Emerita Professor of Law
Professional Focus
Although Professor Iijima always taught traditional doctrinal courses, her research and writing also focused on issues of legal education, particularly alternatives to traditional law school teaching methods. With the law school’s director of counseling services, she developed the Collaborative Legal Studies Program, a program designed to encourage law students to work together on common issues of concern. She developed model curriculum for the ABA’s Council on Legal Education Opportunity. She helped develop and oversee the law school’s Compass programs, courses designed to help students improve their academic performance.
Education
B.A., 1977, Carleton College
J.D., 1985, University of Minnesota Law School
Experience
Mitchell Hamline School of Law: emerita professor of law, 2015–.
William Mitchell College of Law: emerita professor of law, 2008–2015; vice dean, 2006–08; professor of law, 1995–2008; associate professor of law, 1993–95; assistant professor of law, 1990–93.
Associate, Lindquist & Vennum, Minneapolis, 1986–90.
Clerk, Hon. Gerald W. Heaney, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, Duluth, Minn., 1985–86.
Admitted: Minnesota, 1986.
Leadership & Service
Member, Advisory Committee on the Rules of the Board on Judicial Standards, Minnesota Supreme Court; Trustee, National Outdoor Leadership School; Member, Carleton College Alumni Council; Chair, Labor & Empl. Section, Minnesota State Bar Assn., 1995–96.
