Comments on: More lawyers in Minnesota? Crickets in Duluth http://minnlawyer.com/minnlawyerblog/2010/03/19/more-lawyers-in-minnesota-crickets-in-duluth/ If it’s legal, you can discuss it here Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:58:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Foreign law grads create their own issues in opening bar exam eligibility « MinnLawyer blog http://minnlawyer.com/minnlawyerblog/2010/03/19/more-lawyers-in-minnesota-crickets-in-duluth/#comment-529 Foreign law grads create their own issues in opening bar exam eligibility « MinnLawyer blog Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:12:00 +0000 http://minnlawyerblog.com/?p=4906#comment-529 [...] 23, 2010 by Mark Cohen I mentioned in a recent post the experience that New York has had with allowing graduates of non-ABA accredited law schools [...] [...] 23, 2010 by Mark Cohen I mentioned in a recent post the experience that New York has had with allowing graduates of non-ABA accredited law schools [...]

]]> By: Mark Cohen http://minnlawyer.com/minnlawyerblog/2010/03/19/more-lawyers-in-minnesota-crickets-in-duluth/#comment-528 Mark Cohen Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:25:13 +0000 http://minnlawyerblog.com/?p=4906#comment-528 Fair enough. We'll see how many folks (on either side) show up in St. Paul on March 30. The petitioners (the four people whom I would assume care the most) have already given their "input" in their petitition, so I don't know if they will show up for the St. Paul hearing either. There aren't really a lot of people in Minnesota who are liekly tp be impacted, so there's not going to be a big lobby in favor of it. It's mostly a philosophical debate. Do we wan't attendance at an ABA-accredited school to be an absolute prerequisite to taking the Minnesota bar? Or should there be exceptions in some circumstances, such as those presented by the petitioners? Fair enough. We’ll see how many folks (on either side) show up in St. Paul on March 30.

The petitioners (the four people whom I would assume care the most) have already given their “input” in their petitition, so I don’t know if they will show up for the St. Paul hearing either. There aren’t really a lot of people in Minnesota who are liekly tp be impacted, so there’s not going to be a big lobby in favor of it.

It’s mostly a philosophical debate. Do we wan’t attendance at an ABA-accredited school to be an absolute prerequisite to taking the Minnesota bar? Or should there be exceptions in some circumstances, such as those presented by the petitioners?

]]> By: Britt Ackerman http://minnlawyer.com/minnlawyerblog/2010/03/19/more-lawyers-in-minnesota-crickets-in-duluth/#comment-532 Britt Ackerman Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:55:32 +0000 http://minnlawyerblog.com/?p=4906#comment-532 It's not puzzling that opponents of the proposal didn't bother to travel to Duluth to attend the public hearing. What is puzzling is that no proponents attended. It’s not puzzling that opponents of the proposal didn’t bother to travel to Duluth to attend the public hearing. What is puzzling is that no proponents attended.

]]> By: Mark Cohen http://minnlawyer.com/minnlawyerblog/2010/03/19/more-lawyers-in-minnesota-crickets-in-duluth/#comment-531 Mark Cohen Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:53:40 +0000 http://minnlawyerblog.com/?p=4906#comment-531 Interesting comment, especially since your alama ater and all the state's appellate courts are located in St. Paul. :0) ... While the majority of lawyers in the state are undeniably concentrated in the Twin Cities area, there's actually an interesting and vibrant legal community in Duluth. As I mention above, the Board is also having a public meeting in the Metro area on March 30. I think it was a good idea for the Board to give greater Minnesota lawyers a chance to say something -- even if that something turned out to be nothing. Sometimes it's nice just to be asked. In any event, I don't suspect that overpopulation of lawyers in Duluth is as much of a problem as it is in the Cities. Interesting comment, especially since your alama ater and all the state’s appellate courts are located in St. Paul. :0) … While the majority of lawyers in the state are undeniably concentrated in the Twin Cities area, there’s actually an interesting and vibrant legal community in Duluth.

As I mention above, the Board is also having a public meeting in the Metro area on March 30. I think it was a good idea for the Board to give greater Minnesota lawyers a chance to say something — even if that something turned out to be nothing. Sometimes it’s nice just to be asked. In any event, I don’t suspect that overpopulation of lawyers in Duluth is as much of a problem as it is in the Cities.

]]> By: Anonymous http://minnlawyer.com/minnlawyerblog/2010/03/19/more-lawyers-in-minnesota-crickets-in-duluth/#comment-530 Anonymous Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:09:21 +0000 http://minnlawyerblog.com/?p=4906#comment-530 Don't hold meetings in the middle of nowhere if you want people to show up. Duluth? Seriously? All meetings should be held in Minneapolis or not held at all. WM '08 Don’t hold meetings in the middle of nowhere if you want people to show up. Duluth? Seriously? All meetings should be held in Minneapolis or not held at all.

WM ‘08

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