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Practicum Mentors & Areas of Speciality

Administrative Law

U.S. Department of Agriculture-Office of General Counsel
Agricultural Law; Commercial Law; Federal Government Practice

Metropolitan Council

Administrative agency; special projects in discrimination and diversity areas

Minnesota Department of Administration-Information Policy Analysis Division
Data Practices and Open Meeting Law (M.S. Chapters 13 and 13D); Development of Legislation; Legislative Process; Administrative Law-Contested Case Proceeding

Minnesota Department of Jobs and Training

Unemployment Benefits and Unemployment Taxes

Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry

Worker's Compensation; OSHA; Labor Law

Minnesota Department of Revenue

State Taxation (Minnesota); State Taxation (Comparison of other states)

Criminal Law

10th Judicial District Public Defender's (Anoka & Stillwater)

Criminal Defense-Adult, Juvenile, CHIPS/TPR, Juvenile Delinquency

Carver County Attorney's Office
Criminal prosecution; Social services; Juvenile; Corporate

Colich & Cahill

Criminal

Dakota County Attorney's Office

Public Interest (prosecution; victim services)

Office of the City Attorney - City of Duluth

Municipal law - both civil and criminal

Hennepin County Attorney
Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Criminal Procedure and the Rules of Evidence

Hennepin County Public Defender
Criminal defense

Mille Lacs County Attorney Office

Criminal prosecution/juvenile delinquents; CHIPS/civil committments/child support enforcement; civil practice/zoning, tax appeals, probate, etc.

Legal Assistance of Olmstad County

Family; Housing `

Ramsey County Attorney's Office- Criminal Division
Criminal Prosecution, Civil Advice to co-agencies & defense lawsuits brought against them, Juvenile Law, Human Services

Ramsey County Public Defender
Criminal Defense

Sherburne County Attorney's Office

Criminal Prosecution, Civil Enforcement Issues, Brief Writing

St. Paul City Attorney's Office

Municipal law office that represents the City in all matters ranging from economic development, labor, real estate, civil litigation and criminal prosecution

Office of State Public Defender

Criminal Appeals

Stiles Law Firm

Criminal Defense; Implied consent hearings

Strauss & Associates

Criminal

Tenth Judicial District Public Defender

Criminal defense; CHIPS/TPR; Juvenile delinquency  

Kyle White

Attorney at Law
Criminal, Licensure Cases-Doctors, Nurses, Psychologists, Law Students

State Public Defender - Wisconsin

Criminal Law; Juvenile Law

Health Law  

Appeals and Regulations Division

public law, public welfare law

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Minnesota

Regulatory & Corporate Compliance (health), Contract law, other health law

Legal Services Advocacy Project

Public interest law, Health law reform, Medicaid, Government benefits

Medica Health Plans

Health law; managed care law, ERISA, benefit contracts, administrative services agreements, provider contracts, privacy, fraud and abuse, antitrust, pharmacy benefit management issues, etc.  Intellectual property law and third party vendor contracts.  Employment law.

Minnesota Department of Health

Administrative law (contested case decisions, data practices, and rulemaking) public health law, emergency preparedness (isolation & quarantine, work force, and cross border agreements, etc.)

Minnesota Health and Housing Alliance

Legislative, administrative, regulatory, and public policy, laws affecting health law, elder law and housing law

Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services

Government benefits, Housing, Family

 

Legislative & Lobbying

  

American Heart Association

Government Relations

Faegre & Benson

Government relations; Environmental; Finance commerce law; Litigation; Labor/employment law; Health law; Corporate finance; Tax law; Intellectual property; Construction law

Hamline University School of Law

Legislation/corporate, firearms regulation 

Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren, Ltd

Government Relations; Environmental Law; Litigation

Minnesota Aids Project

Estate Planning; Discrimination; Public Benefits

Minnesota Bankers Association

Banking/Commerce; Taxation; Corporate Law

Minnesota Business Partnership

Public Policy: Fiscal, Education, Health Care

Minnesota Education

Education issues

Minnesota House and Senate

Legislative Issues - Placements vary with Representatives and Senate Members

Restorative Justice Community Action (RJCA)

ADR-Restorative Justice, Criminal law, Criminal Justice

Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce

Legislative/lobbying; Election law

 

Public Interest

Central Minnesota Legal Services

Family; Housing; Public Benefits 

Centro Legal, Inc.
Immigration; Family Law; Consumer/Landlord-Tenant/Employment

Education Minnesota

Public Law Issues; Contract Negotiation; Severance and Grievance Dispute Resolution

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Federal Fair Housing Act and Regulations; 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Regs; Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Immigrant Law Center (Ofincia Legal)

Immigration-family reunification, abused spouse petitions, deportation defense, temporary protected status, asylum, adjustment of status, citizenship and naturalization, special legislation for Nicaraguans, Salvadordans, Guatamalans, and Cubans.

Office of the Staff Judge Advocate/34th Infantry Division

Military law (military justice, military investigations, legal opinions, operational law) Client counseling and representation on various deployment issues (family law, housing, consumer, criminal)

Legal Aid Society of Minnesota
Housing; Government Benefits; Family

Legal Assistance of Washington County
Family Law; Social Security Appeals; General Practice; Landlord/Tenant

Legal Rights Center
Indigent public defense

Legal Services Advocacy Project
Low income law, including welfare, housing, family law, health care, taxes & employment issues

Mediation Center
Insurance, Business & Employment Disputes

Metropolitan Council Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity

Labor and Employment Law; Civil Rights Discrimination; Human Resources and Personnel Issues

Minnesota Department of Administration - Information Policy Analysis Division

Data practices and Open meeting law (M.S. Chapters 13 and 13D), Development of legislation; legislative process, Administrative law-contested case proceeding

Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights

Civil Rights complaints/Civilian Review Authority, employment law, housing allegations of discrimination, public service allegations of discrimination, public accomodations allegations of discrimination, labor organization, real estate, credit and lending, education, employment agency, and aiding and abetting.

Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights

International Human Rights Law; Immigration Law

Minnesota Aids Project

Public Interest; Benefits; Housing; Estate planning/wills/living wills/powers of attorney; Discrimination

Minnesota Department of Administration;Information Policy Analysis Division

Data practices and Open Meeting Law (M.S. chapters 13 and 13D); Development of legislation; legislative process; Administrative Law-contested case proceeding

Minnesota Civil Liberties Union
Constitutional Litigation; Civil Rights

National Child Protection Training Center

Child Protection/welfare; Public Interest

National Labor Relations Board-Region 18

Labor law-National Labor Relations Act

Robbinsdale Area Schools-HR/Frank Madden & Assoc.

Labor/Employment Law

Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, SMRLS

Housing discrimination; repair; homeownership/mortgage foreclosure; subsidized housing. With the exception of predatory lending/equity skimming work, the housing unit represents tenants exclusively

St. Paul City Attorney's Office
Civil; Criminal; Legal Advice to City of St. Paul

U.S. Department of Agriculture-Office of General Counsel

Agricultural Law; Commerical Law; Federal Government Practice

Corporate Law

Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America

Insurance; Corporate; Litigation

Carlson Hotels Worldwide, Inc.

Franchsing, Hotel operations (supporting the hotels we directly manage), Infrastrusture/Other (IT/Distribution/Marketing/Loyalty Programs/International)

Minnesota Banker's Association
Commercial, Banking, Securities Law

General Mills

Intellectual Property Portfolio Management (including patent application preparation and prosecution); Technology agreements (confidentiality, material transfer, joint development, consulting, technology licensing, etc.)  **NOTE: this placement recommends that students have taken Transnational Intellectual Property Law, Trademark Law and qualified to sit for the USPTP Patent Registration exam, having an undergraduate degree in the chemical or biological sciences) 

Graco, Inc.
Corporate; Commercial; Employee Relations; Intellectual Property; Intl. Compliance; Litigation (commercial & property)

Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren, Ltd.
Corporate; Bankruptcy-Chapter 7, Chapter 11, Chapter 13; Finance, Loan Restructuring; Work-out; Turnaround

Lindquist & Vennum, P.L.L.P.

corporate and banking clients in M&A, general corporate, litigation and general commercial matters

Minnesota Bankers Association 

Commercial Law; Banking law/Federal Regulatory/Securities; Contract Law; Taxation

The Toro Company

Litigation: Commercial & Product Liability; General Corporate; Intellectual Property

Judicial Clerk

Various placements available in State District Court, State Appeals Court, Federal District Court, Federal District Magistrate, Juvenile Court, Family Court, Probate Court in Metro Area

(See Practicum Program Administrator for more information)

Private Attorney

Aronson & Associates

Immigration law 

Balogh Becker LTD

Probate; Collections; Litigation 

Bethel & Associates, P.A.

Business, Litigation

Birrell, Dunlap & Ritts, Ltd.

Personal Injury, Criminal defense

Candlin & Wright-Staff Attorneys for St. Paul Companies

Insurance defense litigation

Capriotti & Associates

International/immigration, Marriage/Family based visas, Employment-Based visas (**Summer session only)

Centro Legal, Inc.

Immigration, Family law, Consumer/Landlord-tenant/Employment

Colich & Associates

Criminal

Dorsey & Whitney

Labor and Employment Law; Employment Discrimination

City of Duluth, Office of City Attorney

Municipal law - both civil and criminal

Eggink & Associates

Intellectual Property law, Patent, Trademark, Copyright law **Note: students need to have a science/engineering background to qualify for this placement.

Ferkul Law Office

Personal Injury, Workers compensation, Bankruptcy

Froelich & Associates

Dissolution; Criminal Defense; Civil litigation

Gemberling Law Office

Juvenile-criminal and child abuse/neglect; Family; Appellate

Goetz & Eckland 

Criminal Defense; Civil rights; Personal injury

Groth Law Firm

Commercial/Corporate; Real estate

Hoglund, Chwialkowski, & Greeman, P.L.L.P.

Social security disability law; Bankruptcy law; Personal injury law

Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota

Immigration

Jardine, Logan & O'Brien, P.L.L.P.

Civil litigation; Government liability; Workers compensation defense, general liability defense

Office of the Staff Judge Advocate/34th Infantry Division

Military law (military justice, military investigations, legal opinions, operational law), Client counseling and representation on various deployment issues (family law, housing, consumer, criminal)

Kampmeyer Kronschnabel Bader & Day

Personal Injury; Worker's Compensation; Corporate Law; Probate; Criminal

Krass Monroe

Business/Franchising; Financial Instutions/Banking; Litigation

Kurzman, Grant & Ojala

Criminal law; Family law; Personal injury litigation 

Lindquist & Vennum, P.L.L.P.

corporate and banking clients in M&A, general corporate, litigation and general commercial matters

Thomas J. Lyons & Associates, P.A.

Personal Injury-Plaintiff; Consumer law-Plaintiff

Frank Madden & Associates

Employment & Labor Law; School Law

Mazzitelli & Associates

Personal Injury, Criminal & Employment Law

McDonald & Associates

Family Law; Criminal; Wills, Trusts & Estates/Probate

Christopher Middlebrook, P.A.

Workers compensation; Personal injury

Miller & Kellermeier, P.A.

Real estate, business & commercial, contracts

Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights

Employment law, Housing allegations of discrimination, public service allegations of discrimination, public accomodations allegations of discrimination, labor organization, real estate, credit and lending, education, employment agency, and aiding and abetting.

National Child Protection Training Center

Child protection/welfare; Public interest

National Labor Relations Board-Region 18

Labor law-National Labor Relations Act

Oberman Thompson & Segal

Litigation; Corporate; Trusts & Estates

Osterbauer Law Firm

Personal Injury; Workers compensation

Rick L. Petry & Associates, P.A.

Civil litigation; Criminal defense; Real estate

Elizabeth M. Pierce

Family; Corporate; Gay & Lesbian issues

Deborah A. Randolph & Associates

Family; some probate

Law Offices of Rae L. Randolph

Sexual abuse; Criminal defense

Robbinsdale Area Schools-HR Department

School law; Labor/employment law; Constitutional law

Saliterman & Siefferman

Immigration, personal injury, family/criminal defense

Douglas G. Sauter & Associates, P.A.

Personal Injury; Family Law; Criminal Defense; General Litigation

Stuart Schmitz Attorney at Law

Estate Planning; Probate; Guardianship & conservatorship; Elder law

Schoenecker Law Firm, LTD

Business; Real estate

Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

Intellectual Property; Patent Prosecution (*students need to have science/engineering background to qualify for this placement)

Sivertson & Barrette

Employment litigation; Personal injury & General Litigation

Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services

Housing; Family; Government benefits

Stiles Law Firm

Criminal Defense; Implied consent hearings

Strauss and Associates

Criminal

Joel A. Thiesen Attorney at Law

Personal Injury; Criminal Defense; Civil; Business; Probate

University of Minnesota Student Legal Service

Family, Criminal, Consumer-landlord tenant; Immigration

United States Department of Agriculture

Agricultural law, commercial law, federal government practice

United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

Federal Fair Housing Act and regulations, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and regulations, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Valentini & Associates

Personal injury/medical negligence/wrongful death; Criminal/DWI defense; Professional misconduct defense

Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

Patent; Trademark; Copyright (*students need to have science/engineering background to qualify for this placement)

Walling & Berg, P.A.

Family Law

Westman, Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

Patent law; Trademark Law (*students need to have electrical engineering background to qualify for this placement)

Kyle White Attorney at Law

Criminal, Licensure Cases-Doctors, Nurses, Psychologists, Law Students

Robert Wilson & Associates

Personal injury; Workers compensation; Minor criminal defense

Zimmer Law Group

Immigration law, special education law

Zimmerman Reed

Personal Injury/Class Actions/Sports & Entertainment Law; Family Law; Civil Rights

 

Public Interest-Children & the Law

Children's Defense Fund-Minnesota

Public interest; legislative procedures(state level)

Hennepin County Attorney's Office

Child Protection-CHIPS

Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis

Juvenile law; Public benefits; Housing, including housing discrimination

 

Midwest Children's Resource Center

Juvenile law-dependency and neglect; real estate, corporate; litigation

Deborah Randolph, Esq.

Family-representing children in Family court; juvenile

Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc.

Family law and criminal law as they relate to battered women's legal concerns

Walling & Berg

Family law

Washington County Public Defender's Office

Adult criminal charges for felony, gross misdemeanor and misdemeanor offenses; Juvenile cases involving felony, gross misdemeanor and misdemeanor offenses; Juvenile certification, EJJ, CHIPS, permancy and termination of parental rights cases

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