Minnesota Lawyer

For some Minnesotans, audio files are now being outsourced to a transcription company instead of being transcribed by Minnesota court reporters.

A court-ordered evaluation of Hennepin County’s foster care system detailed many shortcomings in the system that affect foster youth’s well-being.

Twin Metals will appeal a federal decision that dealt a serious blow to its proposed copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota, the company said Wednesday.

When Kyle Rittenhouse goes on trial Monday for shooting three men during street protests in Wisconsin that followed the police shooting of Jacob Blake last summer, he’ll argue that he fired in self-defense. Legal experts say under Wisconsin law he has a strong case.

For this edition of POWER 30, we’ve chosen to focus on business litigation. In POWER 30, we focus on those whose mere presence on a case signifies the stakes, who have influenced the direction of the law, whose leadership in the community is pervasive and whose respect within the bar is undeniable.

The center’s three-pronged model focuses on providing direct legal services, education, and advocacy.

A Twin Cities criminal defense attorney has been convicted of bilking one her clients out of $15,000, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said Tuesday.

A Wisconsin judge laid out the final ground rules Monday on what evidence will be allowed when Kyle Rittenhouse goes on trial next week for shooting three people during a protest against police brutality.

The pandemic has only exacerbated some Minnesotans’ lack of access to justice and exposed extant legal deserts, areas where there are few or even no lawyers.

Jon Geffen, director of the Reentry Clinic at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, helps law students provide legal services to individuals attempting to reenter society after committing crimes.