The Opinion
The William Mitchell Opinion was William Mitchell College of Law's student newspaper from 1959-1979, when it was renamed simply The Opinion, after losing funding from the school administration. The Opinion continued publication under that name from 1979-1998. It was revived in 2000 as an online publication and ceased publication again in 2009.
The Opinion was published by the Student Bar Association of WMCL from 1959-1998, and a student organization from 2000-2009. Over the course of its publication, it won multiple national awards for legal writing. Regular features included school news, editorials, legal opinions, and even a sports section.
This digital collection is maintained by the staff of the Warren E. Burger Library of Mitchell Hamline School of Law.
Disclaimer: These newspapers reflect the attitudes, perspectives, and beliefs of different times. Neither the library nor the school endorses the views expressed in these collections.
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William Mitchell Opinion – Volume 21, No. 1, September 1978
William Mitchell College of Law
Selected Table of Contents
- New admissions program is within Bakke guidelines / Clara Kalscheur
- 80 First Year Students Begin 3 Year Program
- Maybe something decent will come of it / Diane Dube
- Wahl's experience is campaign issue
- Inquiry: Stacey Ellison: breath after death / Bob Davis
- Summer conventions draw Mitchell representatives / Tom Copeland
- State campaign laws challenge candidates / Jennifer Bloom
- Three issue volume is Law Review goal / Lori-jean Gille
Editorial Board
Jennifer Bloom; Tim Hassett; Sally Oldham; Rob Plunkett; Rich Ruvelson
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William Mitchell Opinion - Volume 20, No. 6, April 1978
William Mitchell College of Law
Selected Table of Contents
- Professor Draws Controversy / Loretta Frederick; Tom Copeland
- Counterpoint on Juvenile Justice / Bob Davis
- Update on Minority Recruitment / Tom Copeland
- Administration Criticizes Opinion Reporting
- Evaluating Student Evaluations / Tom Copeland
- Irving Younger on Legal Education / Michael Moriarity
- Work-Study Student Profiles
- Nick Schaps: In Memoriam
Editorial Board
Loretta Frederick, Michael T. Norton, Tom Copeland, Ken Davis
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William Mitchell Opinion – Volume 20, No. 5, March 1978
William Mitchell College of Law
Selected Table of Contents
- Senior Practice: How Much Supervision? / Ken Davis
- New Advertising Rules Challenged / Michael Norton
- Reforming the Juvenile System / Bob Davis
- Wine Tasting Party / Tom Lovett
- Who Runs the Clinics? / Georgene Yost
Editorial Board
Loretta Frederick; Michael Norton; Tom Copeland; Ken Davis; Carol Schoen
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William Mitchell Opinion – Volume 20, No. 4, February, 1978
William Mitchell College of Law
Selected Table of Contents
- SBA Parking Plan for Women Upheld / Michael Moriarity
- Lawyers for Students? / Tom Copeland
- Cameras Go to Supreme Court / Michael Norton
- County Courts Count on Foristell / Ken Davis
- What's in the Legislative Hopper? / Greg Colby
- SBA Allocates $5100 at January Meeting / Tom Copeland
- Book Review: A Rumor of War / Jim Haigh
Editorial Board
Loretta Frederick; Michael Norton; Tom Copeland; Ken Davis; Carol Schoen
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William Mitchell Opinion – Volume 20, No. 3, November 1977
William Mitchell College of Law
Selected Table of Contents
- Recruiting Minorities / Tom Copeland
- Research Computer / Lou Jungbauer
- SBA Parking Attacked / Michael Moriarity
- Opinion Special Dedication Pictorial
- Prof. Prince on Environmental Law Issues / Greg Colby
- Passing the Bar / David Grant; Andrew Selden
Editorial Board
Loretta Frederick Michael Norton; Bill Orth; Ken Davis; Carol Schoen
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William Mitchell Opinion - Volume 20, No. 2, October 1977
William Mitchell College of Law
Selected Table of Contents
- Bakke to Supreme Court / Susan Glass
- Ride-Along-Program a Real Trip / Karen Shimon
- 3 WM. Mitchell L. Rev. (1977) / Dennis Trooien
- ERA Incorporated / Barb Gislason
- Fall Moot Court Competition
- Urban Homesteading
Editorial Board
Loretta Frederick Michael Norton; Bill Orth; Ken Davis; Carol Schoen
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William Mitchell Opinion - Volume 20, No. 1, September 1977
William Mitchell College of Law
Selected Table of Contents
- Navigating the Curriculum / Mike Norton
- Wahl Gains High Court Bench / Karen Shimon
- Bar Wars / Steve Halsey
- Law Student Division of ABA Meets in Chicago / Chris Sitzmann
- New Faculty Members / Bill Orth
- National Lawyers Guild
- Tort System Faces Crisis / Helen Dovolis
Editorial Board
Loretta Frederick; Michael Norton; Bill Orth; Ken Davis; Carol Schoen
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William Mitchell Opinion – Volume 19, No. 6, April 1977
William Mitchell College of Law
Selected Table of Contents
- SBA Elects Board / Loretta Frederick
- Dismissal Over Attendance Sparks Protest
- Women's Conference Held / Barbara Gislason
- Spring Moot Court Competition / Helen Dovolis
- Quiz: Could you be a government attorney?
- Lawyers Slaughter English / Ronald Goldfarb
- 50 Lies for Next Year's Freshmen
- Curriculum Still Changing / Jim Haigh
- Legal Services in Minnesota
Editorial Board
Michael Moriarity Loretta Frederick; Larry Klun; Jim Kroner
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William Mitchell Opinion - Volume 19, No. 5, March, 1977
William Mitchell College of Law
Selected Table of Contents
- Committee Changes Curriculum / Jim Haigh
- Students to Vote on Code / Al Bonin
- Law Muddy Oil Spill Problem / Greg Colby
- Good Evidentiary Practice in Family Court / Loretta Frederick
- Effective Cross-Examination / Jim Kroner
- Mitchell Law Review Thrives / Loretta Frederick
- Annual Wine Tasting Party a Smash / Mike Norton
- Proposed Student Code
Editorial Board
Michael Moriarity; Loretta Frederick; Larry Klun; Jim Kroner; Angie McCaffrey; Jim Haigh; Tad Jude; Linda Jessen; Linda Jenny; Greg Colby; Karen Shimon; Randy Victor; Mark Cosimini; Steve Halsey
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William Mitchell Opinion - Volume 19, No. 4, February, 1977
William Mitchell College of Law
Selected Table of Contents
- On Graduation, Bar Exams, & Social Disease / Peter Hill
- Court Rules Pregnancy Not Disability / Karen Shimon
- LAMP in LIMBO / Mike Moriarity
- Women's Rights Handbook Released / Linda K. Jenny
- Sexual Assault Seminar / Loretta Frederick
- Legal Lines / Trial magazine
- Faculty Evaluations Released
Editorial Board
Michael Moriarity Loretta Frederick; Larry Klun
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William Mitchell Opinion - Volume 19, No. 3, December 1976
William Mitchell College of Law
Selected Table of Contents
- Matrix & Self-preservation / Karen Shimon
- Sexual Assault: Preventive Programs and Legislative Reform / Loretta Frederick
- The Law Review / Larry Klun
- Wright Speaks on BWCA / Scott Neff
- PAD Sets Membership Drive... Installs Officers / Dave McDonald
- Problems and the Exam Predicament / Karen Shimon
- Library Study / Barb Johnston
- Stereo Steals for Christmas / Jerry Zelesnikar
Editorial Board
Michael Moriarity Larry Klun; Roberta Keller; Louis Tilton
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William Mitchell Opinion – Volume 19, No. 2, November 1976
William Mitchell College of Law
Selected Table of Contents
- Legal Advertising: A Trend in the Law / Larry Klun
- A School of Good Intentions? / Larry Klun
- New Offerings - Courses and Instructors / Bobbie Keller
- New Books, Used Books & Checkbooks
- Carter & Ford on Crime & Justice / Greg Colby
- Mitchell Launches Fund Drive
- Elmer Smith - Lumberjack's Lawyer / Tom Copeland
Editorial Board
Michael Moriarity Larry Klun; Roberta Keller; Louis Tilton
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William Mitchell Opinion - Volume 19, No. 1, September, 1976
William Mitchell College of Law
Selected Table of Contents
- Assistant Deans Named: Stine; Green / Linda Jessen; Larry Klun
- Minnesota Law Schools in a Nutshell / Larry Klun
- PAD Convention Report Georgia Holmes
- Becker Argues Landmark Indian Case Karen Shimon
- Proposed Student Code
Editorial Board
Michael Moriarity Todd Young; Larry Klun; Roberta Keller; Louis Tilton
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William Mitchell Opinion - Volume 18, No. 4, April 1976
William Mitchell College of Law
Selected Table of Contents
- Meshbesher for the Defense: Money's best buy / Elizabeth Binkard
- Sour Grapes? / Maury Airity
- Burger preserves Summit Avenue Zoning / Robyn Hansen
- Summit Avenue proclaims glory of the past / Ernest Sandeen
- Alumni President can not say, 'No'! / Candy Clepper
- Women's Conference airs views on law / Susan Strand
Editorial Board
Duane L.C.M. Galles Edward Lief; Todd Young; Roberta Keller; Louis Tilton
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William Mitchell Opinion - Volume 18, No. 3, March, 1976
William Mitchell College of Law
Selected Table of Contents
- Paying the Price
- Campaign '76 Libertarian attorney seeks White House / Edward Lief
- Governor Anderson on Reserve Mining / Tad Jude
- Trustees have concerns about the College
- Architects present OLP Renovation Plans
- Founder and teacher was crusading advocate / Duane Galles
- Criminal Justice Reform Act: Cure or Ill? / Richard Haack
- Environmental Concerns: MPIRG seeks legislative action / Betsy Parker
- Frederick McGhee: Minnesota's First Black Attorney / Duane Galles
Editorial Board
Duane Galles Edward Lief; Todd Young; Roberta Keller; Louis Tilton
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William Mitchell Opinion - Volume 18, No. 2, November, 1975
William Mitchell College of Law
Selected Table of Contents
- OLP - Don't it make you want to go home?
- Pine Ridge: '75 / Brian J. Peterson
- Thompson still battles for release / Rich Gillman
- Attorneys', clients' clothes carry message to judge, jury / Kathy Davis; Dianne Wright
- McKinley case limits routine traffic stops, license checks / Mark Pfister
- Reports attack Hennepin County attorney / Frank Gerval
- Black Capitalism: What are the alternatives? / Andrew W. Haines
- Law School: Two Approaches / Steve Corson
- Where have all the barristers gone? / Duane Galles
Editorial Board
Mindy Elledge Frank Gerval, Edward Lief, Dan O'Leary, Roberta Keller
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William Mitchell Opinion – Volume 18, No. 1, September 1975
William Mitchell College of Law
Selected Table of Contents
- The Rise and Fall Bob Malone Mitchell, Sisters 'pawns' - but whose game? / Maury Landsman; Frank Gerval
- Supreme Court Strikes Lawyers' Fee Schedules / Bruce Douglas
- Legal Research: Taking the pain away / Linda Jungers Gerval
- Survey Shows how to get money with what strings attached / Edward Lief
- Let's kill all the lawyers! / Stephen Parrish
- Thompson: No excuse for not studying / Dianne Wright
- Hennepin County eases into new rules / Eric J. Magnuson
Editorial Board
Mindy Elledge, Frank Gerval, Edward Lief, Dan O'Leary, Roberta Keller
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William Mitchell Opinion - Volume 17, No. 6, April, 1975
William Mitchell College of Law
Selected Table of Contents
- Counsel's 'Contemptuous' Conduct Condoned / Mark W. Peterson
- ABA Convention to be in Montreal
- Fault May Still Play Role Under State's New Divorce Law, says Jaycox / Ronald Mund
- Privacy V. Right to Know: Local Media Vary on Noting Rape Victim's Name / Frank Gerval
- Reviewer not Suprised: Law Review Top Drawer / Norton L. Armour
- Mitchell Researchers, Lobbyists, Politicians Make Their Mark on Legislative Process / Bruce Hanley, Steve Corsen
- A Look at European Legal Systems: Lesson: Don't Leave Undies in Austria / Duane Galles
- Police Awe Students With Insiders' Views / Mark Pfister
- Impact of State, Federal Information Acts Unclear / Bruce Douglas
Editorial Board
Jeanne L. Schleh, Mindy Elledge, Edward Lief, Frank Gerval, Roberta Keller, Stephen Halsey
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William Mitchell Opinion - Volume 17, No. 5, March, 1975
William Mitchell College of Law
Selected Table of Contents
- Aimed at Minnesota Law: Mitchell's Law Review Debuts / Bruce Hanley
- Professor Discusses 'Dodo' Students / Roger Haydock
- Blind Attorney Says Doubters Were his Greatest Handicap / Ralph Carter
- Coping with Marriage and Law School: Experts Tell Their Successes, Failures / Jeanne Schleh, Kathy Gearin, Frank Gerval
- Early Look at '75 Session: Many Criminal Justice Bills in Hopper / Scott Holdahl
- First Local Black Attorney was Scholar, Activist / Duane Galles
- Judge Kalina Limits Local Gallo Boycott / David Cohoes
Editorial Board
Jeanne L. Schleh, Mindy Elledge, Edward Lief, Frank Gerval, Roberta Keller, Stephen Halsey
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William Mitchell Opinion - Vol. 17, No. 4, February, 1975
William Mitchell College of Law
Selected Table of Contents
- Mitchell Students Argue For Defense: Court Dismisses Civic Center Search Cases / Jeanne Schleh
- For Whom Does the Bookstore Operate / Frank Gerval
- Mitchell Was Cut Out for Appellate Judgeship / Duane Galles
- Winter Graduation: A Mitchell First / Jim Lundin
- Minnesota High Court Applies Conflicts Rule to Direct Action Case / William Danforth
- No State Action in Utilities Case, Court Finds / Bruce Douglas
- Registration: Hail, Heidenreich, Full of... / Jim Yates
- For Nostalgia Buffs Only... Pearl Harbor Day: Getting Bombed
- Lt. Governor's Compromise to Fight Tooth Decay: Dentist Works to Exempt Brainerd from State Fluoride Law / Edward Lief
- Popular Participation is Key to Cuban Legal System / David Cohoes
Editorial Board
Jeanne L. Schleh, Mindy Elledge, Edward Lief, Frank Gerval, Roberta Keller, Stephen Halsey
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William Mitchell Opinion, Volume 17, No. 3, December 1974
William Mitchell College of Law
Selected Table of Contents
- Our Lady of Peace Prime Contender: Search for New Building Continues / Allan Shapiro
- Faculty Profile: 40 Years in the Law, 15 Years at Mitchell, Green has Worked for Change in Both / Jim Lundin
- Sanborn - the Man Behind the Portrait / Duane Galles
- Rules Analysis Sparks Ethics Comment / Mark W. Paterson
- Referendum This Week: Law Student Input Benefits MPIRG, Students / Bill Jacobson
Editorial Board
Jeanne L. Schleh, Mindy Elledge, Edward Lief, Frank Gerval, Roberta Keller, Stephen Halsey
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William Mitchell Opinion – Volume 17, No. 2, October 1974
William Mitchell College of Law
Selected Table of Contents
- Dean Selection gets Underway: Trustees Hear Shaver Report / Allan Shapiro
- Minn. Proposed Rules of Criminal Procedure: Will the Defense Ever be Able to Rest? / Mark W. Peterson
- Bar Exam Serves Valid Purpose, Says Bar Chief / Patrick Martyn
- Admittee: Bar Exam Archaic / Don Horton
- Full Time Parole Board Feels its Way: An Insider's View of Parole in Minnesota / Edward Lief
- Student Researches Retrocession for Leech Lake Indians / Roger Clarke
- Luck, Hard Work may Bring Midwestern Accreditation / Jim Lundin
- The Wounded Knee Trial: How it Ended... / Linda Gallant
- Real Clients Make the Difference; Clinic Offers Students Civil, Criminal Practice / Patrick Martyn
- Law Student Relates Jury Experience / Frank Gerval
Editorial Board
Jeanne L. Schleh, Mindy Elledge, Edward Lief, Frank Gerval, Roberta Keller
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William Mitchell Opinion, Volume 17, No. 1, August 1974
William Mitchell College of Law
Selected Table of Contents
- Opinion Named First in Nation
- U.S. Summer Term Decides Executive Privilege, Racial Desegregation Plan Issues / Mark W. Peterson
- Think Positively,' Judge Tells Grads / Roberta Keller
- State Offers Low-Interest Student Loans / Edward Lief
- Registration=Frustration / Frank Gerval
- Impeachable Offense' Loosely Defined: Minnesota Has Own Impeachment History / Duane Galles
- Women Brace 'Man's World' Together / Frank Gerval
- To Neff, 'School of Divine is not Mitchell' / Frank Gerval
Editorial Board
Jeanne L. Schleh, Mindy Elledge, Edward Lief, Frank Gerval, Roberta Keller
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William Mitchell Opinion - Volume 16, No. 7, May 1974
William Mitchell College of Law
Selected Table of Contents
- SBA Board Elects 1974-'75 Officers / Don Horton
- Opinion Editor, LSD Rep to be Elected this Week
- Minnesota Bar Among Leaders in Requiring Continuing Legal Education
- Children and the Law: Local Program Getting National Visibility / Frank Gerval
- Mitchell Students Attend LSD Conference in Des Moines
- College's Founders Were Legal Reformers of Their Day / Duane Galles
- Kyle Montague- A Legend and an Educator / Frank Gerval
- The Methodology of Logic in the Law of Statutory Liens: Possession Worthier Than Ninety Percent / Alan D. Harris
- Mitchell Student Enters Political Race in 65A / Frank Gerval
Editorial Board
Stephen R. Bergerson, Jeanne Schleh, Greg Gaut, Edward Lief, Mindy Elledge, Roberta Keller