Wake me up, I am having a nightmare. I am back in law school, staring at the hypothetical on my crim law exam. I thought I understood criminal law. The statute sets forth the elements of the crime, the prosecutor has to prove up each one for the defendant to be found guilty. DUI: Element …
New Real Estate Forms
practicelaw recently expanded the offerings to real estate practitioners by posting new forms drafted by two hard working groups: the MSBA Real Property Law Section’s Residential Real Estate Committee and the Minnesota Advisory Task Force on Uniform Conveyancing Forms. Both groups have recently developed forms in demand by users.
Times, They Are a Changin’
Ever see the New Yorker cartoon where a young dog explains to an older dog, “We do all those old tricks electronically now”? True. Case in point, effective July 1, 2009, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) started accepting electronically filed Well Disclosure Certificates. And speaking of doing things differently, the HUD-1 is also changing …
You Are the New EF Hutton
We are pleased to announce three developments this week at practicelaw, all in response to user requests and designed to make the work of the probate practitioner easier. Subsequent Administration Forms. We have posted five new probate forms covering situations of omitted or incorrectly described property in the practicelaw probate area (sign in required for …
Owning Up to Depression
This month’s ABA Journal cover story “A Death in the Office” chronicles the life and death of Mark Levy, a prominent and talented appellate lawyer who killed himself after the Washington law firm of Kilpatrick Stockton terminated his employment in a cost-cutting move. The article and readers’ online comments travel a well-worn path with an …