S.D.: Specialty courts continue saving money and lives

KCCR News: "An option that helps some people avoid prison time and saves the state money appears to be making progress."

University of South Dakota renames law school after receiving $12.5M donation

National Jurist: "South Dakota’s only law school is getting a new name. The University of South Dakota will now be known as USD Knudson School of Law after the school received $12.5 million."

S.D. justices take company’s side in a dispute with state’s underground storage tanks program

KELO News: "A circuit judge in a financial case correctly ruled against state government’s program for cleaning up leaks from underground storage tanks, the South Dakota Supreme Court said."

Montana Supreme Court rules Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue case closed

NBC Montana News: "The Supreme Court ruled in favor of three mothers in the Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue case."

SD legislators direct justices to take another look at parenting time

KELO News: "The South Dakota Supreme Court is considering whether to start a state commission on parenting-time guidelines."

Great Falls court officials hold Hollywood myths in contempt

Great Falls Tribune: "Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson yelling at each other over the objections of another attorney and the judge in 'A Few Good Men' might make for a dramatic movie scene, but it bears little resemblance to what goes on in a real-life courtroom."

Former South Dakota Attorney General Meierhenry dies

Sioux Falls Argus Leader: "Mark Meierhenry, a former South Dakota attorney general and the patriarch of an influential legal family, died early Wednesday. He was 75."

Minnesota Supreme Court rules in favor of employment protections for unpaid interns, students

Bring Me The News: "The Minnesota Supreme Court decided Wednesday that compensation is not required for an employee to be covered under the state’s civil rights laws."