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Posted: May 22, 2020
Amicus Curiae
The Amicus Curiae blog is a resource for everyone interested in recent happenings in law. We will share trending legal topics and thought-provoking pieces in all different areas of law. Some articles also provide advice to students or practicing attorneys.
If you are interested in writing a piece—new or in response to a current one—contact us at alicia.brenhaug@mitchellhamline.edu or joshua.numainville@mitchellhamline.edu.
Estate Planning During COVID-19: Easing Will Formalities to Allow Virtual Execution
Posted: April 1, 2020
By Bailey D. Barnes Bailey D. Barnes is a second-year student at The University of Tennessee College of Law where he serves as Managing Editor of the Tennessee Law Review. Prior to law school, Mr. Barnes earned a master’s degree in United States History. Introduction As the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, continues to cause devastation …
Estate Planning During COVID-19: Easing Will Formalities to Allow Virtual Execution
Examining the Legality of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)
Posted: March 18, 2020
By Favio Ramirez Caminatti Favio Ramirez Caminatti is a 1L at Mitchell Hamline School of Law. He was the Executive Director of El Centro del Inmigrante in New York, and President of the Staten Island Immigrants Council. He has received several awards for his work and advocacy for immigrants’ rights, such as: Mayoral Service Recognition …
Examining the Legality of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP)
Applying Telescope Media Group: What does the decision mean for anti-discrimination statutes?
Posted: January 29, 2020
By Mike Steenson, Bell Distinguished Professor of Law at Mitchell Hamline. Professor Steenson’s article is the second article in our two-part Telescope Media series. You can read Part I here. Telescope Media Group v. Lucero[1] is the latest case to address the collision between a state’s anti-discrimination law and the First Amendment rights of business …
Applying Telescope Media Group: What does the decision mean for anti-discrimination statutes?
New Year’s Resolutions: Attorney Wellness
Posted: January 10, 2020
By Geri Sjoquist Geri Sjoquist, Hamline Class of 2002, practices in family law and civil litigation. One of Minnesota Lawyer’s Attorneys of the Year in 2019, Geri has worked as a legal professional for over twenty-five years, primarily at her own firm Sjoquist Law LLC. The Concept of Interconnectedness There has been a lot of …
Eighth Circuit Supercharges Masterpiece Cakeshop and Creates Religious Freedom Blueprint with Telescope Media Group v. Lucero
Posted: December 19, 2019
By: Ethan Groothuis Ethan Groothuis is a managing editor for Volume 46 of the Mitchell Hamline Law Review and a 3L at Mitchell Hamline. Ethan’s article is the first article in our two-part Telescope Media series. Part II by Professor Michael Steenson will be published in January 2020. Telescope Media Group v. Lucero, a major …
Aaron Carlson Corp. v. Cohen: Can a Receiver Bring a Piercing-the-Corporate-Veil Claim Against Shareholders of the Corporate Entity that the Receiver Controls?
Posted: November 27, 2019
By Kurt R. Mattson, J.D. LL.M., M.L.I.S. Kurt Mattson, William Mitchell Class of 1988, is president of Union Legal Research. His company provides quick, thorough legal research and writing services for attorneys. Introduction The Minnesota Supreme Court recently held that the lower courts erred in concluding that a creditor’s claims should have been brought by …
The Music Modernization Act’s Impact on Mechanical Licensing and Streaming Services
Posted: November 6, 2019
By: Simone Washington Simone Washington is a Michigan native and 3L at Mitchell Hamline School of Law. She recieved her Bachelors of Music Business from Howard University in 2017 and hopes to enter the field of Entertainment Law in Los Angeles, CA after graduating from Mitchell in 2020. She currently works as a Law Clerk …
The Music Modernization Act’s Impact on Mechanical Licensing and Streaming Services
Professor Perspectives: Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue Sets Up A Religion Clause Collision
Posted: October 4, 2019
By Marie Failinger Marie A. Failinger is a professor of law at Mitchell Hamline School of Law. She was the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Law and Religion for more than 25 years, and has published books and articles on law and religion, including several focused on Lutheran theology and law. Background Espinoza v. Montana …
Writing Wrongs: The Common Legal Writing Mistakes of Law Students and Lawyers
Posted: September 12, 2019
By Peggy Kirkpatrick Peggy Kline Kirkpatrick is an adjunct writing professor in the Lawyering program at Mitchell Hamline, where she has taught for the past ten years. Her legal experience includes private practice in environmental, administrative, and land use law, and a clerkship at the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Peggy received her B.A., summa cum …
Writing Wrongs: The Common Legal Writing Mistakes of Law Students and Lawyers