Minnesota Lawyer

The Council of the American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar met this month to consider whether to accredit law schools outside U.S. borders that meet the Section's Accreditation Standards and Rules of Procedure. Currently the section is the accrediting agency for U.S.-based law school programs.

The U.S. Attorney's office says Carlos Maurice Harris, 38, of Falcon Heights and Ronald Harold Moore, 47, of Inver Grove Heights were indicted last week under the Hobbs Act.

A Turkish advocacy group has sued the University of Minnesota, claiming one department "blacklisted" its website because of the group's pro-Turkish viewpoint on the killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire 95 years ago.

Governor Pawlenty last week sent a letter to Blue Earth County Attorney Ross Arneson and Ramsey County Attorney Susan Gaertner asking them to pursue potential perjury prosecution in a matter that came before the Minnesota Board of Pardons in 2008.

St. Paul police say they've turned over the case involving an armed state legislator to the city attorney's office for review.

The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled last week that it is illegal to possess khat, a plant commonly used in East Africa and parts of the Arabian peninsula that can give users a high when chewed.

The leader of an online prostitution ring known as the “Minnesota Nice Guys” will not receive jail time after pleaded guilty to three felony counts of promoting prostitution.

A Minnesota state senator wants to crack down on fake marijuana sold as herbal incense but potentially more dangerous.

The case against a Rochester police officer accused of tipping off drug dealers has come to an end with a guilty plea on reduced charges and her resignation.

A judge has sentenced a former assistant professor at Hamline University to 90 days in jail for taking lewd photos of a 16-year-old girl.