Based on the number of calls we get at the MSBA, even experienced lawyers get all the boards and offices dealing with lawyers confused. So for them and especially for the approximately 600 new lawyers sworn in October 28, this post is for you. Here’s what we know: Minnesota State Board of Law Examiners - Contact for information …
Top 25 Minnesota Blawgs – 2011 Style
If you have a favorite Minnesota legal blog, we want to hear from you! Last year was the first year of the Minnesota Top 25 Blawg contest and although we specially recognized 25 blogs, we added all the nominees to the practicelaw blogroll because all the nominated blogs contained valuable discussions of various legal practice issues. We know more attorneys …
Better Blog Posts
I love to read, love to write. For many years, I taught legal writing in Hamline’s undergraduate Legal Studies Department, and later, at William Mitchell College of Law. In the last couple of years, I’ve started reading blogs and writing posts. The upshot – I have some strong feelings on how to keep a reader …
What’s New at practicelaw
Working on practicelaw is a constant balance between adding new and maintaining old content, soliciting content and drafting in house, predicting future needs of practitioners and responding to current questions. We are a small staff, and the balls are always in the air. Since I last updated readers on practicelaw, we’ve done a little of …
Your Obituary
Yes, I read the obituaries. Not every one every day, but I peruse them frequently because I am genuinely interested in peoples’ “stories.” Knowing this, my sister sent one from her local paper which said the deceased loved his family, “but his hogs always came first.” (Yes, my sister lives in Iowa, and the deceased …