Volume 43, Issue 5

On March 22, 2017, business people, lawyers, and law students joined the Mitchell Hamline Law Review for its symposium entitled “Lawyers as Business Leaders: The Unique Skills, Knowledge, and Perspective of a Legal Education” at Able Seedhouse + Brewery in Minneapolis. The symposium explored the intersection of law and business through panels and presentations, as…

Section 1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed. Section 2. The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited. —Twenty-First Amendment to the U.S.…

The stereotypes about in-house legal departments are well established: chief financial officers see the legal department as a cost center, marketing and sales departments see the legal department as a hurdle that causes delays and stifles creativity, human resources sees the legal department as the creator of verbose policies, and most everyone else becomes spooked…

Amidst evolutions of technology and changes in the economy, the practice of law has changed such that being a lawyer today is not the same as it was even ten years ago. Part of this change can be attributed to the tremendous change in the United States workforce and how it is regulated. For example,…

Regulation Crowdfunding (“Reg CF”) has already celebrated its first anniversary. After a frustratingly long delay during Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rulemaking for the JOBS Act’s most modern securities fundraising technique, issuers may now tap the Internet’s vast populace to raise money. By many measures, the law is working—existing small businesses and new startups alike…

The roles for lawyers as leaders in business are growing exponentially. From traditional roles at law firms and in-house legal departments to roles in management, compliance, human resources, entrepreneurship, and more, opportunities abound for lawyers interested in taking on leadership opportunities within the intersection of law and business. As the opportunities for lawyers in business…