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Bar exam pass rates rise nationally and locally
ABA data shows higher bar exam pass rates in 2025, with Minnesota law schools citing expanded preparation and alternative licensure pathways.
CLE to address lawyers’ mental health in turbulent times
The ACS Minnesota Lawyer Chapter announced an in-person mental health CLE to help attorneys manage stress, trauma, and substance use risks.
Mitchell Hamline professor pushes AI use in law school
Mitchell Hamline law professor Gregory Duhl is integrating artificial intelligence into legal education, reshaping how law students learn research, writing, and analysis.
Perspectives: Mitchell Hamline at 125 learns from past litigation
Mitchell Hamline School of Law celebrates 125 years, highlighting major student lawsuits, ADA and civil rights cases, and its expanding role in legal education.
Minnesota Supreme Court visits Owatonna High School
The Minnesota Supreme Court held oral arguments at Owatonna High School, teaching students about the judiciary through its Traveling Oral Arguments program.
Training program prepares rookie judges for the bench
Minnesota’s judicial training program equips new judges with courtroom skills, ethics, and legal updates to ensure fair and effective justice.
Minnesota Supreme Court hears case at St. Paul school
Minnesota Supreme Court justices heard oral arguments in a civil commitment case in front of 850 students at Highland Park Senior High School in St. Paul.
Breaking the Ice: ‘Every day it’s something new’ on the bench
Hennepin County District Court Judge Edward T. “Ned” Wahl doesn’t hesitate to declare what he does as “the best job in the world.”
Law school applications surging
Uncertain times in the United States are leading to a surge in law school applications, and Minnesota’s law schools are on the leading edge of that trend.
St. Thomas forum takes critical look at Trump’s second term
Students gathered April 15 in Minneapolis with professors at the University of St. Thomas School of Law to talk about the first 100 days of the second Trump administration.
Minnesota Law profs see AI potential in legal work
A new study found reason to believe that AI tools will significantly enhance the quality and productivity of legal work.
Georgetown law dean rebuffs DEI warning from prosecutor for D.C.
Dean William Treanor told acting U.S. Attorney Ed Martin that the First Amendment prohibits the government from dictating what Georgetown’s faculty teach or how to teach it.
Top News
- Former Milwaukee judge faces sentencing in ICE case
- Attorney, law firm sanctioned for AI mistakes in court filing
- 8th Circuit: Choice Hotels didn’t breach franchise pact
- Ellison shuts unit reviewing wrongful convictions, cites Trump funding cut
- Breaking the Ice: Immigration lawyer ramped up during Metro Surge
- Telemarketing fraudster loses bid to withdraw sentence
- Feds seek to intervene in Wisconsin suit challenging ICE detainers
Expert Testimony
- Perspectives: ‘Pentagon Papers’ case at 55 not far from Near
- Best at Work Insights: Workplace growth beats burnout and boreout
- Quandaries & Quagmires: Rules amended for pro bono lawyers, prosecutors
- Perspectives: NIL flaws cause concerns here after five years
