Chief Justice Lorie S. Gildea has issued an order making minor amendments to the March 20 order.
Read More »San Francisco professor, dean chosen to lead Mitchell Hamline
Anthony S. Niedwiecki, dean and professor of law at Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco, has been named the new president and dean of Mitchell Hamline School of Law.
Read More »Inmate assaulted at Oak Park Heights prison
The Minnesota Department of Corrections is investigating an inmate-on-inmate assault at the MCF-Oak Park Heights prison that resulted in potentially life-threatening injuries to the victim.
Read More »Chief Judge Edward J. Cleary to retire next year
Minnesota Court of Appeals Chief Judge Edward J. Cleary will retire from the court on April 30, 2020.
Read More »Bar Buzz: Women judges savor their place in history
In 1979, 23 women were appointed to the federal bench, more than doubling the number of women federal judges in the previous 190 year history of the United States.
Read More »Bar Buzz: Getch’yr gavel pencils and purple hand fans
Judges and judicial branch staffers will be back to the State Fair with a renewed selfie station and a supply of gavel pencils.
Read More »Bar Buzz: Nine candidates forwarded for three District Court vacancies
Governor Tim Walz has an expansive field of candidates from which to choose appointees to the bench.
Read More »Sex offenses, parental rights, DWI addressed in new laws
We all know by now that Minnesotans can’t drive while holding cell phones anymore. But there are some other new laws of interest to attorneys that went that into effect on Aug. 1.
Read More »The State of the Judiciary is ‘strong and sturdy’
Minnesota Chief Justice Lorie S. Gildea delivered the annual State of the Judiciary address to a packed convention hall of more than 400 attendees on Thursday, June 27.
Read More »ACLU-MN wins case of woman charged for recording police
A Hennepin County District Judge has dismissed charges of obstruction of legal process against a bystander who recorded a police arrest in Robbinsdale. Seminary student ...
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