www.wmitchell.edu6.75 standard CLE credits approved.
Sponsored by the Court of Appeals 25th Anniversary Fund, William Mitchell College of Law, and the MSBA Appellate Practice Section.
Judicial history was made this fall at William Mitchell College of Law when a three-judge panel of the Minnesota Court of Appeals heard a mock argument, conferred, and decided a case and convened a Special Term to discuss and decide a calendar of motions before an audience of 120 attorneys, students, and legal professionals. The proceedings, usually done in closed chambers, were part of a symposium at William Mitchell celebrating the Court’s 25th anniversary on Nov. 6. The daylong event featured remarks from Minnesota Chief Justice Eric Magnuson ‘76 and Minnesota Court of Appeals Chief Judge Edward Toussaint Jr. Presenters included: Court of Appeals Judges Harriet Lansing and Bruce Willis (ret.); former Justice Sam Hanson ‘65, Briggs and Morgan; Marianne Short, Dorsey & Whitney; and David F. Herr ‘78, Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand.
A partial transcript of symposium, including the Court proceedings, will be published in Issue 4 of the William Mitchell Law Review and the entire transcript will be available on their Web site at: www.wmitchell.edu/lawreview/ in May 2009. If you would like a copy of the transcript before then, email lreview@wmitchell.edu.
Symposium schedule
November 6, 2008
8 – 8:30 am |
Registration |
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8:30 – 9:30 am |
Opening remarks Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Eric Magnuson Minnesota Court of Appeals Chief Judge Edward Toussaint Jr. |
9:30 – 10:45 am |
Panel Discussion: Moderator: Marianne Short, former judge of the Court of Appeals; managing partner, Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis Criminal law:Bradford Colbert, Minnesota Public Defender's Office, and John B. Galus, assistant attorney general Family Law: Cathy Gorlin, Best & Flanagan, Minneapolis Civil Litigation: Dick Pemberton, Pemberton, Sorlie, Rufer, Kershner, Fergus Falls Legal Services: Lawrence R. McDonough, Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis |
10:45 – 11 am |
Break |
11 am – 12:45 pm |
Arguing to, and Limitations of, an Error-Correcting Court Ten (or so) Things Practitioners Wish the Court Would Do Differently Ten (or so) Things the Court Wishes Practitioners Would Do Differently |
12:45 – 2 pm |
Lunch Address: The Minnesota Court of Appeals: Twenty-five Years of Doing Minnesota Justice, Minnesota Court of Appeals Judge Harriet Lansing |
2 – 3:15 pm |
Mock Court of Appeals Argument and Conference Argument of real Court of Appeals case (previously settled) and conference before a three-judge panel of Court members, Attorney for appellants, Kay Nord Hunt, Lommen, Abdo, Cole, King & Stageberg, Minneapolis Attorney for respondents, Richard Morgan, Bowman and Brooke, Minneapolis Court members, Judge Terri J. Stoneburner, presiding, Judge Roger M. Klaphake, and Judge Matthew E. Johnson |
3:15 – 3:30 pm |
Break |
3:30–4:15 pm |
Return of Decision and Discussion of Arguments |
| 4:15-5 pm | Special Term Conference A different three-judge panel will confer on a calendar of actual special term motions and will decide them. This will provide an unprecedented glimpse into how the Court handles motions. Court members, Judge Edward Toussaint Jr., presiding, Judge David Minge, Judge Randolph W. Peterson, and Judge Jill Flaskamp Halbrooks (substitute judge) Questions |
| 5 pm | Adjourn |