Stephanie Sheire Is The Magister Of The William Mitchell Inn, The School's Chapter Of The International Law Fraternity Phi Delta Phi. Sheire Credits Her Desire To Become A Lawyer To The Criminal Law Class She Took At Southern Oregon University.

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Stephanie Sheire: Magister of Phi Delta Phi Inn at
William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, MN
[By Heather Jung]
Stephanie Sheire enjoys the ambiguity of law, stating that her favorite part of studying law is “the gray area within the rulesit
may seem as though it’s simple, with rules that have to be followed, but in reality you can almost always find a way to make an
argument either way.”
Sheire, a student at the independent law Sheire credits her desire to become a lawyer and wanted to see if anyone was interested.
school in St. Paul, is the Magister of the to the criminal law class she took as a Because I had indicated online an interest
William Mitchell Inn, the school’s chapter Criminology major during her undergraduate in criminal work, they informed me of the
of the international law fraternity Phi studies at Southern Oregon University. She opportunity, and I followed up with it. The
Delta Phi. Phi Delta Phi is the oldest and says that she fell in love with criminal law experience has been incredible. I’m getting
largest legal fraternity in the country and decided to become a prosecutor. She is to appear in court on a daily basis, as well as
whose distinguishable members include currently working as a county law clerk with doing research, writing appellate briefs, and
the late Supreme Court Justice William the Washington County Attorney’s Office in drafting complaints.”
Rehnquist and Theodore Roosevelt. As the Minnesota.
organization’s Magister, Sheire is the “go-to She feels that student organizations present
person for the organization.” She keeps “I would have to say that this position found new opportunities for those who participate
in contact with the fraternity’s national me,” she said. “I had just finished my spring in them and encourages students to get
headquarters and the campus’ Student Bar 2006 semester, and I received a forwarded involved.
Association in order to coordinate programs e-mail from our Career Services office from
and events. She is also the chair of all a county attorney clerk who was leaving “There are so many reasons to be
meetings held by the Inn, including general involved in student associations,” she
membership and board meetings. said. “With Phi Delta Phi, you become
Q. What are your hobbies and interests?
part of an international organization with
A. Once the bar exam is over I plan on
“I got involved with the fraternity when I finding some. I seem to recall enjoying ties everywhere. It’s a well-respected
attended one of their programs my first reading and video games when I was organization with an impressive history (it’s
year and ended up talking with one of their younger. nine years older than the ABA) and some
members who told me a little about the of the most notable jurists throughout
fraternity. I filled out a membership form Q. What CD is in your CD player right now? history have been members, including five
and went through initiation that semester A. Besides the PMBR Real Property of the nine Supreme Court justices when
Lecture, I think its John Mayer, Continuum.
and have been an active member ever since,” Chief Justice Rehnquist served. Student
she said. organizations also provide a way to get
Q. What is the last magazine you read?
to know people that you may not come in
A. Newsweek, about six months ago
The fraternity holds several events contact with otherwise-students that aren’t
throughout the year. The biggest event is Q. What is your favorite TV show? in your year, professors you might not take
Ethics Week. While the event’s content A. Law & Order, SVU or Conviction classes with, individuals from other schools
varies from year-to-year, it generally who are involved in other branches of the
includes guest speakers; a luncheon with Q. Who is your role model? organization, and speakers who come to talk
a professor; a fun event such as BINGO or A. Jeanine Pirro, elected Westchester to your group. The networking opportunities
a Jeopardy-like game; and, as of last year, County District Attorney in 1993 and later that come from being involved in a student
a bake sale in which all of the products the first woman jurist there, who has been organization are unlimited.”
a pioneer in combating domestic violence
were named after the rules of professional
and internet predatory offenders.
responsibility. According to Sheire, her favorite memory
of law school is the Friday night tradition
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held by her group of friends. Every week, plans to pursue a career in a city or county ON THE NET
the group met at a local bar, Billy’s, for attorney’s office.
their “Friday Fun Factory,” where the group Phi Delta Phi
discussed off-the-wall legal topics such as “I did my practicum experience with the www.phideltaphi.org/
“whether a long term affair with someone Jackson County, Oregon, District Attorney’s
else’s wife should be considered trespass to Office-interning for the assistant district William Mitchell College of Law
chattel, adverse possession, or something attorney who handled domestic violence www.wmitchell.edu/
else.” cases,” she said. “The more experience I got
with the criminal prosecution area, the more Chief Justice William Rehnquist
Sheire recently graduated, completing law I liked it and the more it cemented what I en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rehnquist
school in just two and a half years. She wanted to do.”
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