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Bar Buzz: Two judicial openings in the 6th District
There are two new openings on the 6th Judicial District bench in St. Louis County, and the Commission on Judicial Selection is accepting applications to fill them.
Bar Buzz: Abrams elected to national board
Dakota County District Court Judge Jerome Abrams has been elected state representative on the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), the state’s Judicial Branch announced on Feb. 2.
Bar Buzz: MacDonald faces March 2 disciplinary hearing
The Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing to consider the latest discipline matter involving lawyer Michelle MacDonald, a perennial candidate for a seat on that same court.
Bar Buzz: Minnesota Law Review elects first Black editor
For the first time in its 104-year history, the Minnesota Law Review has its first Black student editor-in-chief.
Bar Buzz: Five finalists for 4th District Bench
The governor has a list of five finalists to replace Hennepin County District Court judges Kevin S. Burke and Mary R. Vasaly.
Bar Buzz: Moorhead’s Mayor Judd is now a judge
Johnathan Judd was chosen to replace 7th Judicial District Court Judge Barbara R. Hanson, who retired on Oct. 6.
Bar Buzz: Gun play gets lawyer suspended
A lawyer whose LinkedIn page identifies him as a former Minneapolis Civil Rights commissioner appears to be the same attorney who has been suspended from the practice of law for at least three years.
Bar Buzz: Mitchell Hamline seeks diversity officer
The Mitchell Hamline School of Law is advertising a newly created position of vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion.
Bar Buzz: BCA finds no rally crimes
No one committed a crime during the recent “Storm the Capitol” rally that featured incendiary rhetoric from several speakers.
Feds to hold first virtual jury trial
Minnesota’s U.S. District Court’s first remote jury trial begins Monday.
Bar Buzz: Deans blast insurrection, bad-faith lawyers
A group of 157 law school deans, including three from Minnesota, have jointly condemned the insurrectionists who invaded the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and the lawyers who helped stoke their fury.
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