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Minnesota might allow law grads to bypass bar exam
Law 360: " The Minnesota Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it may allow recent law school graduates to forgo the bar exam during the COVID-19 health emergency and said it will take public comments on the idea over the next few weeks." -
S.D.: Excellence in law and friendship
KELO News: "Two longtime figures in the South Dakota law community are receiving a prestigious honor. South Dakota Supreme Court Chief Justice David Gilbertson and the late Justice Steven Zinter will both be the recipients of this year’s McKusick Award." -
Jensen picked to lead South Dakota supremes
Pierre Capital Journal: "Upon the planned retirement of South Dakota Supreme Court Chief Justice David Gilbertson in January, Justice Steven Jensen will take the role of leading the state's highest court, officials announced on Tuesday." -
USD law school fell below bar-exam threshold
KELO News: "South Dakota’s only law school was one of 10 nationwide that didn’t meet a key standard, set by a council of the American Bar Association, that 75 percent of an institution’s law graduates pass a bar exam within two years." -
S.D.: COVID-19 pandemic bogs down court system
Black Hills Pioneer: "Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the wheels of justice continue to turn in Lawrence County. They’re just going a bit slower than usual." -
Mont.: Court says dinosaur fossils worth millions aren't minerals
NBC Montana News: "A divided Montana Supreme Court says under state law, dinosaur fossils aren't minerals. Wednesday's ruling has implications in an ongoing legal battle over the ownership of millions of dollars of fossils found on an eastern Montana ranch where the surface and mineral rights are owned by different people." -
Montana Supreme Court upholds jury decision in stolen valor case
Flathead Beacon: "The Montana Supreme Court has upheld the decision of a Flathead County jury to force a Kalispell man to pay $1.7 million after he said he was a decorated U.S. Marine Corps officer in order to convince a well-known Whitefish businessman to invest in his business." -
USD Law School among first to be back with face-to-face education this fall
KELO News: "The South Dakota Board of Regents has decided that universities will resume in-person classes at the start of the fall term." -
Court upholds move to restore Minnesota lake's Dakota name
Indian Country Today: "A divided Minnesota Supreme Court said Wednesday a state agency has the authority to change the name of a popular lake back to its original Dakota name." -
Billionaires stashing funds in South Dakota trusts
Pierre Capital Journal: "South Dakota’s unusual stature as a leader nationwide in chartering trusts has been in the national headlines in recent weeks because of a new turn in a Texas billionaire’s messy divorce."