I attended one of the Hennepin County e-filing trainings last week and, in two words, I’m impressed. A number of things stood out: The system offers three broad choices to file or to serve documents: 1) file documents only, without service on any parties; 2) file with service, which files the documents and electronically serves anyone …
Site Provides Judges’ Courtroom Preferences
When I was a new attorney, I would sometimes fret about court appearances, especially if I had never appeared before the judge assigned to my case. I would wonder whether I should sit or stand at an upcoming hearing, whether the judge wanted courtesy copies of memoranda, or how long the judge allowed for argument. …
Conceding My Write-In Campaign for Judge
I have two concessions to make. Actually, one is more of an admission. In a split-second campaign move, I wrote myself in for one of the uncontested Hennepin County judicial races. Why? Well, it’s more of a “why not” question. Why not dream? Why not, for a brief moment, believe you can put on that …
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We’ve written before about the distress in the legal profession, and we’ve been reading a lot about recent law school graduates struggling to find law-related jobs. We know it’s not easy out there. Bench & Bar of Minnesota, the MSBA’s monthly magazine, can make it a little easier to find new job listings as soon …
Try Removing the Plank from Your Eye First
We’ve posted a number of writing tips on the blog. We’ve also highlighted U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Kressel’s writing guide for lawyers, a post we titled “Write Like You Learned Something in High School.” Here’s another fine piece of advice: Don’t criticize a magistrate judge’s argument or characterize it as “nonsensical” unless you have thoroughly …