Collateral consequences of courtroom cameras weighed

Nancy Crotti May 10, 2018 Leave a comment

The Minnesota Supreme Court is moving closer to deciding whether to allow news cameras in the courtroom under certain circumstances.

Panel recommends rules-of-evidence changes

Nancy Crotti April 12, 2018 Leave a comment

The Minnesota Supreme Court’s Rules of Evidence Advisory Committee has recommended four changes. This photo shows the court’s chamber in the state Capitol in St. Paul. (File photo: Kevin Featherly)

Prosecutors should have to specify what they mean to prove and establish a connection between previous crimes and current allegations, a committee advising the Minnesota Supreme Court has recommended.

U of M climbs in national law school rankings

Nancy Crotti April 3, 2018 Leave a comment

Laura Thomas, clinic director at the University of Minnesota Law School, says clinical experience builds students’ confidence and development as lawyers. She was photographed in Mondale Hall on the university’s West Bank campus in Minneapolis. (Staff photo: Bill Klotz)

Clinics ranked for first time

Minnesota court closer to conforming with federal rules

Nancy Crotti March 22, 2018 Leave a comment

The court amended the Rules of Civil Procedure that govern service of process and summary judgment

Cy pres funds now may go to legal aid

Nancy Crotti March 22, 2018 Leave a comment

Minnesota has joined the ranks of 22 other states that make available money left over from state class action settlements or judgments to civil legal assistance programs.

Judiciary retools systems to improve service

Nancy Crotti March 15, 2018 Leave a comment

The Minnesota Judicial Center stands across Cedar Street from the State Capitol in St. Paul. This photo shows the center’s north addition. (File photo: Bill Klotz)

The Minnesota Judicial Branch spent 2017 “re-engineering” the way its 10 district courthouses work

Duluth hockey coach face-off begins

Nancy Crotti March 7, 2018 Leave a comment

Former University of Minnesota Duluth women’s hockey coach Shannon Miller, second from right, former UMD women’s basketball coach Annette Wiles, second from left, and former UMD women’s softball coach Jen Banford, center, attend a news conference Sept. 28, 2015, about the discrimination lawsuit they filed against the school. Lawyers Donald Mark Jr., right, and Dan Siegel, left, look on. (AP file photo: Star Tribune)

Federal jury hears Miller’s case; other coaches wait

Supreme Court: Handgun in car console constitutes ‘carrying’

Nancy Crotti February 27, 2018 Leave a comment

The Minnesota Supreme Court has decided unanimously that having a loaded gun in a vehicle’s closed center console while driving constitutes “carrying” the firearm under state law.