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New Year’s Resolutions: Attorney Wellness

Posted: January 10, 2020
attorney wellness
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 …

New Year’s Resolutions: Attorney Wellness

Writing Wrongs: The Common Legal Writing Mistakes of Law Students and Lawyers

Posted: September 12, 2019
Common Legal Writing Mistakes
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