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Mitchell Duo Global Champs WILLIAM MITCHELL COLLEGE OF LAW STUDENT NEWSPAPER VOLUME 46, ISSUE 1 FALL 2000 MITCHELL DUO GLOBAL CHAMPS Inside this issue: Grosland, Culp Win International Negotiation Competition William Mitchell Public Relations Department Special points of interest: in the negotiations. A panel of judges observed the sessions. The final round was a three-way negotiation, From the Editor 2 where two teams each represented a 50-percent shareholder in a fictional company, and the third team represented a party interested in buying the company. Prior to the competition, each team received negotiation simulations, including a common set of facts known by all WMCL Forum 2 participants and client directives known only to participants representing a particular side. Culp grew up in Green Bay, Wis., and earned his bachelor of business administration degree at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Before law school, he worked as a credit analyst and commercial Cartoons 6 Karen Olsen, Peter Culp, Bruce Grosland, Ned Ostenso lending trainee for First National Bank-Fox Valley; as a legal A team from William Mitchell "William Mitchell is extremely proud assistant-administrator in the legal- College of Law tied for first place in of our team and coaches for their affairs office at the University of the 2000 International Negotiation great achievement in this Wisconsin-Milwaukee; as a systems Competition held July 7-9 in competition," says Harry J. analyst in the Wisconsin public Wollongong, Australia. WMCL tied Haynsworth, William Mitchell's defender’s office, and owned and with Victoria University of operated TechnoLaw, a small 7 president and dean. "I know that SBA Update Wellington, New Zealand. This is the they all worked hard in preparing for business that provided computer and first time in the law school’s history this competition. Their achievement network support. After passing the that a student competition team is an important mark of excellence bar exam, Culp will join the Kennedy captured first place in an not only for our competitions & Graven law firm, Minneapolis, as international competition. program, but the entire institution." an associate, working primarily in Peter J. Culp and Bruce A. Grosland Coaches of William Mitchell’s the public-finance area. He lives in competed against five teams negotiation teams are Karen D. the St. Paul suburb of Gem Lake. representing four countries at the Olson, manager of the consumer Grosland earned his bachelor’s Student Organiza- 8-10 competition, which was hosted by the enforcement and antitrust division of degree at the University of tion Roundup faculty of law at the University of the Minnesota attorney general’s Minnesota-Morris and a master’s Wollongong. A team from the College office, and Ned E. Ostenso, partner in degree and additional educational of Law, London finished third. the Hopkins law firm Merrigan certification at St. Cloud State Culp, a May 2000 graduate of Brandt & Ostenso, who practices in University. He served in the U.S. William Mitchell, and Grosland, who the area of litigation. They tied for Navy and was an elementary teacher finished his J.D. degree at WMCL national first place in the negotiation in Morris, Minn. He held this summer, advanced to the competition in 1993, when they were administrative positions in public Special DFL 13 international competition after students at William Mitchell. school systems in Minnesota, including Kerkhoven-Murdock- Promary Feature taking first place in the American Negotiation competition tests law Bar Association’s 1999-2000 National students’ skills in a process that’s Sunburg, Appleton, Clinton- Negotiation Competition in Dallas, central to what nearly all attorneys Graceville, Crosby-Ironton, and Lake Feb. 12-13. They took first place at a do on a regular basis: communicate Crystal-Wellcome Memorial. He has regional competition Nov. 6-7 at the with counsel representing other helped manage his family’s jewelry University of South Dakota. parties to resolve disputes and to and music business and has served Grosland credits what he refers to as structure transactions and as minister of music at Living Waters Lutheran Church, Sauk You Might’ve 15 the “Mitchell component” for much of agreements. the team’s success. “Peter and I were The international competition Rapids. After law school, Grosland Missed It like a microcosm of Mitchell,” says included three rounds of negotiation. plans to practice law or work in Grosland. “We were an example of During the first two rounds, each education or a closely related area. that unique blend of ‘traditonal’ and two-person team represented a He lives in Sartell, Minn. He is ‘non-traditional’ students that makes fictional client and had face-to-face educational consultant to the law WMCL so unique in terms of law meetings with a team representing school and plans to teach education schools.” another client that was also a party law at St. Cloud State University this fall. PAGE 2 VOLUME 46, ISSUE 1 The Opinion Editors-in-Chief Lisa M. Needham thrilled that our first issue is hitting the proverbial The Opinion, Round Two stands right at orientation—that key time of trepi- dation and anticipation. My geekiness being abso- The Editors of the Opinion have begun the search for mate- rial to appear in our next edition, due out in August of 2000. “Well, we managed by the very skin of our lute, the start of each school year gives me a re- If you are interested in contributing an article, editorial or teeth, whatever that archaic Thorton Wilder-esque newed thrill. It reminds me that I came to law artwork, please forward your submissions to “The Opinion; phrase might mean, to get our first issue of the val- school because I can’t think of anything luckier c/o William Mitchell College of Law, 833 Summit Avenue, iantly resurrected Opinion out during finals last than another chance at education. Joseph Addison Saint Paul, MN 55155”, or to “[email protected]”. spring. We had the usual errors—both of grammar once said that education is “a companion which no The Opinion has selected its Editor-in-Chief for the 2000- and judgment—that accompany last minute activ- misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no 2001 academic year, but remains interested in identifying ity of any sort. enemy can alienate, and no despotism can enslave.” more raw, unabashed, journalistic talent for positions as Full disclosure, journalistic and legal: I didn’t dig Contributing Editors, If you are interested in being a mem- We swore this issue would be easier. We’d ber of the Opinion staff for the 2000-2001 academic year, take it slow, plan all summer, recruit new writers, up the Addison quote myself, but cribbed it from please forward your letter of interest, along with a writing and stroll into fall orientation with a brand the venerable Lewis Lapham at Harper’s. How- sample or column idea to The Opinion; c/o the Managing spankin’ new new and improved Opinion. ever, it’s true nonetheless. We are all damn lucky Editor. Ummm… to be here. The success of this newspaper and is tied to our ability and This is the fifth publication, large and small, I’ve Enough said. We’re here. We’re back. We willingness to build a community that appreciates and culti- worked on, and I’m now privy to the dirty little se- have the same vague, havoc-creating agenda as vates a diversity of opinions and points of view. The contri- cret of journalism: newspapers, much like appellate before. But this time, we have a whole year to in- butions of students, staff, faculty are essential to make this dulge ourselves.—Editor Lisa M. Needham venture successful. We look forward to hearing from you. briefs, are always, always, always done at the last possible minute. Speculation as to why this works this way is useless—adrenaline, laziness, fear—all Staff of these things could be a (or the) factor. It really Business Manager: Faculty Advisor doesn’t matter. Suffice to say we’ve been running Jennifer Macaulay Douglas R. Heidenreich around like madmen for the last few weeks. It did- n’t help when the business manager of the U of M paper laughed at us and explained that we should Contributing Editors: Chris Frank, Dan Gilchrist, have a staff. Staff??? Patrick W. Ostergren, Chris Leeder, Jennifer Hen- So, we rolled this out just in time for orien- derson, Angela Ring tation, and, for all my bluster, I’m honored and thrilled to be at the helm of this year’s Opinion. I’m The Eighth Circuit, the Supreme Court, and a Woman’s Right to Choose tive passed a partial ening conditions like depression, which would birth abortion ban by a render the law meaningless and allow doctors to vote of 287 to 141, continue to perform partial-birth abortions on which is a large demand, “ comments Dr. Franz. enough margin to over- On the Other Hand... ride an expected presi- "We are cautiously pleased that the Su- dential veto. Legisla- preme Court has joined with the vast majority of tion banning the proce- lower courts in striking down these dangerous dure has twice been and deceptive bans," said National Abortion passed by Congress, Rights Action League (NARAL) Foundation Vice but President Clinton President and Legal Director Betsy Cavendish. vetoed both bills. The "We have always maintained that such bans are president said he extreme, deceptive, and unconstitutional as they would sign a ban if it generally lack an exception to protect women's provided for exceptions health and could ban a number of safe abortion in cases where the procedures, including some used in the earlier pregnancy presented a stages of pregnancy." health risk to the "The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision spot- mother.
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