Minnesota Lawyer

Got a client who tends to be a little, let’s say, informal when it comes to remembering court dates? The Minnesota Judicial Branch might have just the thing to help.

As the Corrections official responsible for overseeing implementation of the state Supreme Court’s recent Ford v. Schnell edict, Curtis Shanklin will be racking up big mileage.

Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell thinks the courts and the legal community have a role to play in helping people who shouldn’t be there get out of Minnesota prisons. Or at least to get the most out of their stay. Or maybe even stay out altogether.

Washington-Ramsey website helps ease sealing of criminal records.

Our review of issues in state and national news, with a rotating cast of political people in the know.

Group also hears pitches on cloud-data restrictions.

But 20-year term deemed too harsh.

Criminal case against accused hemp farmer moves ahead.

Susan Segal, the Minneapolis city attorney, and Jeffrey Bryan, a Ramsey County trial court judge, are the newest members of the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

Judge Frank declines to order injunction, orders settlement talks.