What comes to mind when “lawyer” is mentioned? Atticus Finch? Denny Crane from Boston Legal? A shark? And jokes, always the lawyer jokes. Does it matter if the mention is to the general public versus to a group of lawyers? In other words, do we hold a higher opinion of ourselves than the general public? …
On Floods, Haiti, Property Records, and Preparing for Disaster
On this gloomy September day, I’ve been mulling over several seemingly unrelated things: floods, Haiti, paperless offices, electronic real estate recording, and the Torrens system. Brownie points to anyone who sees where I’m going with this. It all started yesterday on the way home. I caught a story on NPR about how the biggest obstacle …
We’re Looking for Minnesota’s Top 25 Blawgs
If you have a favorite Minnesota legal blog, we want to hear from you! After asking a rhetorical question about the Top 25 Minnesota Blawgs following the ABA Journal’s Blawg 100 last year, it’s time to go from hypothetical to reality. Let’s feature some of the great Minnesota legal bloggers out there. What blog do …
Happy Birthday practicelaw
Too bad Joe Mauer and his mother are tied up with Kemps; they’re not available to plug practicelaw.org. I have calls into Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga but haven’t heard back and need to get this blog post published because today is practicelaw’s one year anniversary of the big redesign. So, in lieu of high …
Maybe It’s Time for Law On-a-Stick
First, a little background. I started this post on the first day of the Minnesota State Fair, thinking that it would be a humorous piece that threw around references to this year’s latest batch of food on-a-stick. Between then and now, though, I reflected a bit, especially as news about traditional legal services continued to …