The MSBA High School Mock Trial program is a great way for Minnesota lawyers to give back to the local schools. Volunteers are needed to judge the trials this winter, held at local courthouses across the state. The time commitment is minimal but the payback, terrific. Time Commitment – 8 hours, max Volunteer judges are …
Celebrate Pro Bono Oct 23 – 29!
For the better part of the last year, I’ve blogged about why you should do pro bono, how you might find a pro bono opportunity, and what to do to when you have a pro bono case. We are now approaching the Pro Bono Week, October 23-29, sponsored by the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and …
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 …
LinkedIn in Five Minutes (or less) a Day
One of my hobbies is triathlons. The trick to endurance contests like triathlons is the right combination of effort and efficiency. The same is true of networking. LinkedIn is an online professional networking site that boasts 120 million+ members worldwide. Like I told the attendees at last week’s MSBA Practice Management Section CLE, you can …
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 …