Minnesota Lawyer

In this week's Bar Buzz: Law prof to serve as U.N. expert on gender equality; The National Law Journal has picked up on the 8th Circuit’s record as the “worst diverse” federal circuit; and more.

The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled last week that the state is immune from the taxation of appellate costs and disbursements when it acts in its sovereign capacity.

The American Bar Association issued a statement last week in support of William Mitchell College of Law Professor Peter Erlinder, who has been imprisoned in a Rwandan jail since May 28.

An arrestee’s silence during police questioning does not constitute an implicit assertion of his rights under Miranda v. Arizona, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.

The Minnesota Supreme Court seeks to fill three openings on the newly created State Guardian ad Litem Board.

Three finalists have been announced for an 8th Judicial District trial court bench vacancy in Yellow Medicine County.

Michael Goodwin, a 2009 graduate of Hamline University School of Law, is the winner of the Bert W. Levit Essay Contest sponsored by the American Bar Association’s standing committee on professional liability.