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COURT-RELATED VIOLENCE; 15 FACTS EVERY JUDGE (and attorney) SHOULD KNOW (14-17)
Attempted Murder of a Judge: The facts in this update come from an amazing story. Eight years ago a sniper shot Judge Chuck Weller (a family court judge in Reno, Nevada) just above the heart as he was...
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TOP TEN LIST – FUNNY JUDICIAL QUOTES: Judges can be funny too, sometimes (15-08)
FUNNY JUDICIAL QUOTES: In honor of this being the 100th Judicial Training Update issued since 2010 I offer a bit of uncharacteristic judicial humor. If anyone has ever questioned whether judges too...
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JUDICIAL DECISION-MAKING: Dangers of “Implicit Bias”&“Decision Fatigue” (15-12)
THE PROBLEM: In a perfect world judges make decisions by applying legal analysis to the facts of a case in a rational, fair and deliberate manner. But in the real world, we know that judges, despite...
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JUDICIAL & LEGAL WRITING: The Number One Rule for Improving = CUTTING (15-14)
There is a myriad of publications and articles dedicated to the improvement of legal writing. Unfortunately, in many of these materials, you need an English degree to understand anything past the first...
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THE TRAINING BLOG NEEDS YOUR HELP
Dear Friends and Loyal Readers of the Judicial Training & Education Blog, We need your help! After being screened through thousands of other online legal blogs, the Judicial Training &...
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NEW JUDGE ADVICE – RELY ON AND LEARN FROM YOUR IN-COURT CLERKS (14-14)
NEWLY APPOINTED JUDGES – WHY THE RISK OF MISTAKES ARE HIGH: Judges have an incredibly difficult job. Most judges were appointed to the bench, in part, based on their training, experience and expertise...
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WARNING SIGNS FOR JUDGES & ATTORNEYS – Ten Habits of Chronically Unhappy...
WE ALL WORK IN A HYPER-COMPETITIVE, STRESS FILLED ENVIRONMENT: The practice of law can be demanding and exceedingly stressful. Put an ordinary individual (which includes even the most well balanced...
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The Five Most Common Regrets That People Have at The End of Their Lives (15-19)
END OF LIFE REGRETS: No matter who you are or what you do, at the time of your impending death, you will look back on your life with a much different perspective than you have now. Only by then it...
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THE POWER OF GRATITUDE – IMPROVING YOUR LIFE & LEGAL PRACTICE
Have you ever felt down and out; like life itself was falling from you and it seemed like a major effort just to take care of the everyday mundane things? Of course you have, it’s called being human....
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TEN TIPS THAT EVERY NEW ATTORNEY SHOULD KNOW (17-02)
PERSONAL UPDATE: I woke up this morning realizing that it had been 6 months since my last post. One of the drawbacks to the aging process is that time seems to pass so much faster than when we were...
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JUDICIAL & LEGAL WRITING: The Number #1 Rule For Improvement – CUTTING (20-02)
One of the most common complaints raised by judges regarding written submissions filed by attorneys, guardians, child protection workers (and others), involves an issue that is surprisingly easy to...
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JUDICIAL DECISION-MAKING FATIGUE: Can Hunger & Fatigue Affect Judicial...
In a perfect world judges make decisions by applying legal analysis to thefacts of a case in a rational, fair and deliberate manner. But in the real world, judges, despite their best efforts, are...
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INTRODUCTION TO MINNESOTA’S MOST CONVENIENT AND SIMPLE LEGAL RESEARCH LIBRARY...
If your looking for a “cream of the crop” legal research tool then you should buy a subscription to an expensive service like Westlaw Next or Lexus Research. But if your looking for a convenient and...
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Three Rules For Attorneys To Live By
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