Jean M. Whitney
Interim Director, Externship Program
Lawyering Process Professor
Phone: 702-895-2357
Email: jean.whitney@unlv.edu
Website: 2009 AALS Annual Meeting
Education:
B.A., University of Minnesota, 1974
M.Ed., University of Minnesota, 1980
J.D. magna cum laude, William Mitchell College of Law, 1988
Professor Whitney is a 1988 magna cum laude graduate of the William Mitchell College of Law. After earning her J.D. degree, she clerked at the Minnesota Supreme Court and served as an assistant attorney general in Minnesota. From 1990 to 1999, Professor Whitney was the director of policy and legal services for the Minnesota Department of Corrections and taught as an adjunct professor of legal writing at the William Mitchell College of Law. Professor Whitney teaches Lawyering Process, Legal Drafting, Professional Responsibility, Legal Education & Assistance to Prisoners and other Community Law (service learning) courses.
Areas of Expertise
- Service Learning
- Lawyering Process
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