Perspectives

Perspectives is the University of Minnesota Law School's publication for alumni, faculty, students, staff, and supporters and is published twice a year.

Spring 2009 Perspectives takes a global view

Preparing students to work internationally is nothing new for the Law School, which has offered international law courses for decades and an LL.M. degree for 15 years. What is new is the growing need to be able to function in the global legal community. In this issue’s cover story, “Training a Global Workforce,” Frank Jossi describes the experiences of several graduates, some returning to a global practice in their home countries and others finding work in legal or business departments of multinational corporations, and shares what they say about their Minnesota training.

The photo essay begun in the Fall 2008 issue to mark the Law School’s 120th anniversary brings events up to the more-recent past in this issue. A close look at the 1980 faculty (page 23) should reveal some familiar faces. Another feature story in this issue describes Common Grounds, a cross-disciplinary group of students from the Law School, the Humphrey Institute, and the Carlson School of Management with more than networking on their minds.

Also in the spring issue: visits from Justice Clarence Thomas, Judge Guido Calabresi, Professor John M. Finnis, and Professor Nadine Strossen; the Law Library’s Clarence Darrow Digital Collection; new faculty and staff; curriculum and concentration developments; journal-sponsored symposiums; anniversaries for the Human Rights Center and the Consortium/Joint Degree Program; Moot Court results; faculty news and lectures; Class Notes; and profiles of faculty, students, and alumni.

In addition, numerous photos capture such events as the Race for Justice, the TORT production, the Fighting Mondales’ third-place finish, the spring alumni weekend, and alumni receptions.

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