On Feb. 19, 2019, the Minnesota Court of Appeals issued an unpublished custody modification decision in In re the Marriage of Rothen.
Read More »Perspectives: ‘Emergency’ edict elicits Minnesota memories
The declaration on Feb. 15 by President Donald Trump of a “National Emergency” to shift previously authorized military-related federal funds to build his long-promised wall along the southern border has supporters, skeptics, solons, and seers debating the logicality and legality of the pronouncement that seems destined to be resolved by the Supreme Court.
Read More »Harvard, don’t punish Weinstein’s lawyer
Once a school decides to punish a professor for choosing the wrong client, it implicitly endorses the clients of others who are not punished.
Read More »Lawyer Well-Being: Sleep — an amazing breakthrough for lawyers
The first of two articles on the subject of sleep and lawyer well-being.
Read More »Legal Writing Notebook: Readers love semicolons; why do writers fear them?
A semicolon is a comma with a period on top; you may recognize it from its work in statutes, contracts, Dickens, and the “winky” emoticon, into which it morphs whenever it’s placed on the inside of a parenthesis.
Read More »Drafting women shouldn’t be up to a judge
A federal district court in Houston has held that because women are now permitted to serve in combat roles in the U.S. military, all women must be obligated to register for the draft, just as men do.
Read More »Perspectives: Abraham Lincoln left legacy in Minnesota law
The occasion of his 210th birthday provides an opportune time to review his effect on the law in this state.
Read More »Sybil Procedure: Snobbism in law: What school did you go to?
The ranking of your law school does not correlate to how good a lawyer you are at all. So why do so many lawyers care about it?
Read More »Clarence Thomas contradicts himself in press attack
It’s important as a sign of the times because it reflects distrust of the news media.
Read More »Briefly: How not to yell at the court
Regardless of whether you’re writing for an audience that will read on a screen or on paper, some considerations of clean style and etiquette are universal.
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