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Commission on Judicial Selection recommends 10th Judicial District candidates to Gov. Walz
Sep 22, 2021
The Commission on Judicial Selection announced that it is recommending five candidates for consideration to fill two vacancies in Minnesota’s Tenth Judicial District.
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Gov. Walz announces upcoming vacancy on the Minnesota Court of Appeals
Sep 14, 2021
Governor Walz announced a vacancy on the Minnesota Court of Appeals. This vacancy will occur upon the retirement of the Honorable Carol A. Hooten on November 30, 2021.
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Commission on Judicial Selection recommends 5th Judicial District finalists to Gov. Walz
Sep 13, 2021
The Commission on Judicial Selection announced that it is recommending three finalists for consideration to fill a vacancy in Minnesota’s Fifth Judicial District.
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Gov. Walz appoints Amy Lukasavitz to fill 6th Judicial District vacancy
Sep 08, 2021
Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan announced the appointment of Amy Lukasavitz as District Court Judge in Minnesota’s 6th Judicial District.
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Commission on Judicial Selection recommends 8th Judicial District candidates to Gov. Walz
Sep 02, 2021
The Commission on Judicial Selection announced that it is recommending three candidates for consideration to fill a vacancy in Minnesota’s Eighth Judicial District.
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Trigger warning: Reply all email chains
Jennifer Thompson
Sep 01, 2021
You remember July 29, right? That’s the day that the MSBA Members News & Notes Community clogged up and bogged down some large portion of over 13,000 member email inboxes.
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Pandemic legal ethics, part 2
Susan Humiston
Sep 01, 2021
In the May/June 2020 issue of this publication, I wrote about legal ethics in a pandemic. More than a year later, we remain in a pandemic that not only presents continuing personal safety and well-being challenges; professional challenges also remain.
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The NSA advisory on brute force attacks
Mark Lanterman
Sep 01, 2021
In July the National Security Agency (NSA), in partnership with the CISA, FBI, and NCSC, issued a cybersecurity advisory regarding global brute force campaigns titled, “Russian GRU Conducting Global Brute Force Campaign to Compromise Enterprise and Cloud Environments.”
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Notes & Trends – September 2021
Sep 01, 2021
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Gov. Walz appoints Andrew Gordon to fill 2nd Judicial District vacancy
Aug 24, 2021
Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Flanagan announced the appointment of Andrew Gordon as District Court Judge in Minnesota’s Second Judicial District.
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Commission on Judicial Selection opens application process for vacancy in the 1st Judicial District
Aug 24, 2021
The Commission on Judicial Selection announced a new vacancy in Minnesota’s First Judicial District.
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Commission on Judicial Selection recommends 6th Judicial District candidates to Gov. Walz
Aug 24, 2021
The Commission on Judicial Selection announced that it is recommending three candidates for consideration to fill a vacancy in Minnesota’s Sixth Judicial District.
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Urgent pro bono needs across the state
Aug 04, 2021
The post-pandemic eviction moratorium “off-ramp” is now underway. Legal services organizations across the state have been planning for over a year for the flood of cases that have now started to enter the court system.
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MSBA & the courts updates
Aug 04, 2021
The MSBA currently has several petitions pending before the court.
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Did you know: Free, complete Bench & Bar archives
Aug 04, 2021
Did you know you can also access a fully searchable, free-to-members database of all Bench & Bar content dating back to the magazine’s inception in the late 1930s?
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The voice of the profession
JENNIFER THOMPSON
Aug 04, 2021
While the MSBA has a strong and respected voice, its continued role as a leader for the profession depends on the growth and diversification of its membership. A large and vibrant membership makes the MSBA’s voice compelling.
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Supervising probation is a great way to volunteer
SUSAN HUMISTON
Aug 04, 2021
In 2020, there were 88 open probations, most of them supervised. Recently a reader wrote me to suggest a column on probation supervisors. I thought this was a fantastic idea, because I know that many people are not aware of this part of the attorney discipline system, and we are always looking for volunteers to serve as probation supervisors.
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Security is a team game
Mark Lanterman
Aug 04, 2021
Despite the rise in cybercrime and an increasingly complex web of cyber risks, many organizations are delegating a job that rightfully belongs to dedicated security teams to technical support staff who are already busy with other work and less experienced with respect to security threats.
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Client relationships are hard work. My dad taught me they’re worth it.
CARRIE OSOWSKI
Aug 04, 2021
As a child, my dad’s close client connections seemed like the default model for professional relationships, but as a practicing attorney, I have realized that is not the case. Creating close, trusting relationships with clients requires hard work. When it’s done right, the rewards are immense.
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Notes & Trends – August 2021
Aug 04, 2021
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