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Minnesota Law & Government Web Sites

Links on this page verified 11/12. Direct feedback on this page to lawlib@umn.edu

Table of Contents

Legislature, Statutes, Session Laws, Bills, etc.

• Minnesota State Legislature Home Page

   

• Minnesota State Constitution and Amendments Proposed Since 1858 

   

• Minnesota Statutes and Previous Editions of Minnesota Statutes (back to the 1851 Territorial Statutes).

   

• Minnesota Session Laws (archived back to the 1st Territorial Legislature in 1849).

   

• Legislation & Bill Status/Tracking Information

   

• Minnesota Legislative History Step by Step (Minnesota Legislative Reference Library)
  A guide to Minnesota legislative history research.

   

• Resources on Minnesota Legislative Issues (MN Legislative Reference Library)

Executive Branch: Governor, Departments., Agencies, Rules, etc.

• Minnesota State Rules

   

• Minnesota State Register: current issue and archive of past issues

   

• Minnesota State Departments & Agencies
  Includes state boards, commissions, councils, committees, ombudsmen offices and task forces.

   

• Rulemaking in Minnesota: A Guide
  Intended for agencies as a reference to the law and rules that govern each step of the rule making process.

   

• Office of the Minnesota Attorney General and Minnesota Attorney General Opinions.

   

• Office of the Governor and Executive Orders Archive (1968 to present). 

   

• Minnesota Secretary of State

Judicial Branch: Opinions & Court-Related Information

Minnesota Supreme Court & Court of Appeals

• Minnesota State Court System Home Page

   

• The Minnesota Judiciary: A Guide for Legislators
  "... provides and overview of the relationships among components of the court system and between the state court system, the legislature, and the federal courts. Also describes personnel that work for the judicial branch and how their work is funded."

   

• Minnesota Supreme Court Opinions Recent Opinions and previous weeks (May 1996- )

   

• Minnesota Court of Appeals Opinions Recent Opinions and previous opinions back to May 1996 (includes unpublished & order opinions).

   

• Minnesota Court of Appeals: Standards of Review  (.pdf)
  Written and periodically updated by Minnesota appellate court judges, this document is "intended as a tool for finding and applying various standards of review. Citations to applicable case law are provided.

   

• Minnesota Tax Court
  Decisions, court rules, forms, pro se information.

   

• Minnesota Workers'Compensation Court of Appeals
  Decisions (1999- current), court rules.

Minnesota District (Trial) Courts on the Web 

• District Courts Home Page Includes a state map of Minnesota's ten judicial districts and a list of counties within each judicial district.  Links are provided to the court web page for each county and/or links to each county's home page.

   

• Minnesota Trial Court Public Access Remote view (MPA Remote)
  An online case inquiry tool for statewide electronic case records. MPA Remote Displays case information for public viewing, including register of actions, calendars, judgments, and orders and notices prepared by the court. Internet Explorer is required to use this service.

   

• Self-Help Center (Minnesota District Courts)
  "For people who need to handle a legal problem in a Minnesota District Court." Information and forms covering a variety of legal matters.

Court Rules

• Court Rules (Minnesota State Court System)
  Includes the text of recent amendments to court rules and the following court rules: Civil Appellate Procedure, Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Juvenile Procedure (Protection, Deliquency, Juvenile Petty Offenses and Juvenile Traffic), Guardian Ad Litem Procedure, Adoption Procedure and General Rules of Practice. Many of these rules include an appendix with forms.

Local Government Information: City, County, Special Districts, etc.

• Minneapolis:
  Home Page || Ordinances & Charter || Mayor's Office || City Council || City Attorney's Office

   

• St. Paul:
  Home Page || Charter, Legislative & Administrative Codes || Mayor's Office || City Council || Office of the City Attorney

   

• Minnesota County & Municipal Ordinances (MN State Law Library)

   

• Local Government in Minnesota (Minnesota.gov)
  Links to home pages of county, city, township, special district, regional bodies and other local government entities as well as local government associations and organizations. 

   

• League of Minnesota Cities

Minnesota Legal Periodicals

• Bench & Bar of Minnesota
  MN State Bar's monthly journal; includes author & subject index (1995-present and archive of articles Nov./Dec. 1998-present).


• Minnesota Lawyer
  "A weekly newspaper covering Minnesota's courts and legal community." Includes archives of articles (1999-present). See Reference Office for access.


• Politics in Minnesota - Capitol Report a.k.a. the St. Paul Legal Ledger
  Covers state capitol and public policy news and issues. Published twice weekly.


• Finance and Commerce


• University of Minnesota Law School Law Journals
  Information, including links to tables of contents (and in some cases abstracts and full-text articles) for the seven journals published by the University of Minnesota Law School.


• Minnesota Legal Periodical Index (Web-MLPI)
  Covers Minnesota law school, bar association and commercial publications as early as 1984. Links to full-text articles when available on the web. A collaborative effort of the Minnesota State Law Library and Pritchard Law Webs, publisher of LawMoose!

Minnesota Bar Associations

• Minnesota Bar Associations
  State & County
  Minnesota State Bar Association
  Anoka County Bar Association - ACBA
  Hennepin County Bar Association - HCBA
  Ramsey County Bar Association

   

• Other
  Association of Corporate Counsel - Minnesota Chapter 
  Federal Bar Association - Minnesota Chapter
  American Immigration Lawyers Association - Minnesota-Dakotas Chapter
  Minnesota American Indian Bar Association Includes information on Minnesota tribal courts.
  Minnesota Association for Justice (formerly Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association)
  Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers
  Minnesota Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  Minnesota County Attorneys Association Includes a list of county attys. by name and county.
  Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association - MDLA
  Minnesota Hispanic Bar Association - MHBA 
  Minnesota Lavender Bar Association
  Minnesota Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers
  Provides confidential mental health and substance abuse assistance for lawyers.
  Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association- see Minnesota Association for Justice (above).
  Minnesota Women Lawyers 
  National Lawyers Guild - Minnesota Chapter

Minnesota Bar Admissions & Exam Information

Minnesota Board of Law Examiners
Includes bar admission information, rules, application forms, instructions, and bar exam results.
Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE) Information and online application.
National Conference of Bar Examiners
Includes information and study aid information for the following exams: Multistate Bar Exam (MBE), Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE), Multistate Performance Test (MPT) and the Multistate Essay Examination (MEE). Includes an online registration form for the MPRE. 
American Bar Association (ABA) - Bar Admissions page
Includes the full-text of the ABA publication, Comprehensive Guide to Bar Admission Requirements.

Minnesota Law Libraries & Related Associations

Fyi: U of M law students are eligible to borrow materials from other law libraries in the Twin cities.  Details here.

Academic Law LIbraries

• Hamline University School of Law Library
• University of St. Thomas School of Law Library
• William Mitchell College of Law Library

County Law Libraries

• Anoka County Law Library
• Carver County Law Library
• Dakota County Law Library
• Hennepin County Law Library
• Ramsey County Law Library
• Scott County Law Library
• Washington County Law Library
• Directory of County Law Libraries (.rtf format, compiled by the MN State Law Library)

State Libraries 

• Minnesota Attorney General Library
• Minnesota Legislative Reference Library
• Minnesota State Law Library

Federal - 8th Circuit Law Libraries 

• 8th Circuit Minneapolis Branch Library
• 8th Circuit St. Paul Branch Library

Library Associations

• MALL - Minnesota Association of Law Libraries
• MCCLL - Minnesota Coalition of County Law Libraries
• AALL - American Association of Law Libraries ALL-SIS's Links to Academic Law Libraries
• CALCO - Capitol Area Library Consortium
• Special Libraries Association (SLA), SLA Legal Division, SLA Minnesota Chapter
• Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T),