If you are a May 2026 Graduate, consider joining the Warren E. Burger Inn of Court.
The deadline to apply is May 20, 2025.
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.
Why should I consider being a member?
- 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 just nine Mitchell Hamline School of Law student members in the Warren E. Burger Inn of Court each year. Each student member is assigned to a group that is hosted by a judge.
- If you are selected to be a student member, you will work with the other members of the Inn of Court on a presentation that your group will present to the Inn membership. Each month a different group presents on their topic.
- Active participation as a student member is very important to a successful Inn of Court experience.
- This is a fantastic opportunity to meet practicing attorneys and judges and build a relationship with other members of the Inn of Court.
Meeting time and locations
- The Inn will meet on the third Wednesday of each month from September 2025 through May 2026 in person in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.
- All meetings will take place over dinner beginning at 5:30pm CT on the third Wednesday of each month during the 2025-2026 academic year.
- Selected students must commit to attending all meetings of the Inn of Court. Students will not be selected if they cannot attend all meetings of the Inn of Court and will not be allowed to discontinue their membership part way through the year.
Interested in learning more about the Inn of Court?
Email Professor Leanne Fuith at [email protected].
How do I apply?
Please send an email to: Professor Leanne Fuith at [email protected] with the following attachments:
- Your resume (saved as a .pdf with your last name in the title) and,
- A short (less than one page) response to this question: Why would you like to participate in the Warren E. Burger Inn of Court?
The deadline to apply is May 20, 2025.