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Health Law
- Public Interest-Children & the Law
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