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The article focuses on insights from lawyers about lessons learned throughout their legal careers, highlighting key experiences that shaped their professional growth. Topics include the challenges of starting a career during the COVID-19 pandemic and the value of court administration experience, the evolution from aggressive litigation tactics to a more empathetic approach, and the importance of adaptability in navigating changes in law, technology, and business.

The article focuses on the issue of prosecutorial misconduct and role of the prosecutor in criminal justice system that renders prosecutorial misconduct. It includes improper insinuations and assertions, suppression of evidence favorable to the accused and misstatements of law in argument to the jury.

The article focuses on right of the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause being eroded by Minnesota courts in child sex abuse cases and mentions public sympathy enjoyed by alleged child sex abusers. Topics discussed include purpose of a forensic interview for health and well-being of a child, Minnesota Children's Resource Center (MCRC) which stops after initial report of sexual abuse and MCRC nurse practitioner not considered government actor by the Court.

The article offers information on laws governing predatory offender registry in Minnesota. It mentions that Minnesota's sexual offender registry is focused on child abduction requiring convicted sex and kidnapping offenders to register their current addresses at a probation office. It also mentions that case law arising from Minnesota courts has served to catch more people in the required-to-register net.

The article focuses on Minnesota Legislature received the report of the Criminal Sexual Conduct Working Group charged with recommending changes to the criminal sexual conduct statute. Topics include eliminating registration requirements for adjudicated juveniles, registration is required for individuals "charged with" a registrable offense & convicted of an offense "arising out of the same set of circumstances, & provide opportunities for early termination of registration requirements.

The article offers information for law firms about how to deal with a crisis. Topics include conducting investigations into various problems, the firm's ability to communicate the dangers to clients, and business continuity in the firm. A list of tips for avoiding mistakes that law firms make is also provided, which includes disclosing information, being proactive in responses, and addressing inaccurate published works.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Crisis Communications & Social Media: The Game Just Got Tougher" by Steven Aggergaard in the February 2015 issue.