If you are a May 2017 Graduate, consider joining the Warren E. Burger Inn of Court!
What is the Burger Inn of Court?
The Warren E. Burger Inn of Court is a professional organization of judges, lawyers, law professors and law students in their final year of law school who are devoted to promoting Legal Excellence, Civility, Professionalism and Ethics in the law profession.
What are the Objectives of the Warren E. Burger Inn of Court?
- To be a membership of judges, lawyers, legal educators, and others as may be consistent with this Charter, to promote excellence in legal advocacy at the trial and appellate court levels.
- To foster greater understanding of, and an appreciation for, the adversary system of dispute resolution in American law, with particular emphasis on ethics and professional standards of excellence.
- To provide significant educational experiences that will improve and enhance the skills of lawyers as counselors and advocates and of judges as adjudicators and judicial administrators.
- To promote interaction among members of all categories in order to minimize misapprehensions, misconceptions, and failures of communication that obstruct the effective practice of law.
- To facilitate the development of law students and recent law school graduates and less experienced lawyers as skilled participants in the American court system.
- To build upon the genius and strengths of the common law and the English Inns of Court and to renew and inspire joy and zest in legal advocacy as a service worthy of constant effort and learning.
- To promote collegiality among professionals and to transmit ethical values from one professional generation to another.
Reprint of WARREN E. BURGER INN OF COURT CHARTER #86, ARTICLE I
Why Should I Consider being a member?
Membership in the Inn of Court is a great experience. You will have the opportunity to meet and become acquainted with judges and lawyers you may never have met if not for this experience. There are nine Mitchell Hamline School of Law student members in the Inn each year. Each student member is assigned to a group (or table) that is hosted by a judge. This is a fantastic opportunity to meet practicing attorneys and judges and build a realtionship with other members of the Inn. You will also work with the other members of the Inn of Court on a presentation that your table will present to the Inn membership. Each week a different table presents on their topic. Active participation as a student member is very important to a successful Inn of Court experience. Students are expected to attend all Inn meetings. The Inn of Court meets at the Town and Country Club (300 Mississippi Blvd, St. Paul) from 5:30pm to 8:00pm on the following days:
September 21, 2016, October 19, 2016, November 16, 2016, No Meeting in December, January 18, 2017, February 8, 2017*, March 16, 2017, April 20, 2017 and May 18, 2017.
*The Inn of Court meets on the third Wednesday of the every month, except December, when there is no meeting and in February, when we meet the 2nd Wednesday.
Questions? Please contact Karen Vander Sanden at karen.vandersanden@mitchellhamline.edu.
How do I apply?
Interested in participating? Please send an email to Karen Vander Sanden at karen.vandersanden@mitchellhamline.edu with the following attachments:
1. Your resume (saved a pdf. with your last name in the title) and
2. A short (less than one page) response to this question: Why do you want to particpate in the Warren E. Burger Inn of Court?
The Deadline to apply is Friday, August 5th at Noon.