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Leah - who has written 24 posts on JDs Rising.

Leah K. Weaver joined the firm of Reiter & Schiller, P.A. as an associate attorney in 2007. Leah is a graduate of William Mitchell College of Law and Carleton College, and lives in Minneapolis with her husband and their two young daughters.

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Doc Review, Revisited

Monday, July 25, 2011

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Doc Review, Revisited

Checking in with some doc review attorneys

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Professional Responsibility?

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

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Professional Responsibility?

Should you talk your friends out of going to law school?

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Shutdown Summer

Friday, July 1, 2011

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Shutdown Summer

With no horse racing, Vikings training camp or state parks it could be a long summer

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The Streisand Effect, or: What Joseph Rakofsky’s Been Up To Lately.

Monday, May 16, 2011

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The Streisand Effect, or: What Joseph Rakofsky’s Been Up To Lately.

A blogger gets sued, and she's not alone

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Competence

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

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Competence

The lesson from recent struggles of N.J. lawyer is to be honest with your client and yourself early in legal career

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Law School Transparency at William Mitchell

Thursday, March 31, 2011

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Law School Transparency at William Mitchell

One local law school is shedding a little more light on where its grads end up

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Attorney registration fees, constitutional mandates, and me.

Monday, March 28, 2011

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Attorney registration fees, constitutional mandates, and me.

Fee increase for public defenders extended, for better or for worse

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But I thought I did everything right!: Attorney discipline and the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility

Monday, February 28, 2011

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But I thought I did everything right!: Attorney discipline and the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility

Making a complaint against another attorney can be difficult and confusing. But sometimes it's necessary

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All you have to do is follow the rules: Tips from the OLPR

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

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All you have to do is follow the rules: Tips from the OLPR

Siama Chaudhary, assistant director of the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility, discusses how to avoid running afoul of the ethics requirements.

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Meet Mark Ireland, Ramsey County’s newest judge

Thursday, January 13, 2011

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Meet Mark Ireland, Ramsey County’s newest judge

Ireland: Every person is a person with dignity and deserving of respect

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