Minnesota Judicial Branch History

Investiture ceremony: Minnesota Supreme Court, Minnesota Court of Appeals, Associate Justice Margaret H. Chutich and Court of Appeals Judge Diane B. Bratvold. Speakers: Rita Coyle DeMeules (Commissioner of the Minnesota Supreme Court), Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, Chief Judge Edward Cleary, Governor Mark Dayton, Judge Diana Murphy, Associate Justice Margaret H. Chutich, former Chief Justice Eric Magnuson, Judge Diane B. Bratvold, Michael Unger (president of the Minnesota State Bar Association).

Speakers: ReBecca Koenig Roloff (president of Saint Catherine University), Rita Coyle DeMeules (Commissioner of the Minnesota Supreme Court), Cecelia McKeig (mother of Justice McKeig), Chief Justice Lori S. Gildea, Robin Wolpert (president of the Minnesota State Bar Association), Philip Brodeen (president of the Minnesota American Indian Law Association), Governor Mark Dayton, Brittney Miller (attorney, former law clerk of Justice McKeig), Noya Woodrich (former president and CEO, Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches), Judge Robert A. Blaeser (Chief Judge, White Earth Tribal Court), Associate Justice Anne K. McKeig, Terrence Tibbetts (chairman, White Earth Tribal Council), Eugene Tibbetts (White Earth Tribal Council).

Speakers: Rita Coyle DeMeules (Commissioner of the Minnesota Supreme Court), Chief Justice Lorie Gildea, Paul Godfrey (president of the Minnesota State Bar Association), Governor Mark Dayton, Kate Prushek, Judge James Loken, former Chief Justice Kathleen Blatz, Associate Justice Paul C. Thissen.

Panel discussion with four Chief Justices, Eric Magnuson, Kathleen Blatz, Lorie Gildea and Natalie Hudson hosted by Court of Appeals Judge Jon Schmidt.