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William Lochren: "The Bar Examination of Stewart Harvey." (1893)

In the nineteenth century, most lawyers were admitted to the bar in Minnesota either by reciprocity or by passing an oral examination administered by a district court judge or by a committee of lawyers. In 1859 or 1860, an earnest young man, Stewart Harvey, was examined before a "crowded audience, i...

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ABA's Canons of Professional Ethics (1909)

On August 27, 1908, the American Bar Association adopted Canons of Professional Ethics. They have been revised and amended many times since.

A fourteen member committee prepared the Canons. Frederick V. Brown of Minneapolis served on this committee. ...

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James M. Goodhue: "A Caution to Frontier Lawyers." (1850)

On February 14, 1850, Judge David Cooper fined Michael E. Ames and Morton S. Wilkinson $5 each for something they did in his courtroom in Stillwater. It is probable that they were the first lawyers in Minnesota to be disciplined. Reports of this event appeared in the February 20 and March 6, 1850, ...

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The Dorsett Case (1876-1878).

On January 11, 1878, Martha Angle Dorsett became the first woman to be admitted to the bar of Minnesota. This posting contains contemporary newspaper articles about her and her struggle to be admitted as well as Thomas A. Woxland's article, "In re Dorsett: Opening the Minnesota Bar to Women," publis...

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Andrew J. Daley (1857-1918).

A. J. Daley practiced law in Luverne, Minnesota, from his admission to the bar in April 1891 to his death in October 1918, at age sixty-one. His obituary in the Rock County Herald affirmed his prominence in the community:

"He was a man of extraordinary energy, a deep student of law and...

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The Apprenticeship Years.

Knute Nelson, a future Minnesota governor and U. S. senator, was an apprentice in the law office of William F. Vilas, before being admitted to the Wisconsin bar in 1867. According to his biographer, Mark W. Odland, Nelson bitterly complained:

"Permission to practice was granted after y...

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Thomas L. Olson, "Law on the Edge: The Credit River Case and the Fixations of Jerome Daly, 1960-1990."

The Minnesota Law Library has reported that of all the documents digitalized and made public through its website the most searched-for records are for the Credit River Case (First National Bank of Montgomery v. Jerome Daly (1968)). What?s more, an internet search returns a dozen or more citations ...

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