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Judge Kevin Burke writes on comments from the bench

BY: Minnesota Lawyer Staff
POSTED: May 18, 2012

In this month’s Judicature journal, Hennepin County District Court Judge Kevin Burke and Kansas Court of Appeals Judge Steven Leben opine that one threat to judicial independence is judges.

A honey of a piece of etymology

BY: Minnesota Lawyer Staff
POSTED: May 18, 2012

Bar Buzz awards the Honey [of a Piece of Legal Writing] Award to Hennepin County District Court Judge William H. Koch.

Charter school legislative fight recalled

BY: Minnesota Lawyer Staff
POSTED: May 18, 2012

Former state Sen. Ember Reichgott Junge is now an author.

Big bucks for Legal Aid from Law Day bash

BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: May 11, 2012

$\Dorsey lawyers celebrated the firm’s centennial May 5 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. (Submitted photos)$

The Fund for the Legal Aid Society sold 1,048 tickets and raised about $282,000 at its Law Day Testimonial Dinner May 8 at the Hilton Hotel in Minneapolis.

Present Sense Impressions: Dean Don Lewis

BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: May 11, 2012

Don Lewis, dean of Hamline University School of Law, on law student debt loads.

Judge Kathleen Sanberg receives MWL’s Myra Bradwell award

BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: May 11, 2012

Judge Kathleen Sanberg of the Minnesota Tax Court was presented with the Minnesota Women Lawyers’ Myra Bradwell Award at MWL’s annual meeting on May 9 at Windows on Minnesota.

Prosecutor’s novel in its third printing

BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: May 4, 2012

“Hand Me Down My Walking Cane,” a novel by Hennepin County Senior Attorney Carla Hagen, has entered its third printing.

Perez named conference chair

BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: May 4, 2012

Minnesota Tax Court Chief Judge George Perez has been named chair of the National Conference of Specialized Court Judges, a conference within the American Bar Association Judicial Division.

Lawyers of the state, unite!

BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: May 4, 2012

Law Day may have been proclaimed by President Dwight Eisenhower in an attempt to wash away the red taint to May Day, but it’s still a time for the profession to celebrate and support itself

MSBA goes to Washington

BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: May 4, 2012

Speaking of the MSBA, it was well represented at ABA Day on the Hill in Washington, D.C., recently by Judge Cara Lee Neville, past President Sue Holden, President-elect Bob Enger and President Brent Routman.

Judge Kevin Burke writes on comments from the bench

A honey of a piece of etymology

Charter school legislative fight recalled

Big bucks for Legal Aid from Law Day bash

Present Sense Impressions: Dean Don Lewis

Judge Kathleen Sanberg receives MWL’s Myra Bradwell award

Prosecutor’s novel in its third printing

Perez named conference chair

Lawyers of the state, unite!

MSBA goes to Washington

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