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AI + MSBA: Building Minnesota’s legal future

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Damien Riehl

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Oct 01, 2024

From practice innovations to battling the justice gap, the bar’s new Artificial Intelligence Standing Committee has big plans

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AI
Technology

Flash Backward: The future of legal tech and the art of persuasive legal writing

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Brendan Kenny & Neven Selimovic

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Oct 01, 2024

Legal writing requires commitment, clarity, choosing words that hit home, organizing them for maximum persuasion—and much more. But today’s world offers a new tool: artificial intelligence. No matter what, AI will transform legal writing. In fact, it already has. But most lawyers don’t know it.

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Technology
Legal Writing

‘Legal aid is in really good hands’

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Kiri Somermeyer

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Oct 01, 2024

On May 20, the MSBA Access to Justice Committee had the great opportunity to hear from five retiring leaders in the access to justice and pro bono legal communities.

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Access to Justice
Legal Aid

Legislature creates State Board of Civil Legal Aid

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Bridget Gernander

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Oct 01, 2024

Effective July 1, 2025, the State Board of Civil Legal Aid will become a stand-alone agency in the Judicial Branch, joining the State Board of Public Defense as another important access-to-justice institution for Minnesotans unable to afford private counsel.

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Legal Aid

Toward a more perfect Minnesota: How the '23-'24 Legislature expanded civil rights protections

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Sam Kramer & Frances Baillon

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Sep 03, 2024

Since 1955, the Legislature has slowly but surely increased protections against discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in several contexts, including employment. It has done so through substantive and procedural amendments that have protected more groups against discrimination in more contexts and provided expanded remedies for victims of discrimination and reprisal.

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Employment and Labor Law
Civil Rights

Want to build a MN-WI cross-border practice? Mind the basics.

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Jeff Muszynski

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Sep 03, 2024

Cross-border practice offers new clients, new business, and new opportunities for growth. But it also requires significant work if you want to do more than simply dip your toe in the water. The two markets are significantly different, and building business and a thriving practice in both requires an intentional strategy to be successful.

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Solo Practice

How the 2024 Legislature changed Minnesota’s environmental laws

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By Jeremy Greenhouse and Ellen Stojak

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Sep 03, 2024

The 2024 Minnesota legislative session brought notable changes to environmental laws in Minnesota. These changes include bolstering the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s enforcement authority; establishing a responsibility program for packaging; and creating a waste-management hierarchy for food waste.

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Environment and Natural Resources Law

Mission: Improbable —The inside story of Minnesota’s historic 2024 family law legislation

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Bryan Lake & Samantha Gemberling

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Aug 02, 2024

As a public policy arena, family law is unique. Family law legislation evokes strong feelings but frequently fails to break along party lines—an increasingly rare phenomenon on our polarized public stage.

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Legislation
Family Law

Tips and traps: Understanding Minnesota’s new red flag law

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Anna Street

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Aug 02, 2024

Imagine a legal mechanism that could swiftly intervene to prevent tragedies before they unfold—such is the promise of the extreme risk protection order (ERPO). Created under the terms of Minnesota’s new “red flag law,” which went into effect on January 1, 2024, ERPOs are temporary civil orders that restrict firearm possession by persons who pose significant danger of bodily harm to others or a significant risk of suicide.

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Civil Litigation

Minnesota Cannabis: One Year Post-Legalization

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JEN RANDOLPH REISE

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Aug 02, 2024

The May 2023 legalization of adult-use (aka recreational) cannabis in Minnesota brought some dramatic changes quickly: personal possession and legal use! Home growing! Here’s where we stand following the conclusion of the 2024 legislative session.

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Legislation
Cannabis

The Future of Forgiveness: Minnesota’s New Clemency Law Reforms

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Thomas A. Wilson

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Aug 02, 2024

In May 2023, the Minnesota Legislature passed clemency reforms that made sweeping changes to Minnesota’s pardon and commutation laws. Some of the new clemency law’s reforms took effect in 2023 and its remaining provisions took effect July 1, 2024.

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Criminal Law
Legislation

What you need to know about Minnesota’s new contract for deed law

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Larry M. Wertheim

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Aug 02, 2024

The new Minnesota contract for deed legislation, which generally took effect August 1, 2024, constitutes the most significant changes in contract for deed law in almost 40 years.

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Real Estate

MSBA President 2024-25: Samuel Edmunds

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Amy Lindgren

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Jul 01, 2024

Have you ever received a piece of advice that shaped your life? For Sam Edmunds, it might have been his dad’s counsel to “always show up,” a phrase heard frequently during his childhood.

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Profiles
President

Sam Edmunds: A born leader (or was that lawyer?)

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Jul 01, 2024

When you ask people about Sam Edmunds, it doesn’t take long for the word “leader” to enter the conversation. Given how many leadership roles he has held, it’s almost inevitable. But his work as a lawyer is also well-respected, underpinned by his reputation for success in criminal defense.

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President

MSBA President 2024-25: Bio Bits

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Jul 01, 2024

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President

2024 Minnesota legislative recap

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Bryan Lake

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Jul 01, 2024

After passing large budget increases and a seemingly endless list of major policy changes in 2023, state lawmakers returned to St. Paul in February for the second year of the legislative biennium.

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Legislation

Want to work happier? Spend some time considering your core values

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Sarah Soucie Eyberg

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Jul 01, 2024

Knowing my core values has helped me to know which opportunities to undertake and which to decline. It has even helped me reevaluate relationships with individuals and organizations and focus my energies where they matter most.

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Well-Being

The young(ish) leading the young(er): Why you don’t need to know everything to be a mentor

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Veronica L. Stachurski

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Jul 01, 2024

What I discovered pretty quickly was that I was in a unique position to “speak the language” of both our legal assistant and our partner. I was not still in law school, but I was not a seasoned attorney.

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Mentoring

Understanding Minnesota's Big Law M&A wave

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Brett Larson, Theresa Bea, & Dillon White

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May 20, 2024

The data gathered in the five years since the Big Law wave has afforded us a glimpse into the realities of the Minnesota legal market as a whole, and the lessons learned from its analysis can chart a course forward for firms of all sizes, but especially for midsized to large firms that may be operating too similarly to their Big Law counterparts.

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Business Law

What you need to know about the FTC rule banning employee noncompetes

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George H. Singer

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May 20, 2024

The FTC announced that the new rule will provide millions of American workers with more freedom to pursue other job opportunities, seek higher pay, and increase entrepreneurship in the United States

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Employment and Labor Law

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The official publication of the Minnesota State Bar Association

Feature Articles

AI + MSBA: Building Minnesota’s legal future (?)

Damien Riehl (?)

Oct 01, 2024

Flash Backward: The future of legal tech and the art of persuasive legal writing (?)

Brendan Kenny & Neven Selimovic (?)

Oct 01, 2024

‘Legal aid is in really good hands’ (?)

Kiri Somermeyer (?)

Oct 01, 2024

Legislature creates State Board of Civil Legal Aid (?)

Bridget Gernander (?)

Oct 01, 2024

Toward a more perfect Minnesota: How the '23-'24 Legislature expanded civil rights protections (?)

Sam Kramer & Frances Baillon (?)

Sep 03, 2024

Want to build a MN-WI cross-border practice? Mind the basics. (?)

Jeff Muszynski (?)

Sep 03, 2024

How the 2024 Legislature changed Minnesota’s environmental laws (?)

By Jeremy Greenhouse and Ellen Stojak (?)

Sep 03, 2024

Mission: Improbable —The inside story of Minnesota’s historic 2024 family law legislation (?)

Bryan Lake & Samantha Gemberling (?)

Aug 02, 2024

Tips and traps: Understanding Minnesota’s new red flag law (?)

Anna Street (?)

Aug 02, 2024

Minnesota Cannabis: One Year Post-Legalization (?)

JEN RANDOLPH REISE (?)

Aug 02, 2024

The Future of Forgiveness: Minnesota’s New Clemency Law Reforms (?)

Thomas A. Wilson (?)

Aug 02, 2024

What you need to know about Minnesota’s new contract for deed law (?)

Larry M. Wertheim (?)

Aug 02, 2024

MSBA President 2024-25: Samuel Edmunds (?)

Amy Lindgren (?)

Jul 01, 2024

Sam Edmunds: A born leader (or was that lawyer?) (?)

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Jul 01, 2024

MSBA President 2024-25: Bio Bits (?)

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Jul 01, 2024

2024 Minnesota legislative recap (?)

Bryan Lake (?)

Jul 01, 2024

Want to work happier? Spend some time considering your core values (?)

Sarah Soucie Eyberg (?)

Jul 01, 2024

The young(ish) leading the young(er): Why you don’t need to know everything to be a mentor (?)

Veronica L. Stachurski (?)

Jul 01, 2024

Understanding Minnesota's Big Law M&A wave (?)

Brett Larson, Theresa Bea, & Dillon White (?)

May 20, 2024

What you need to know about the FTC rule banning employee noncompetes (?)

George H. Singer (?)

May 20, 2024

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