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| '''William Mitchell College of Law''' is a [[law school]] located in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]], [[Minnesota]]. It offers full and part-time legal education in pursuit of the [[Juris Doctor]] (J.D.) degree. It is accredited by the [[American Bar Association]].
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| == History ==
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| The law school’s five predecessors (one in St. Paul, four in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis]]) were organized between [[1900]] and [[1919]] by [[attorneys]] who sought to open the doors of the legal profession to men and women, most of whom had to work full time to support themselves and often their families. The schools’ faculties were composed of distinguished judges and lawyers who taught from a sense of duty to the public and the profession.
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| Accredited by the [[American Bar Association]] in [[1938]], by [[1940]] the Minneapolis law schools had become one—the '''Minneapolis-Minnesota College of Law'''. In [[1956]], it united with the '''St. Paul College of Law'''. The new school was named for Justice [[William Mitchell]] of the [[Minnesota Supreme Court]] ([[1881]]–[[1899]]) whose opinions were regarded as models of brevity and sound judicial reasoning.
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| Despite the school’s modest beginnings, it has produced many outstanding attorneys, judges, and business and civic leaders, among them the 15th [[Chief Justice of the United States]], [[Warren E. Burger]] ’31, and the first woman to serve on the [[Minnesota Supreme Court]], [[Rosalie E. Wahl]] ’67. In addition [[Harry Blackmun]], another U.S. Supreme Court justice was an instructor there.
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| By [[1980]] William Mitchell offered daytime classes and the option of full-time enrollment.
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| In [[1990]] the law school dedicated the new Warren E. Burger law library, which houses the law school’s growing collection, affords rapid electronic access to thousands of additional documents, and provides quiet, comfortable study spaces for individuals and groups. Justice [[Sandra Day O'Connor]] attended the dedication along with [[Warren Burger]].
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| William Mitchell celebrated its 100th anniversary in [[2000]].
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| == Trivia ==
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| William Mitchell has an informal hockey team, the mascot of which is the "Fightin' [[Eelpout]]."<ref>http://www.wmitchell.edu/news/events/event.asp?mo=10&ye=2005&id=2695</ref> Rumor has it the name was suggested by then Governor [[Jesse Ventura]], who was a guest on campus. A student asked him what he should name the school's hockey team, and Ventura suggested the "Fighting Eelpout."
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| == External link ==
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| * [http://www.wmitchell.edu/ School website]
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| * [http://www.abanet.org/legaled/approvedlawschools/alpha.html List of ABA approved law schools]
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| == Notes and explanations ==
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