MLBA News

Save the date – January 31, 2009!

As the Minnesota Lavender Bar Association enters its tenth year, we are very pleased to welcome to this year’s Regional Lavender Law conference Eric Magnuson, Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, (pictured at left) as one of several engaging and informative speakers! Mark the date on your calendar and make plans to attend this conference – which, as in previous years, promises to be part CLE, part family reunion. Registration information will be available later – watch your mailbox!

Please note: Regional Lavender Law is free to law students!

Supreme Court Announces Opening on Law Examiners Board

A lawyer member position is open on the nine-member Minnesota State Board of Law Examiners.

The all-volunteer Board is made up of seven attorneys and two public members. The Board is responsible for drafting, editing, and administering the Minnesota Bar Exam as well as overseeing bar applicants' character and fitness screening and certification process.

Persons interested in being considered for appointment should submit a letter of interest and curriculum vitae by December 3, 2008. For more information, please click here: http://www.mncourts.gov/district/0/?page=NewsItemDisplay&item=43623

HUSL seeks criminal justice faculty

Hamline University seeks a full-time tenure-track undergraduate Criminal Justice faculty member to teach in its interdisciplinary program within the College of Liberal Arts beginning in the fall of 2009. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in criminal justice, sociology, public administration or a related social science discipline. Candidates with a J.D. may also be considered, especially those with more extensive criminal justice experience.

University-level teaching and professional experience within criminal justice are highly desirable of all candidates. The person chosen to fill this position will have the ability to teach a range of criminal justice courses, including introductory criminal justice and others within the program, and the ability to supervise internships as part of a capstone experience.

This tenure-track, assistant professorship includes a normal teaching load of six courses per year, which is determined in consultation with the program director. The successful candidate will be expected to have an active scholarly or research agenda and contribute to the college, university and the profession.

Candidates must have a commitment to the idea of a broad liberal arts and interdisciplinary education and collaborative research with students. Hamline seeks candidates with demonstrated knowledge, competencies and experience in teaching, advising, and mentoring students from culturally diverse backgrounds. Candidates must provide evidence of a commitment to promote and enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion in support of academic excellence.

Candidates are encouraged to visit Hamline’s web site www.hamline.edu before applying for the position. Send an electronic copy of CV and initial letter of interest to jkrause@gw.hamline.edu and a hard copy to Professor Jerry Krause, Hamline University, 1536 Hewitt Ave., MB #222, St. Paul, MN 55104 by December 15, 2008. Receipt of materials by Hamline University will be confirmed with each candidate.

Hamline University is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and serves nearly 4,600 graduate and undergraduate students through its five colleges and schools. Hamline University has consistently ranked in the top ten of Midwestern comprehensive universities by the US News and World Report. The University’s mission is to create a diverse and collaborative community of learners dedicated to the development of students' knowledge, values and skills for successful lives of leadership, scholarship, and service. The University’s vision is to be a diverse, learning-centered university that is rooted in a tradition of liberal education, dynamic and actively inclusive, locally engaged and globally connected, and invested in the personal and professional growth of persons.

Hamline University is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

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Job Opportunities posted
on MLBA website

MLBA receives a number of notices from employers seeking candidates for open positions. We try to post these on our web site regularly, and in fact have now created a specific page dedicated to sharing these opportunities.
Please click here for more information.
http://www.mnlavbar.org/Employment.htm

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