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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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BY: Barbara L. Jones
POSTED: January 27, 2012
The Minnesota State Bar Association is organizing a delegation to visit Israel.
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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.
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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.
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