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Moua to head Washington policy center

BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: February 3, 2012

Former state senator and St. Paul lawyer Mee Moua has been named the president and executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based Asian American Justice Center.

St. Paul attorney earns expert infantry badge in Kuwait

BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: February 3, 2012

Minnesota National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division “Red Bulls” hosted an Expert Infantry Badge (EIB) qualification at Forward Operating Base Gerber in Kuwait Jan. 23 to Jan. 27.

Roosevelt students will go to capitol with MWL

BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: February 3, 2012

Minnesota Women Lawyers will escort a group of Roosevelt High School girls to a Day at the Capitol on Feb. 8 where they will tour the building, learn about the legislative process and have a box lunch with senators and representatives.

U of M speakers on human rights and law

BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: February 3, 2012

The University of Minnesota Law School’s Human Rights Center is sponsoring the 2012 Human Rights and Law Speakers series, presented by the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows, on Tuesdays in February, March and April from 12:15 to 2:15 p.m. in Room 45 Mondale Hall, 229 19th Ave. S., Minneapolis.

Page documentary is beyond competition

BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: February 3, 2012

Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page is the subject of “Alan Page: Beyond Competition,” a documentary produced by KSMQ-TV, the PBS affiliate serving southern Minnesota. It will air at 7 p.m. Monday.

The Word: Stevens and Stephen

BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: January 27, 2012

Recently retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens wrote a book (“Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir”), and he hit the talk show circuit to promote it.

‘Occupied’ by Citizens United

BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: January 27, 2012

Occupy the Courts protesters marked the second anniversary of the Citizens United case with a little street theater in front of the federal courthouse in Minneapolis this month.

See Israel with the MSBA

BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: January 27, 2012

The Minnesota State Bar Association is organizing a delegation to visit Israel.

Check the typos in the Minnesota Constitutions

BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: January 20, 2012

A new exhibit featuring a rare early published version of the U.S. Constitution and an even more rare draft of the Bill of Rights, along with the original editions of the two Minnesota Constitutions, will be on display at the Minnesota History Center.

Cert denied

BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: January 20, 2012

Bar Buzz didn’t know until recently that the plaintiffs in Wessman v. City of Mankato were seeking review at the U.S. Supreme Court.

Moua to head Washington policy center

St. Paul attorney earns expert infantry badge in Kuwait

Roosevelt students will go to capitol with MWL

U of M speakers on human rights and law

Page documentary is beyond competition

The Word: Stevens and Stephen

‘Occupied’ by Citizens United

See Israel with the MSBA

Check the typos in the Minnesota Constitutions

Cert denied

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