Minnesota Lawyer

Clarence Thomas wrote that the justices should take on “politically fraught” issues regardless of consequences, because “the Framers gave us lifetime tenure.”

The late University of Maryland sociologist Morris Rosenberg used the word “mattering” to describe our need to believe “that we count in others’ lives, loom large in their thoughts, make a difference to them.”

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Two cases, shattering the shield that effectively has barred oversight of the merits of an arbitrator’s ruling, share some similarities.

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In a free, open society, what justifies the use of secret indictments?

By Geoffrey Kozen Special to Minnesota Lawyer Persuasiveness of a brief can depend on a lot of things beyond the law it cites: who’s submitting it, who’s writing it, how it looks, and, in the end, how well it’s written. ...

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The new guide offers developmental and parenting time considerations with each stage, along with suggestions on how a parent can best support a child during each phase of life.

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History conveys a strong nonpartisan message to Minnesota’s next chief legal officer.

Since the range of Minnesota case law is so broad, from criminal matters to family law disputes, there is no disguising that in this state Halloween is rich in litigation lore.

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The em-dash, the en-dash, and the hyphen all have distinct personalities.

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Trump might unleash a serious embarrassment for the Supreme Court’s self-professed originalists.