The Law School’s newest clinic will open for business in spring 2008. Serving nonprofits and small enterprises in the Bay Area, the Organizations and Transactions Clinic will provide students with opportunities to work on contracts and collaborations, assist with funding and financing projects, advise on governance, compliance, commercial, and reporting matters, and provide general corporate support to its clients. •

“Nonprofits have governance, finance, and commercial needs just as large corporations do,” says Jay A. Mitchell (BA ’80), who directs the clinic. “The work we do in the clinic will provide practical help to our clients, give the students opportunities to build knowledge and experience in these core areas, and demonstrate how corporate lawyers can use their skills to serve the community.” •

Mitchell, a former partner at Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe in San Francisco, comes to Stanford Law after 15 years as chief corporate counsel at Levi Strauss & Co., where his work focused primarily on governance, finance, stockholder, and disclosure matters and on a wide range of commercial transactions. Mitchell will be joined for the 2008–2009 academic year by the Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Teaching Fellow. •

Mitchell expects the clinic to draw students interested in careers in corporate law, business, and finance—a subset of students not currently being targeted by the law school’s other litigation-focused clinics. He also hopes to attract students planning careers in litigation or public policy who want experience in organizational work. •

Alumni who are board members, officers, volunteers, or otherwise affiliated with organizations that might be appropriate clients for the clinic as well as alumni who are interested in learning more about the teaching fellowship are encouraged to contact Mitchell (650-724-0014; jmitchell@law.stanford.edu).