Judge Profile:

Judge Harriet Lansing Court of Appeals Minnesota Judicial Center Phone: (651) 297-7650 Appointed/Elected: Appointed November 1, 1983. Elected 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002 and 2008. Her current term expires in January 2015. Education: University of Minnesota Law School (J.D. 1970); Macalester College (B.A. 1967). Employment Background: Judge, Ramsey County Municipal Court (1978-1983); St. Paul City Attorney (1976-78); Private Practice (1973-76); Assistant City Attorney 1972-73); Staff Counsel, St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority (1970-72). Bar Admissions: Minnesota Supreme Court (1970); Federal District Court, District of Minnesota (1971); Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals (1976); United States Supreme Court (1987). Teaching and Related Law School Activities: Faculty member of New York University Law School’s Appellate Institute 1999-2003; Adjunct Professor William Mitchell College of Law 2002-2003 (teaching state constitutional law), 1978-1981 (teaching trial skills); Adjunct Professor Hamline Law School 1990-92; William Mitchell Diversity Program 1990; William Mitchell Minority Employment Program 1991; University of Minnesota Law School Board of Visitors, Chair 1990-92; University of Minnesota Law School Committee to Determine Class Size 1985; and University of Minnesota Endowed Chair Selection Committee 1988-91. Professional Organizations: National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (1994-present), executive committee (2001-2003) and Committees to Redraft Limited Liability Companies Act, Limited Partnership Act, and Uniform Certification of Questions of Law; Supreme Court Gender Fairness Task Force, Vice Chair 1986-89; National Center for State Courts Committee to Reduce Appellate Delay (1987-1989); Fellow, American Bar Foundation (1992-current); Warren Burger Inns of Court (1992-93); Minnesota Institute for Legal Education Advisory Committee (1985-89); Supreme Court Continuing Education for Judges (1983-88); National Association of Women Judges, Board of Directors (1981-83), Education Chair for National Conference (1987); National Conference of Special Court Judges (1972-83), Delegate to National Convention 1979, 1982, Minnesota Judicial Academy, Criminal Curriculum Committee; American Bar Association (1970-present); Minnesota State Bar Association (1970-present), Chair, Long-Range Planning Committee (1979-83); Minnesota Bar Foundation (1978-81), Secretary/Treasurer (1979-81); Ramsey County Bar Association (1970-present), served on various committees including Ethics Committee and Jurisprudence and Law Reform; American Judges Association; American Judicature Society; Ramsey County Judges Association; American Interprofessional Institute. Community Organizations: Judge Lansing has served on a number of community boards and committees, including the Ramsey County league of Local Governments Study Commission on Court Consolidation, Crime Victims Center Advisory Board, Corrections Advisory Board, Family Service of St. Paul, YMCA Camp Widjiwagan Board of Directors, Ramsey County Juvenile Center Building Committee, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra (vice president and six years on executive committee). She has served on various selection committees including MEA Teacher of the Year, Frank Premack Journalism Award, Warren Burger Scholarship Committee, and Rhodes Scholar Selection Committee (Minnesota chair 1986-87). Other Teaching and Lecturing Activities: Frequent lecturer on judicial and legal education, including appellate advocacy seminars, Minnesota Constitution seminars, housing law seminars, Robert A. Taft Institute of Government Seminar, National Practice Institute, American Judicature Society, Minnesota Administrators Academy, Center for International Leadership. Judge Lansing has received distinguished service awards from Macalester College, the University of Minnesota Law School, the St. Paul Jaycees, and the Y.W.C.A. Published Materials: Rosalie E. Wahl and the Jurisprudence of Inclusivity, 21 William Mitchell Law Review 11 (Fall 1995); Co-Author, The Preparation and Presentation of a Claim Based on the Minnesota Constitution, Government Liability Institute (Minnesota State Bar Association, 1993); Gender Fairness Task Force Report 15 William Mitchell Law Review 827 (1989).

Judge Harriet Lansing

Court of Appeals

Minnesota Judicial Center
Phone: (651) 297-7650

Appointed/Elected:

Appointed November 1, 1983. Elected 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002 and 2008. Her current term expires in January 2015.

Education:

University of Minnesota Law School (J.D. 1970); Macalester College (B.A. 1967).

Employment Background:

Judge, Ramsey County Municipal Court (1978-1983); St. Paul City Attorney (1976-78); Private Practice (1973-76); Assistant City Attorney 1972-73); Staff Counsel, St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority (1970-72).

Bar Admissions:

Minnesota Supreme Court (1970); Federal District Court, District of Minnesota (1971); Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals (1976); United States Supreme Court (1987).

Teaching and Related Law School Activities:

Faculty member of New York University Law School’s Appellate Institute 1999-2003; Adjunct Professor William Mitchell College of Law 2002-2003 (teaching state constitutional law), 1978-1981 (teaching trial skills); Adjunct Professor Hamline Law School 1990-92; William Mitchell Diversity Program 1990; William Mitchell Minority Employment Program 1991; University of Minnesota Law School Board of Visitors, Chair 1990-92; University of Minnesota Law School Committee to Determine Class Size 1985; and University of Minnesota Endowed Chair Selection Committee 1988-91.

Professional Organizations:

National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (1994-present), executive committee (2001-2003) and Committees to Redraft Limited Liability Companies Act, Limited Partnership Act, and Uniform Certification of Questions of Law; Supreme Court Gender Fairness Task Force, Vice Chair 1986-89; National Center for State Courts Committee to Reduce Appellate Delay (1987-1989); Fellow, American Bar Foundation (1992-current); Warren Burger Inns of Court (1992-93); Minnesota Institute for Legal Education Advisory Committee (1985-89); Supreme Court Continuing Education for Judges (1983-88); National Association of Women Judges, Board of Directors (1981-83), Education Chair for National Conference (1987); National Conference of Special Court Judges (1972-83), Delegate to National Convention 1979, 1982, Minnesota Judicial Academy, Criminal Curriculum Committee; American Bar Association (1970-present); Minnesota State Bar Association (1970-present), Chair, Long-Range Planning Committee (1979-83); Minnesota Bar Foundation (1978-81), Secretary/Treasurer (1979-81); Ramsey County Bar Association (1970-present), served on various committees including Ethics Committee and Jurisprudence and Law Reform; American Judges Association; American Judicature Society; Ramsey County Judges Association; American Interprofessional Institute.

Community Organizations:

Judge Lansing has served on a number of community boards and committees, including the Ramsey County league of Local Governments Study Commission on Court Consolidation, Crime Victims Center Advisory Board, Corrections Advisory Board, Family Service of St. Paul, YMCA Camp Widjiwagan Board of Directors, Ramsey County Juvenile Center Building Committee, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra (vice president and six years on executive committee). She has served on various selection committees including MEA Teacher of the Year, Frank Premack Journalism Award, Warren Burger Scholarship Committee, and Rhodes Scholar Selection Committee (Minnesota chair 1986-87).

Other Teaching and Lecturing Activities:

Frequent lecturer on judicial and legal education, including appellate advocacy seminars, Minnesota Constitution seminars, housing law seminars, Robert A. Taft Institute of Government Seminar, National Practice Institute, American Judicature Society, Minnesota Administrators Academy, Center for International Leadership.

Judge Lansing has received distinguished service awards from Macalester College, the University of Minnesota Law School, the St. Paul Jaycees, and the Y.W.C.A.

Published Materials:

Rosalie E. Wahl and the Jurisprudence of Inclusivity, 21 William Mitchell Law Review 11 (Fall 1995); Co-Author, The Preparation and Presentation of a Claim Based on the Minnesota Constitution, Government Liability Institute (Minnesota State Bar Association, 1993); Gender Fairness Task Force Report 15 William Mitchell Law Review 827 (1989).