FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:April 9, 2024Contact: Claire Lancasterclaire.lancaster@state.mn.us651-219-2975Governor Walz Appoints Matti Adam and Seamus Duffy to Fill Ninth Judicial District Vacancies[ST.
PAUL, MN] – Governor Tim Walz today announced the appointments of Matti
Adam and Seamus Duffy as District
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Gov. Walz appoints Jane Maschka to fill 4th Judicial District vacancy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 2, 2024Contact: Claire Lancaster claire.lancaster@state.mn.us 651-219-2975Governor Walz Appoints Jane Maschka to Fill Fourth Judicial District Vacancy [ST. PAUL, MN] – Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan today announced the appointment of Jane Maschka as District Court Judge…
Greater Minnesota Practice Section to receive free dues for 2024-25 bar year and beyond
At its January 25 meeting, the MSBA Board of Governors reviewed and accepted a proposal from the Greater Minnesota Practice Section Council to make the section free for any member that elects it for the 2024-25 bar year and beyond.…
Congratulations to Watertown-Mayer High!
Last month 16 teams from around the state met and competed in the MSBA High School Mock Trial Program’s 39th state tournament at the U.S. District Courthouse in St. Paul. Watertown-Mayer High School claimed its second state championship and will…
Bar exam update: New court committee formed
In the summer of 2021, the Minnesota Board of Law Examiners (BLE) began a two-year comprehensive review of the state’s bar examination process. The study analyzed not just the bar exam, but also alternative models for evaluating competency to practice,…
Network down: Cybercrime or human error?
By Mark Lanterman
This past month, people across the country were impacted by a severe AT&T network disruption.1 Though the company encouraged people to make calls using Wi-Fi, the outage still affected many customers’ ability to access the internet or…
Lessons from private discipline in 2023
BY SUSAN HUMISTON
Private discipline is nonpublic discipline issued for violations of the Minnesota Rules of Professional Conduct (MRPC) that are isolated and nonserious. Several lessons can be learned from reviewing the mistakes and situations that led to private discipline…
What, me retire? Never!
By Paul M. Floyd Sooner or later, all practicing lawyers face the inevitable question: “Should I stop practicing law and do something else with my time?” For some, the question arises in our 30s or 40s. For others, it comes in…
Cultivating emotional intelligence in the legal profession
By Kendra BrodinThe concept of emotional intelligence (EQ) has its roots in the early 20th century, but it was psychologists Peter Salovey and John D. Mayer who first coined the term in 1990. They defined it as “the ability to…
Common but not forgotten
BY IAN LEWENSTEIN My father, mercifully, edited all my college papers. So when I was given the honor by my son to do the same—with a mandated same-day deadline—I was struck by his problems with commas and the irony that I had…