths (e.g., law sharing? For some of us, the objec- annual player payrolls and twelve- Viet-Nam war veteran who had firm, corporate, government, non- received the Purple Heart. Joanna tion might be based on a loathsome year, $468 million television legal, etc.) or move from one area view towards socialism, but for contracts securing broadcast rights at Rivera became the youngest person, into another as I did. Each path has at 14 years of age, to be tried as an Steinbrenner, it is most assuredly local stations. It is patently obvious its own advantages and disadvan- based on his bottom line. It would be that antitrust treatment of the adult. She was sentenced to 15 years. tages. It all depends on what you are In a final strange twist, Ms. Rivera a rip-off for “The Boss” to receive George Steinbrenners of the world looking for. In any event, I have revenue equal to that of the owners who generate profit from the testified as a victim in a sexual abuse found my law school and professional case before Judge Rosas in 2000. The of, say, the Twins and the Montreal consumer is not consistent. In legal experiences to be rewarding Expos. response, I have to say: A little jury dismissed the charges, finding and fulfilling. that Ms. Rivera’s testimony was not Certainly the motive behind consistency, please – if not for my credible. contracting the Twins and the Expos sake, then for Willie “Burnt Glove” I graduated from William Mitchell Up Yours, Selig! is driven by a deal between the Norwood. with honors in 1997, and began continued from page 4 Steinbrenners of MLB and Bud Selig Post Script: The first WMCL student working at the law firm of Robins, (“we’ll agree to revenue sharing if that explains to me how Norwood got cartel members in other communities Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. as an you foist get rid of da Twins and da his nickname gets a coupon for one is a Sherman Act violation. associate in the Intellectual Property Expos”). Ordinarily, such an arrange- free drink at Billy’s. The successes of the NBA and NFL Litigation Department. I had been a ment would be a blatant “naked are attributable, at least in part, to a summer associate at Robins for two restraint” of trade and an antitrust revenue sharing scheme, where each summers while in law school, but violation. team owner receives equal revenue, found the experience as an attorney In baseball’s willingness to exploit regardless of the team’s success. With quite different from the summer its seductive effect on the citizenry such a scheme it’s rare to see the associate experience. For example, as of the United States – the country same team, like the Yankees, reach a summer associate, you are given that recognizes the sport as its the championship game or champi- work, critiqued on each project, and “national pastime” – team owners onship series five of six years. But given periodic feedback. In contrast, have demonstrated they own neither why would George Steinbrenner, the as an associate, it is your responsibil- as hobbyists nor as public interest owner of the most popular and high- ity to find work and get feedback. philanthropists; they own as profi- Page 6 The Opinion • Winter 2001

agreed to withhold the names of Grading Policy review the examination with the Changing these people, but I know many of you instructor who taught the course. will recognize their stories as similar The associate dean for academic to your own. affairs shall advise faculty members Grade Posting My goal with this Forum is to of the college's grading policies, prac- Students view their grades on the orum Grades simply present information for your tices and typical grading curve. Prior Web by going to the William Mitchell F evaluation. After reviewing Professor to each grading period, the associate Home Page (www.wmitchell.edu), click- Downs’ comments and the stories dean for academic affairs shall ing on Academic Information, Grades. What Happened presented here, you may feel the distribute to the faculty information The Grades page is password policy is fair and was correctly about past grading practices, includ- protected. Students who owe money To My applied; you may not. I would ing the typical grade distribution, to the college will not be able to view suggest, however, that if you feel the median and mean. The associate dean their grades. For grade security GRADES?! policy is wrong or that it was unfairly for academic affairs or the dean of purposes, grades are not given out applied, you should speak out. students shall review all grades prior over the telephone. There are no By Jen Henderson, 4L Professor Downs indicates in his to posting and, if necessary, the asso- exceptions to this policy. An “NR” ciate dean will discuss substantial This Forum is dedicated to William interview that he is open to indicates that the student's grade has grade disparities with the appropriate Mitchell’s grading policy. Dean Downs comments; Professor Jordan is also not yet been reported to the faculty member. explains the policy in the interview reviewing student concerns. You have Registrar's Office. he did with The Opinion on page 1, the opportunity to create change. Notice of Grading Criteria Grade Reports and Transcripts and a copy of the policy is re-printed Use it or lose it. If all or part of a course grade will Students receive grade reports each here. Here are three stories for three be based on activities, standards, or semester and an official transcript Grades and the grading policy different classes: tests other than a written examina- upon graduation from the college. became a hot topic this past semester tion at the end of the course, the Students may obtain transcripts at (even more so than usual) when Misleading Grading Criteria - instructor must announce the basis other times by completing a tran- some students discovered either their One Student’s Story for grading before using those activi- script request form (available in grades were changed, or their grades I was a student in Professor Breen's ties, standards, or tests, preferably at Student Services), or by sending a did not conform to grading criteria Legislative Advocacy class. We were the beginning of the course. written request, with the student's set by certain professors at the told at the beginning of the semester signature, to the Registrar's Office. beginning of the semester. I have Grade Changes that we would be graded on three The cost of a transcript is $3. several friends who were in some of No grade, once submitted to the papers, and that class participation Transcripts are produced twice a these classes, which are said to registrar, can be changed other than may count. Mid-semester, Professor week. If a request is received by 3:00 include Legislative Advocacy, ADR upon discovery of an arithmetical or Breen changed her mind and instead p.m. on Tuesday, the transcript will and Corporate Ethics and Decision recording error. No administrator or of having us do a third paper, we did be available in Student Services on Making. faculty member may undertake to a group exercise. I received an A- on Wednesday morning; if the request is In order to demonstrate what review or re-evaluate a faculty the first paper, an A on the second received by 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, happened, I asked some people from member's exam for the purpose of paper, an A on the group exercise. I the transcript will be available in these classes to share their stories changing the grade. This policy is did not miss one class and partici- Student Services on Friday morning. with The Opinion. A few friends were subject to the rules adopted under pated in every class. According to the Under no circumstances can the kind enough to comply, although the Policy Against Discrimination and standards Professor Breen laid out college release photocopies of they were hesitant to disclose their the Policy Against Sexual (the first paper was only going to students' transcripts from other identities. (Grades, as we all know, Harassment. All grade changes must count for a small portion of the academic institutions. Students must can be a very personal and sensitive be approved by the associate dean for grade, and the other two papers for request those documents directly subject and there’s not a lot of confi- academic affairs. Students who have the majority), I should have received from the academic institutions they dence in the system right now.) I questions about a grade should continued on page 9 attended.

William Mitchell’s Grading data prematurely, I can understand William Mitchell’s policy. All graders changes are forthcoming. Policy ~ An Interview… why they would be dismayed to see are aware of the policy and work hard Would you like to share any their grades changed. But the policy to comply. We always seek to provide concluding comments? continued from page 1 cuts both ways. Sometimes I encour- good service to our students by These issues are important, I feel Can the Associate Dean of age faculty to raise their grades; getting grades done in a timely strongly about achieving grading Academic Affairs force professors or sometimes the opposite. manner. We do, however, allow for parity, so I am glad to discuss adjuncts to change their grades? We have to speak with faculty only deadline extensions if there are concerns and the policies with No. The professors and adjuncts about two or three times each semes- compelling, extenuating circum- students or others. turn in their grades to the Registrar, ter and then mostly with newer stances justifying the extension. But Post Script - After speaking with and then the raw scores are reviewed faculty. Our efforts are all part of even then, we seek to have grades Professor Downs, I wanted to know by Dean Brooks or one of the trying to make sure that the 100-plus turned in as quickly as possible. when grades are actually final, i.e., Associate Deans to see if they fall instructors here at William Mitchell – While I cannot talk about specific once I see my grade on the Internet, within the guidelines. There is no all dedicated and all trying to do a reasons a deadline for a specific can I rely on the fact that it is final? strict curve, so the review is subjec- good job – treat all students fairly. In professor might be extended, William He directed me to Judy Holmes, the tive and intended merely to check for general, grades are not formally Mitchell offers between 50 to 60 registrar, in Student Services. Judy extreme variances from the typical posted until they have been through courses each semester, which means told me IS has assured her student’s grading practices of the College. The the approval process and once grades there are nearly 50 persons involved. can no longer view grades while they deans discuss the grades with a are posted to the student’s record, a It could be that an illness or family are being worked on. professor if the grades submitted are grade may not be changed except for emergency or some other compelling In any given semester, final, posted inconsistent with the guidelines, but a clerical error in entry, or because of event may occur but generally, the grades are generally available for the only power the deans have is to a mathematical or computational faculty really do seek to submit viewing from Friday evening to educate the professor about the error. grades on-time. I’m not aware of Monday morning. Once most of the College’s grading norms and to The grading policy posted on anyone who is shirking their respon- grades are in, they are available for encourage the professor to grade William Mitchell’s web-site states: sibilities with respect to the grading viewing more frequently. According accordingly. A dean cannot force the “No grade, once submitted to the deadline. to Judy, if your grade was posted, professor or adjunct to change the registrar, can be changed other Who sets the grading policy? Can and then later in the semester you grades and has no authority to than upon discovery of an arith- you amend it? see the message “N/A until [date],” submit the grades to any other metical or recording error.” When The full-time faculty establishes of that does not mean your grades are person for review. is a grade “submitted to the regis- the College’s academic policy and the being changed. It only means that May grades be changed once they trar” for purposes of this policy? deans administer the policies. I fully new grades are being entered but the are posted? A grade is not submitted until the support our grading policy and think Registrar must “take down” the entire Once grades have been through the grades are posted on the student’s it is prudent given the countervailing system in order to enter grades. approval process and are posted offi- official record. Once a grade is posted considerations. I have no power to So the answer to my question cially to the student’s record by the to the student’s record, a grade may amend the policy, but I certainly can seems to be this: If you are viewing Registrar, they may not be changed not be changed unless, of course, submit recommendations for change your grades at the appropriate time, except for mathematical or computa- there is a clerical error in entry, or to the Academic Affairs Committee those grades are a final grade. If you tional error. My understanding is that because of an arithmetic or computa- for study. That being said, the grad- are some kind of technical wizard and students who bookmarked their unof- tional error. ing policy has been discussed several you find a way to circumvent the ficial transcripts last semester were It seems like grades take a long times since I have been at William system to view your grades through a able to access their grades while we time to come out. Are there grading Mitchell (golly – almost twenty years “backdoor”, review grades at your were working on them. The IS depart- deadlines for professors and now) and our policy is consistent own risk; they may not be final. ment has now corrected that adjuncts? throughout legal education, so I am situation. If students did get raw Yes, there are deadlines under not optimistic that any radical The Opinion • Winter 2001 Page 7

Meet Professor Port store that was open where I could easily stained by the dye in our fine Yeah, I ended up taking the exam continued from page 1 buy sushi. I guess that is my favorite Italian leather pumps when we are after all - about fourteen hours later. part of Japan. forced to walk outside in bad If my number isn’t on the list of pass- cipally litigators), one has to gradu- The least? Most people, me weather, student loan debt actually ing scores, I will maintain that it was ate from an undergraduate program included, hate the crowds in Japan. being due, snotty associates from Ivy a proximate result of my head and in law and take an entrance exam to Japan is, after all, very crowded. League schools bossing you around hand injuries. I was careful to make the Legal Research and Training Japan has 1/2 the population of the like you’re their secretary from their certain that all of the other February Institute run by the Supreme Court. U.S. and is about the size of the bigger office than yours, bad CLE’s bar exam victims were fully aware of This is the only “begoshi” certifying state of California. Oh, and it’s that take all day, and friends who my handicap so that if I failed the authority in all of Japan. They mountainous so people live in small wonder why you never call anymore exam, the rumor mill would spout currently admit only 1,000 people a isolated pockets of flat land amount- along with children who have taken out a more sympathetic sounding year. This entrance exam has a ing to something like 1/3 of all the to calling you by your first name pity for me. Friends occasionally passage rate of about 3% and land in Japan. That’s like putting rather than “mommy” or “daddy”… checked my pupils for signs of a students sit for it an average of 6 1/2 the population of the U.S. into if they remember who you are. concussion, which was a nice touch. times. It is only offered once a year! 1/3 of the state of California. Get the But the routine complaints don’t Proctors during the essay portions of Begoshi tend to be really smart picture? It’s crowded. The good news hold water with non-lawyers. Your the exam would pause and stare at and rather wealthy people who are is the Japanese birth rate is way complaints are disposed of quickly by the mangled state of my writing hand used to working very long hours. down. They expect Japan to be down reference to your large paycheck and with this kind of pitiful, sucks-to-be- And so, they tend to know where the to about 100 million (from its the relative apparent splendor of your you-you’re-probably-going-to-fail- best sushi restaurants are located. current 125 million) by 2050. If you “professional” lifestyle. This is when what-the-hell-did-you-do-to-your- Opinion: How do the Japanese really hate crowds, you might want a lawyer will need to rely on the hand look. (Tenured friends know lawyers react to you? to wait until 2050 to visit Japan. favored excuse to complain, referenc- well that I am skilled at the art of Prof. Port: Because I speak the Opinion: What do you hope to ing the eight weeks you spent buried working the pity angle.) language, I move about rather freely accomplish, now that you are at in BarBri outlines preparing for the When I finished the exam I headed and independently. Lawyers tend to William Mitchell? two-day Bar Exam, or a question on for the bar and ordered a stiff drink. be rather independent minded Prof. Port: I hope to further estab- the LSAT involving Able, Betty, Cathy, For the first time in five or six years, people in Japan, so I seem to click lish WM as a leading institution for Mike and John who insist upon the bartender asked for my ID. Of ok with them. the study and education of intellec- standing in a circle and rotating course I couldn’t find it, so I engaged Opinion: What is the most fun tual property law. IP oftentimes clockwise before aligning in a queue the poor soul in a long debate about for you in Japan? And, what did forgets there are international for the water fountain. That’ll shut the fact that I could not possibly you like the least? borders, so I hope to teach IP from a them up every time, and will allow have a Minnesota Bar Examinee Prof. Port: Finding the best sushi comparative perspective emphasizing you to garner sympathy if needed. photo ID card if I was under 21 years restaurants. Seriously. The food in that the world has really shrunk. I (Note: When you tell your non- old… to no avail. Japan is fantastic. Most American am a trademark person by training; lawyer friends about the Socratic When I got home I took a long look restaurants and supermarkets would my scholarship is mostly in the method, as a general rule they don’t in the mirror to see if I really looked be bankrupt in a week if they were trademark area. I hope to also estab- believe it’s that big of a deal. LSAT that youthful and realized to my in Japan. Food is expensive, but it is lish WM as a place recognized for and Bar Exam whining is far more chagrin that I had begun to grow a of very high quality. Speaking of educating AND PLACING highly effective.) patch of wiry looking silvery hairs on sushi, last year it snowed in Tokyo a trained trademark people who can 6) Miscellaneous. Theories involv- the top of my head. Not only was I couple of times. I didn’t own or use a really make a difference. ing aliens and spaceships; conspiracy graying, I was graying in the ugliest car there (lots of trains). One night I Professor Port is currently teaching theories involving Canada and of all possible formations. I spent a watched a sushi chef show off his Trademark Law and is currently writ- Louisiana; X-files-type CIA/DOD few hours trying to liberate the ugly trade on a TV show with my kids. ing a book comparing Japanese and cranial research; alternate universe hairs from my skull and when I had After I put them to bed at 9:00 P.M., American IP law. philosophy; existentialism; the paper fashioned a nice bald spot on the top I rode my bike about 3 miles through lobby; the booze and cigarette lobby; of my head I finally went to sleep. I frozen, slushy streets to the closest or punishment for past-life bad acts. think I might have slept for a couple (This is not an exhaustive list). of years because when I woke up, I The day before the bar exam, I left felt as if the world had changed dras- The Bar Exam: Another Test of the house for a few minutes clad in tically. What I Your Mental Constitution? my flannel boy-pajamas, a hat, and a This isn’t the first legal education Expected continued from page 3 pair of sandals at least four sizes too obstacle I’ve surmounted and it prob- test-takers feel powerless without the big for my feet. My sister had asked if ably won’t be the last. I just can’t By Sir Stephen Spender benefit of their costly test-prepara- I could pick her up so that she could help but feeling like most of the (Submitted by Matthew Krohn as a descrip- tion classes. sit with me. (No doubt she was seri- hurdles and obstacles to practicing tion of the first year of law school.) 5) Excuse to complain. As ously concerned for my sanity). Upon law are totally unnecessary. They’re lawyers, and even as law students, we our return to my home, one of the like vestiges of the days when old What I expected was are really part of an elite socio- gigantic sandals caught on the edge white men wanted the bar to be an Thunder, fighting economic stratum of professionals. Of of the step leading to my front door, exclusive club. It makes me fairly Long struggles with men course with the benefits of this whereupon I proceeded to fall. resentful. Here I sit today, no longer And climbing. status come responsibilities to our Usually when I fall, I’m taken with able to answer the Rule Against After continual straining community, to the disenfranchised, that adrenaline-fueled realization Perpetuities questions that I had all I should grow strong; to preserving and protecting the that I am in fact going to hit the but mastered a few weeks ago, with Then the rocks would shake constitutional dictates and guaran- deck, and I let out a grunt along with new ugly hairs still sprouting up from And I should rest long. tees of the state and federal an expletive followed by either crying the top of my head, mangled skull What I had not foreseen government, and even to ourselves. or shaking off. This time, when I and writing hand, dying funeral Was the gradual day Whence we venture out into the “real realized I was falling, my split-second bouquets throughout my house, a Weakening the will world” with our freshly minted diplo- reaction was to protect my writing dog who fantasizes about calling a Leaking the brightness away, mas and licenses to practice law, we hand. Under no circumstances could social worker, and a bar examinee The lack of good to touch will sooner than later find reasons to my writing hand be compromised number burned on my brain. If this The fading of body and soul complain. The routine complaints during this fall. In order to protect has served some sort of purpose in Like smoke before wind about the massive amount of billable the hand as best I could, I made fists the grand scheme of things, I sure Corrupt, unsubstantial. hours required to stay on the partner and crossed my arms against my would like to know what that The wearing of Time track, the irritability of clients when chest. In slow motion, I then started purpose was. If it’s still all about And the watching of cripples pass calls are not returned minutes after toward the ground… head first. exclusivity, I’m going to be really With limbs shaped like questions the voicemail is left, the fact that the It hadn’t occurred to me during pissed off. In their odd twist, feet of expensive pantyhose are so those split seconds that my head was The pulverous grief probably as important as my writing Melting the bones with pity, hand for bar-exam purposes. The rest The sick falling from earth- of my body inevitably followed my These I could not foresee. head, smashing into the concrete, For I had expected always writing hand first. Certain that I Some brightness to hold in trust, would soon begin to lose my short- Some final innocence term memory (where all of the bar To save from dust; trivia was stored) and dumbfounded That, hanging solid, by the mangled state of my writing Would dangle through all hand, I decided to stop studying and Like the created poem began to silently pray for the end of Or the dazzling crystal. the world. Page 8 The Opinion • Winter 2001

road, what if you have no space to system” so that justice might prevail was too slow.) I can imagine how Courtroom give? in the situation. tiring that can be. But, when you My plan was to plead guilty with an When I went in to discuss my situa- have concerned citizen with a valid Experience excuse. My excuse was that I had no tion with the prosecutor, he was issue, I do not think he or she should choice but to stay in the lane I was totally rude. While I was sitting in have to walk out of court feeling like Required traveling in, because the car that was there, I was thinking, if I didn’t know it was a big bother to come and use passing me on the left slowed down anything about the law, I would be the system that is in place for that By Lori L. Bower, 1L when he saw the emergency lights, really confused. I would definitely very reason. On one day in February, I had my preventing me from moving out of my think I did not have any good Maybe my experience is small, and first encounter with our legal system lane in any reasonable way except to options. He made me feel like I am just one person in a very big, and some real first-hand experience; I slam on my brakes and pass in an presenting my case to the judge was clogged judicial system. And maybe went to court… to dispute a traffic intersection. I learned in Torts class petty. And he made me feel like it my ticket was a deserved one. But as ticket. Because I am a first-year law that there are some situations where was in my best interest to pay the I go through law school, I plan to student - rookie of the legal world - I citizens can legally not adhere to a ticket and get out of his hair which remember this experience. And what- was excited about the opportunity to statute if it would be dangerous to do made me really angry. After my ever type of law I choose to practice, experience the legal system first- so and I was all excited about going morning in court, there was no way I I plan to remember that all people hand. The experience, however, was to court, so I could share my wanted to pursue the matter any deserve respect and fair treatment, not all I had hoped for. newfound knowledge with the judge. further. I had already taken time off from the felon to the loiterer, and This was not just any traffic ticket; I researched the statutory history on of from work to sit around while from the elderly to juveniles. I don’t my ticket was a product of a brand Westlaw and I had a good legislative everyone munched on their cookies, think being an attorney, judge or new law passed in the spring of 2001. intent argument all cooked up. and I really had better things to do. prosecutor gives you a license to be The fine for my ticket is not even What I hadn’t anticipated was how I walked out of the courtroom feel- rude. Timeliness, a listening ear and listed on the fee schedule the officer inefficient the county court system ing completely frustrated on that respect are things all people deserve, so graciously handed me at the scene is. First, I had to sit in the courtroom bright, February morning (which no matter who they are. of the “crime.” Ok - here’s my public forever. The court administrator happened to be Valentine’s Day service announcement for the didn’t arrive until 8:45 a.m., while we although I did not get any love from students of William Mitchell: When were supposed to be seated and ready the Washington County District you are on a multiple-lane highway, at 8:30. The prosecutors did not roll Court). I understand the courts prob- you must change lanes to the in until around 9:15, at which time ably have to deal every day with furthest lane away from a parked they proceeded to munch on cookies traffic ticket cases and people whin- emergency vehicle; it is now the law. and chat about the weather for the ing about how they do not like the While I agree it is common courtesy next 15 minutes. I was not especially laws. (One lady outside the court- to give an officer or emergency vehi- pleased with this, because I was miss- room explained to me that her excuse cle some space on the side of the ing work to come and use “our for speeding was that the speed limit

Died September11th By Dan Gilchrist, 3L New Year’s Day at my house was photograph the World peaceful. It was a lazy, carefree day. Trade towers with a The holidays were over and so was gravestone in the 2001. Having the day off from both foreground? More work and school, I had time to ominous, how did I reflect. I contemplated the passing of happen to choose another year. that particular grave- The first year of the Third stone engraved “DIED Millennium, 2001, was a year of loss. SEPT. 11th”? The U.S. economy had its first reces- My feeling of sion in a decade. Billions of dollars gloomy coincidence were lost in the capital markets. Tens faded into sad remem- of thousands of Americans lost their brance. The year 2001 jobs. The world lost famous people was a year of many like Dale Earnhardt, Carroll O’Connor losses, none greater and Jack Lemmon. Then, as things than the passing of already looked bleak and as 2001 the World Trade turned from summer to fall, America Center and its inhabi- suffered perhaps its greatest loss ever tants. A little part of -- September 11th. us all died September When the infamous hijackers used 11th. our planes to attack our country, we lost more than the lives of the 3,000 victims in New York, Washington, and For additional on board the hijacked planes. We lost articles about Sep- so much more; we lost peace and tember 11th, refer security. In one morning, the enor- to the November mous Twin Towers that had loomed 2001 issue of The large over Manhattan for 30 years Opinion. If you have were gone. Thousands of people photos or stories you disappeared with them. The collective would like to share wind was knocked from the nation’s for the next Opinion, lungs. New York City will never be the contact next year’s same. America will never be the same. Editor-in-chief at On New Year’s Day, my reflections [email protected]. led me to search for photographs I had taken of the World Trade Center ten years before their astonishing destruction. I found those photo- graphs and looked at them. What I discovered shocked me. In the foreground of one of my

photos of the World Trade Center – a 2002 photo I took ten years ago – was a © gravestone with the words “DIED SEPT. 11th” clearly chiseled in it. It was an astonishing moment on my day of sad reflection. Why did I Photo by Dan Gilchrist Dan Gilchrist by Photo The Opinion • Winter 2001 Page 9

with the U.S. Embassy, is bringing participated in drafting amendments The Good News Report two experts on the topic from the to the state corporate law facilitating United States to Israel to run several the use of electronic communications Contributed by Diane Lund income drivers, and also on National workshops for senior staff and and permitting Minnesota corpora- Public Radio for a documentary on During November and December, General Counsel of Government tions to convert into Minnesota LLCs civil liberties after September 11. On Dean Haynsworth attended the Ministries and local governments. At and vice versa, and he drafted corre- October 31, Professor Erlinder Minnesota Justice Foundation’s the request of the Ministry of Justice, sponding amendments for the presented the program “Profiling and Annual Fall Fundraiser, the MABL Professor Gelpe has been working Minnesota limited liability company Individualized Suspicion,” and on Scholarship Gala, the Judicial with the American experts, explain- act. October 10, as part of the WMCL Clerkship Luncheon at William ing to them how the legal and Professor Christina Kunz partici- September 11 Series, he presented on Mitchell, meetings with the ABA political arrangements in Israel differ pated on a December 5 Defense the topic “Antiterrorism Legislation Business Law Section in Washington, from those in the U.S., and helping Research Institute panel in Chicago and Civil Liberties.” As a guest D.C., the Landmark Legal Series them prepare their presentations. She on E-Commerce Developments. She speaker at the University of Advisory Committee, the Minnesota has also arranged for the U.S. experts spoke on “Validity of Mutual Assent Minnesota Humphrey Center, Zoo Board Governance Committee, to speak with a group of stakeholders in Click-through Agreements.” From Professor Erlinder presented the the I-94 Signage Task Force, the outside of Government. Additionally, January 3 to 5 she gave three presen- program “Civil Liberties in a Time of Capital Campaign Steering she organized a conference on Self- tations at the AALS Annual Meeting Undeclared War.” He was also a guest Committee, and the CLL Board of Reporting of Environmental in New Orleans: “Teaching Critical lecturer at a human rights seminar at Directors. Dean Haynsworth also Violations, Center for Environmental Reading Skills in Contracts Class,” the University of Minnesota Law chaired the National Conference of Law, Netanya, Israel, December 27. “Meaningful Feedback Means in School. Additionally Professor Commissioners on Uniform State Laws Professor Daniel Kleinberger Doctrinal Classes,” and “Teaching Erlinder consulted with Japanese (NCCUSL) Cross Entity Merger & finished official Comments to Uniform About Click-through Agreements in Lawyers in Tokyo, Japan, regarding Conversion Drafting Committee meet- Limited Partnership Act (2001) in Contracts, Commercial Code Courses the U.S. submarine sinking of a ing in New Orleans in late November. November. He was appointed by the and Drafting Courses.” Professor Japanese training ship. He was He hosted a retirement dinner for Minnesota State Bar Association Kunz also published an article on elected co-chair of the Residents Paul Marino, a retirement luncheon Business Law Section Executive click-through agreements in the Advisory Council, Moose Lake for Judge Donald Lay, a farewell get- Council as that section’s official November 2001 issue of the ABA’s Program for Sexual Offenders. The together for Aviva Breen, Dean’s observer to the NCCUSL Drafting Business Lawyer. council addresses due process and Round Table sessions with Michael J. Committee on the Conversion or Professor Deborah Schmedemann other issues in institutions. The Miller ’77 and Joel A. Lebewitz ’79, Merger of Different Types of Business attended the Supreme Court Update University of Pennsylvania Journal of the WMCL Annual Holiday Party, and Organizations Act. From November 29 Annual Labor and Employment Law Constitutional Law has published made welcoming remarks at the semi- to December 2, Professor Kleinberger Institute in Minneapolis on November Peter’s paper as a lead article. nar on the aftermath of Sept. 11 participated in a drafting session In 15. She continues as co-chair of the Professor Marcia Gelpe partici- presented at the annual Alumni/ae New Orleans of NCCUSL Drafting MSBA Labor and Employment Law pated in an emergency meeting of Association meeting. Finally, Dean Committee on the Conversion or Section Web site and editor of the the Israeli National Council on the Haynsworth purchased at auction the Merger of Different Types of Business MSBA LELS newsletter. Environment to take a position on a Judge Charlie Brown statue and Organizations Act. On December 13, On November 29, Professor recommended change in the planning returned him to his place of honor at he testified to the Continuing Legal Christine Ver Ploeg spoke at the law. She continued work on Israel’s the main entrance of the college. Education Board on the question of Annual Public Sector Labor Law National Steering Committee to Over the holiday break, Associate whether Elimination of Bias CLE cred- Conference in Minneapolis. On Revise the Water Law and on Israel’s Dean of Academic Affairs Matthew its should be limited to presentations November 30 she spoke at the Labor National Task Force on Enforcing Downs lectured on Corporate that agree with the positions taken Arbitration Institute’s annual New Laws on Air Pollution from Governance: Fiduciary Duties of in the Supreme Court’s various bias England conference in Boston. During Automotive Sources. She also worked Directors and Officers to the graduate reports. He has finished and submit- the first week of January, Professor with the National Center for law students at Thammasat ted to the William Mitchell Law Ver Ploeg was a visiting faculty Mediation and Dispute Resolution of University, Faculty of Law, in Review the articles “Apparent scholar at the Straus Institute for the Ministry of Justice, Israel, in Bangkok, Thailand. Servants” and “Making Appearances Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine setting up a program on Alternative Professor Peter Erlinder was inter- Matter: A Critique of Bagot v. Airport University School of Law. She has Dispute Resolution and Regulatory viewed November 6 by WCCO-TV & Airline Tax Cab Corporation.” As a been working in the area of “Dispute Negotiation in Governmental about how unequal application of the member of the MSBA’s Chapter 302A Resolution in Education.” Agencies. The center, in cooperation traffic fine system disadvantages low- Committee, Professor Kleinberger continued on page 10

Forum - Changing Grades It was a grade that was lower than The school policy states that a tion rankings would remain intact. continued from page 6 the grade I had earned, and lower grade cannot be changed after it has “In adjusting the class participation than the grade that was posted only been posted. My grade was placed on grades, I tried to make the best of a an A in the course. I didn’t. one week before. my transcript for two days. I think bad situation. Now that I am aware of I attempted to resolve this with As an angry student, I decided to there should be a new process that the school’s concern for grade infla- Professor Breen but she has not question why my grade was changed. should prevent the registrar from tion in smaller classes, I completely returned my e-mail or phone call. I I questioned the professor about why posting any grades, whether officially understand why it was necessary to tried stopping by her office, but did my final grade did not reflect the or unofficially, until they have been reduce the curve in the class. I also not catch her there. Professor Breen grades I had received throughout the reviewed by the proper authorities. completely understand that as told another student (one who saw semester. The professor’s answer was students, you would be angered by her grade posted on the web and that she was told by one dean at One Professor’s E-mail the situation. You were an excellent later changed) that she was ordered William Mitchell to change the class with terrific levels of high qual- to lower some grades and so she did grades, and that she regrettably did To Her Class ity participation in class discussions. and she could not change them now. so. To make matters worse, she “You are entitled to an explanation Perhaps the engineers amongst you suggested that she arbitrarily regarding class participation grades, could come up with a better solution Unfair Grade Changes - changed some of the grades. (This which I assume are lower than to the situation, but I am afraid I am Another Student’s Story was later confirmed after speaking to expected. This is because I was unable to do so. I do not pretend other students in the class.) The advised by the school that the grade that this is a perfect solution, but I I was a student in a class where the professor told me that I should go curve for my class was too high, and hope you each have ended up with professor changed the grade after talk to the dean about the process. went against the school’s efforts to the grade you would have received they were submitted. How do I know But why should a dean be able to eliminate grade inflation. At the had I known from the outset the this? Well, I, like many other change grades? Although the dean point at which I was made aware of school’s requirements regarding the students, was able to gain access to may not be the person actually this problem, I had already posted grade curve for the class. the grades on the Web before the changing the grade, I believe that the your mid-term and final paper grades, “I apologize. This problem arose as grades were “officially” posted. My dean’s strong suggestion to my leaving only the class participation a result of a miscommunication grade was posted in a class, and it professor shows who really believed grades as a means of reducing the between William Mitchell and myself, was the grade I was expecting. the grades should be changed. It curve. Prior to receiving this notice and I am very sorry that it has led to The class did not have an exam and seems unfair that a dean who never from the school, I had been unaware almost all of you receiving lower only had paper assignments through- observed the class and who does not that William Mitchell was concerned grades than you probably expected as out the semester. Thus, I knew what know the expectations of the profes- about curves for courses of fewer a result of knowing your mid-term to expect, and I knew what my grade sor can suggest that the professor than 40 students. and final examination grades.” should be. My grade was posted on change the grades of students. If the “Although each of you received my unofficial Web transcript on professor believes that grades should fewer class-participation points than Wednesday, but by Friday afternoon be above the school’s recommended I had originally intended, in making the grade was no longer there. One average, then the professor should the adjustments I endeavored to week later, a new grade was posted. have the right to give those grades. ensure your relative class participa- Page 10 The Opinion • Winter 2001

person for advice. More and more Paul Marino Paul also was very active in the lawyers are becoming Internet savvy, Champion for the Powerless National Lawyers Guild. He served on CAREER and this is a fertile source of easy-to- the Minnesota Chapter’s steering continued from page 1 make contacts. committee and for two years as the 7) Be a volunteer covenants of habitability. Paul president of the Minnesota Chapter of COLUMN Volunteer at conferences and semi- became the Legal Aid Society’s the National Lawyers Guild. He Contributed by Kari Jensen Thomas, nars involving the area you want to Executive Director in 1970, and held played a key role in the National Associate Director for Career Services go into. You can find out about them that position until 1974, when he organization's “Committee on We hope you are enjoying the from either professional publications joined the faculty at William Mitchell Corporations, the Constitution and spring 2002 semester. We have lots of or postings at school. By volunteer- College of Law. Human Rights.” Most recently he has exciting career-related events sched- ing instead of just attending – even if During his twenty-seven years at fostered a national debate on the uled this spring and as always, are you’re just chauffeuring attendees, William Mitchell, Paul taught numer- growing role of corporations as actors here to assist you with you with your handling nametags, running errands, ous courses--Torts, Evidence, in the political sphere and brought job search. Feel free to stop by our pouring punch – you’ve automatically Employment Law, Work of the attention to the impact of corpora- office, call us or e-mail us if you have “broken the ice,” and talking to Lawyer, and Professional tions on the juridical and democratic any questions. people after that is a piece of cake. Responsibility. Along with his friend process. Given the current state of the legal First year students: Bernard Becker, who joined the Paul retired and became a William job market, we thought it would be Congratulations on completing your William Mitchell faculty a year before Mitchell College of Law emeritus useful to give you some pointers on first semester of law school! Now Paul did, Paul founded William professor of law in January 2001. He how to find jobs that are not neces- that you’ve survived the first round Mitchell’s Immigration Law Clinic. had barely begun his retirement sarily posted. Here are “Seven Proven of final exams and are settled into During Paul’s years at William when he suffered a near-fatal auto Methods for Getting Great ‘Hidden this semester, it is time to start Mitchell, he earned the admiration accident in Wisconsin, and then was Jobs’ for the Networking Challenged” thinking about what you want to do and affection of thousands of diagnosed with cancer. His health from Kimm Walton’s “Guerrilla Tactics this summer. We have enjoyed meet- students. Students loved the dramatic deteriorated inexorably and progres- for Getting the Legal Job of Your ing with most of the full-time first flair that he brought to the class- sively until March 14, when he died Dreams”: year students during your assigned room, and enjoyed his use of props peacefully at his home. 1) Write an article appointment times, and look forward and a “class villain” carefully chosen Paul is survived by his beloved Volunteer to write an article for to meeting with many part-time to be the good-natured foil for vari- daughters Maria and Angela, his you school newspaper or local or students as well. ous hypothetical situations addressed former wife Betty, and his two grand- state bar association newsletter During the 1L appointments, we in class discussions. children, Pablo and Adriana. He will involving your dream career, be it a gave each of you a copy of the Students appreciated Paul’s concern be sorely missed by them, by his profile of a prominent lawyer who National Associate for Law Placement and approachability--Paul always was colleagues at the law school and in does what you want to do, or a brief (NALP) article titled “Thriving as a the professor most likely to be found the practicing bar, by his many discussion of a cutting-edge issue. One-L during the Economic Downturn” talking to students in the student friends and relatives across the coun- Publications like these are always (which is available in the Annex). commons. He participated in try, by the many clients he served so crying out for articles. You’ll have According to this article: extracurricular programs for students, well, and by the thousands of fun, make valuable contacts, and “Your job prospects for the short- advising client counseling competi- students for whom he cared so learn tons. term are not as dismal as it may seem tion students, judging moot court deeply. Paul’s career is probably 2) Do extracurricular activities right now – and for the long-term, arguments, and presenting diversity summarized best by his own words Take part in extra curricular activi- assuming that you strive for a strong programs on discrimination and the that appear in his faculty homepage ties that have to do with what you’d academic performance, take advan- practice of law. on the William Mitchell website: like to do after law school. In doing tage of opportunities which will add In addition to his teaching duties “As an attorney and law professor, I so you will automatically come into to your credentials, and are diligent at William Mitchell, Paul continued have tried to provide effective legal contact with people who can – and in your networking and job search- his interest in and support of legal representation and voice to those who will- help you on your way. ing, your job prospects may be assistance to the poor and disadvan- too often are left behind economically 3) Go to lectures and programs positively rosy. This is because the taged, and was active in Hennepin or face discrimination in our nation. Go to programs put on by speakers legal job market, like all niche County Bar Association and Nothing makes me prouder than who do what you want to do. If noth- markets, is cyclical and highly Minnesota Bar Association committee former law students who tell me that I ing else, go up to them afterwards, responsive to economic market condi- work, particularly in the area of helped spark their interest in the legal tell them you enjoyed what they said tions. And as every law school career lawyers’ professionalism and in the services or pro bono work they are (every speaker responds to honest services counselor knows, ‘there will drafting of proposed rules of lawyers’ doing now.” compliments), and ask what steps always be good jobs for good lawyers.’” professional conduct. you ought to take to follow in their This article from NALP is designed footsteps. Most speakers truly enjoy to help first year law students with The Good News Report four essential tasks: being helpful – that’s why they speak Calendar continued from page 9 in the first place! 1. To increase your understanding 4) Ask for advice from lawyers of the cyclical nature of the legal job correction: Professor Anthony Winer partici- market, including how general pated in a panel presentation on Remember that everybody, particu- The Opinion’s last calendar listed larly a lawyer, likes to give advice. market conditions affect summer “Military Policy Towards Sexual employment and hiring of first year John F. Kennedy day and then said: Minorities and Its Impact on Campus” Whenever you are tongue-tied in the “The only thing we have to fear is presence of a lawyer, ask them: What law students; at the AALS Annual Meeting in New 2. Offer guidance as you undertake …” - the implication of course being Orleans on January 6. do you know now that you wish you that this was a Kennedy quote, knew when you started? What do a “smart” job search effort as a first Adjunct Professor Michael year; which is incorrect. The quote is: “The Landrum, a partner in Burk & you like about what you do? What only thing we have to fear is fear don’t you like? What would you 3. Help you fully utilize your law Landrum and AMERICORD©, its school resources, especially your itself,” and those words were spoken conflict management consulting divi- change if you could? If you were me, by President Franklin Delano how would you get your feet wet in career services offices and counselors, sion, mediated to settlement a as allies in your job search; and Roosevelt. The Opinion apologizes for consumer lending class action. The blah-d-blah career? the error. 5) Talk to alumni 4. Enhance your employability by class consisted of some 62,000 You are the natural object of giving you insight on the importance borrowers in 18 states and settled for bounty for alumni from both your of academic excellence, innovative $7.1 million. graduate school and your undergrad- thinking and participation in valued uate school. While it’s a mistake to work or volunteer activities. ask anybody for a job, it is wise and Stop by the Annex to pick up a very useful to ask for advice from copy of this article if you do not If you would be alums. Approach your alumni rela- already have a copy. tions director for information on Remember: Don’t despair! Our interested in alums who do what you want to do. office is here to help you map out 6) Post messages on the Bar your legal career search and we advertising in Association message board welcome the challenge of a tighten- The Opinion, please Find the Internet address for you ing legal job market. state and/or local bar association, contact next year’s got to the message board for your business manager at particular specialty (or the The Career Services Office geographic location where you’d like is located on campus in [email protected] to work), and post a message asking Room 103. The phone for advice about breaking in. If you number for Career Services read a comment from a lawyer and it is 651-290-6326. impresses you, specifically ask that The Opinion • Winter 2001 Page 11

April 4/12 - 4/14 EtrABBAganza Ted Mann Concert Hall - Mpls SBA Update Student by Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus Admission - $15-$25 By Suzette Kusnierek, SBA President For more info - www.tcgmc.org Intellectual Or call the TCGMC Office at 612-339-7664 Well here it is the end of the year. 4/19 4/20 4/21 Minnesota Twins vs. Cleveland Indians Metrodome It seems like just yesterday that I Property Call Ticketmaster for details was welcoming all the students back 4/21 MS Walk Pledges required 13 sites around Minnesota to classes. Oh how time flies! I hope Association For more info - www.themswalk.com or 612-335-7900 all of you had a safe and productive 4/22 WMCL Classes Makeup for MLK Day WMCL year. I want to take the time to By Gretchen Pesek, President 4/23 - 4/25 WMCL Reading Days congratulate the first years on strug- SIPLA - Students Into Planning Begining 4/25 70th Annual Festival of Nations Downtown St. Paul gling through the trauma of first Lots of Activities, or officially Admission $6-$8 year, and I only have one thing to Student Intellectual Property Law For more info - www.festivalofnations.com say: Don’t look back, you are almost Association, continues its resolution 4/26 WMCL Spring Semester Exams WCML done! to keep those winter pounds off by 4/26 - 4/27 St. Paul Art Crawl - “Art for your Life” Rossmor Building As the year closes so does my committing to more events for the 4/26: 6-10pm 4/27: 1-6pm 550 N Robert tenure on the SBA. I have enjoyed duration of the school year. To www.stpaul-artcrawl.org St. Paul, MN 55102 serving on the board for the last combat that pesky senioritis, elec- 4/27 Beastly Ball 2002 Minnesota Zoo, Apple Valley three years and getting involved with Free w/Zoo admission - $10 Adults $6.25 Seniors $5 Youth (3-12) tions for next year’s officers were people that I might not otherwise held at the March 6 meeting. This For more information call 952-431-9500 have met. I wish the new board the 4/27 PACER Center Benefit Mpls Convention Center ensured a smooth transition and best of luck in dealing with all the 6-8pm Silent Auction 8pm Program begins allowed members with a vested inter- issues that face them in the future, Admission $50-$525 Call 952-838-900 for more info est to keep the organization healthy. 4/27 - 4/28 Värmlandsjubileet The American Swedish Institue, Mpls and invite anyone to call me (yes, A roundtable spotlighting technology (The Värmland Jubilee) - American Swedish Institue even after I graduate) if there are licensing was held March 20; and the Admission - $8-$10 Call 612-871-4907 for more info any questions that they have. I have Law Review’s Entertainment Law Through 4/28 Unsatisfied, Minneapolis Rock in the 80’s Hennepin History Museum tried to make the SBA more visible Symposium slated for April 5 is For more info - www.hhmuseum.org phone:612-870-1329 and a stronger function of the eagerly anticipated by all. There will Admission: $2 per adult $1 per child/senior Free for members school. I hope that in the future this be a final business meeting in April May strength is increased and the and one last session after finals to 5/1 May Day Parade, Festival, Ceremony Powderhorn Park, Mpls students have more than just a seat refresh everyone’s souls. For Tickets call - 612-721-2535 in the meetings, but a voice for the With respect to future planning, 5/4 Macalester College 9am - 6pm Macalester Campus students to be heard. SIPLA would like to thank those who Scottish County Fair Shaw Field I am looking forward to graduation have completed and returned the For more info call 651-696-6239 on May 19th, as all of my classmates survey that was recently distributed 5/5 Cinco de Mayo Fiesta District del Sol along Concord Street, are. I want to congratulate all those via email. It is an opportunity for us For more info call - 651-222-6347 across river from downtown StPaul people who have traveled this path to gauge how much, or how little, or www.districtdelsol.com with me the last three years and interest exists regarding intellectual 5/7 WMCL Spring Semester Exams end - Time to RELAX!!! thank all of them. Without them I property here at Mitchell and to 5/10 - 5/12 Governor’s Fishing Opener International Falls, MN probably wouldn’t be here! For the incorporate the findings into next For more info call - 218-283-9400 or 1-800-325-5766 rest of you, don’t despair. Time will year’s schedule. Of course, the oppor- 5/11 - 5/12 Take a Mom Fishing Weekend Anywhere in Minnesota fly and you too will be facing gradua- tunity to give away sought-after For more info call - 651-296-0792 tion (and the bar exam) before you 5/12 Mother’s Day Bruch Starts at 10am Minnesota Zoo mystery prizes is a mere bonus. With know it. energy at a high and no cool-down in Admission - $19.95 Adults $7.95 youths (6-12) $3.95 children (3-5) I wish you all the best of luck on Zoo admission not included in above prices. sight, SIPLA looks forward to hosting finals. Remember to spend some time For more info call - 92-431-9500 the spring events, and as always, new with the people who are most impor- 5/18 Race to Stop Global Warming Minnehaha Park and Falls members are welcome. For more info - www.rtsgw.org Admission - $12-$20 tant to you this summer, because it 5/19 Minnesota AIDS Walk Minnehaha Park is those people who will surround If you are interested in SIPLA, To register call - 612-373-2411 you when you leave William Mitchell. please contact Gretchen Pesek at For more info - www.minnesotaaidswalk.org GOOD LUCK! [email protected]. 5/19 WMCL Commencement St. Paul’s River Center Seating starts at 1pm, Ceremony begins at 2pm 5/24 - 5/25 93X Fest Floatrite Park and Amphitheatre July For more info call - Tickemaster or www.93xfest.com Somerset, WI 7/3 - 7/4 Minneapolis Riverfront 4th of July Downtown Mpls Riverfront 5/28 WMCL Summer classes begin WMCL For more info call - 612-673-5123 5/30 - 6/1 Crazy Days Festival Downtown North St. Paul 7/11 - 7/21 Hopkins Raspberry Festival Hopkins, MN For more info call - 651-779-2977 For more info call - 952-931-0878 June or www.hopkins-raspberry-festival.org 6/1 St. Paul Saints vs. Sioux Falls Midway Stadium 7/12 - 7/14 Heritagefest 11am - midnight New Ulm, MN For more info call - 651-644-6659 or www.saintpaulsaints.com and 7/19 - 7/21 For more info call - 507-354-8850 or www.heritagefest.net 6/1 - 6/2 Flint Hills International Children’s Festival Ordway Center 7/12 - 7/13 Cities97 Basilica Block Party Hennepin Ave., Mpls “Family Days” St. Paul For more info - www.basilicablockparty.org For more info call - 651-224-4222 or www.ordway.org 7/19 Mpls Aquatennial Block Party 6pm -1:30am Downtown, Mpls 6/2 Grand Ol’ Day Grand Avenue, St. Paul 7/19 - 7/28 Mpls Aquatennial 2002 Minneapolis Event is free, but a $3 wristband fee is needed to get at the beer. For more info - www.aquatennial.org For more info call - 651-699-0029 7/20 Lifetime Fitness Triathalon $65-$200 Lake Nokomis Park 6/21 - 6/23 Back to the 50’s Weekend MN State Fair Grounds For more info call - 952-229-7227 or www.lifetimefitness.com Sponsored by the Minnesota Street Rod Association TBA Rockin’ Ribfest Downtown Mpls For more info - www.msra.com on Nicollet Mall Check your local paper for times. 6/22 25th Annual Mrs. Minnesota Pageant Fitzgerald Theater August Tickets are $25-$35 and go on sale 4/10 St. Paul 8/2 - 8/4 WE Fest Detroit Lakes, MN For more info call - 952-920-0681 For more info call - 218-847-1681 or 1-800-4WE-FEST 6/22 - 6/24 Marshall Fields’ Challenge $10-$400 Rush Creek Golf Club 8/3 - 8/4 Loring Park Art Festival Loring Park Tom Lehman’s Golf tourney Maple Grove, MN For more info call - 612-203-9911 or 651-633-2053 Mpls, MN For more info - www.marshallfieldschallenge.org 8/3 - 8/5 Uptown Art Fair Uptown 6/29 - 6/30 GLBT Pride Festival and Parade (6/30) Hennepin Ave to Loring Park For more info call - 612-823-4581 or www.uptownartfair.com For more info call - 952-996-9250 or www.tcpride.com 8/10 - 8/11 Irish Fair Harriet Island, St. Paul, MN 6/30 - 7/4 Taste of Minnesota Capitol Grounds, St. Paul For more info call - 952-IRISH11 For more info - www.tasteofmn.org 8/12 - 8/18 PGA Championship Hazeltine National Golf Club For more info - www.pga.com Chaska, MN 8/19 - 8/21 WMCL Orientation WMCL Contact Student Services for details. 8/22 WMCL Fall Classes begin WMCL 8/23 - 8/25 Honoring the Elders Pow-wow Pipestone, MN For more info call - 507-825-3734 or 605-594-3851