Bench & Bar of Minnesota

Featured in the December Bench & Bar:  In “The New Scarlet Letter: Is Minnesota’s Predatory Offender Registry helping or hurting?”, author Stacy L. Bettison examines the legal history of Minnesota’s registry, of which 21,000+ Minnesotans are now a part, and asks whether it’s time to reconsider some provisions of the law. Jon Schmidt wraps up his series of Minnesota Supreme Court interviews in a conversation with Chief Justice Lorie Gildea. Columns: MSBA President Tom Nelson asks if the time has come for mandatory pro bono reporting; OLPR Director Susan Humiston writes about lawyers’ ethical duty of supervision; and legal tech columnist Mark Lanterman looks at the trouble with trying to opt out of information-reseller websites.