Senior Academic Technology Officer
Rolf and Nancy Engh Distinguished Professorship
Professor of Law
Gregory Duhl is the Rolf and Nancy Engh Distinguished Professor of Law and the senior academic technology officer at Mitchell Hamline. In this role, he provides strategic leadership and direction for academic technology applications, initiatives, and support services across the broad spectrum of instructional technology functions; provides leadership in planning and policy related to curriculum development, eLearning, and other instructional technology initiatives that facilitate achievement of the institution’s strategic goals; and builds partnerships among campus academic support units to work collaboratively toward achievement of institutional goals that can be addressed through instructional technology.
Greg was formerly the faculty director of blended learning and instrumental to the school’s effort to launch the first half online/half in-person J.D. program at an ABA-approved law school. He primarily teaches commercial law, contracts, and bankruptcy and is the co-editor-in-chief of The Business Lawyer, the scholarly law journal of the ABA Section of Business Law.
Benjamin Franklin best summarizes my philosophy on working with students at Mitchell Hamline: “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”
Education
B.A., 1991, Yale College
J.D., 1995, Harvard Law School
LL.M., 2002, Temple University School of Law
Experience
Mitchell Hamline School of Law: associate dean for strategic initiatives, 2015-; professor of law, 2015-.
William Mitchell College of Law: professor of law, 2013-2015; associate professor of law, 2008-2013.
The Business Lawyer: associate editor-in-chief, 2011-; executive editor, 2008-2011; managing editor, 2007-2008; associate faculty editor, 2006-2007.
University of Tulsa College of Law: assistant professor of law, 2006-2007.
Southern Illinois University College of Law: visiting assistant professor of law, 2004-2006.
Temple University School of Law: Abraham L. Freedman Teaching Fellow and Lecturer-in-Law, 2002-2004.
Commercial transactional and litigation attorney, private practice, Chicago, IL, 2000-2002.
Associate, Schiff Hardin & Waite, Chicago, IL, 1999.
Associate, Brown & Bain, P.A., Phoenix, AZ, 1997-1999.
Assistant Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1996-1997.
Associate, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, 1995-1996.
Admitted: Illinois, 1995.
Leadership and Service
Chair, Academic and Student Affairs Committee, 2012-
Member, Academic Leadership Team, 2012-
Managing Director, William Mitchell’s Center for Negotiation & Justice, 2010-2015
Chair, Curriculum Committee, 2010-2012
Chair, First-Year Pilot Implementation Committee, 2010-2012
Director, William Mitchell Fellow Program, 2009-2011
