ROSALIE WAHL:

An Inventory of Her Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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Creator: Wahl, Rosalie Erwin, 1924-2013, creator.
Title:Rosalie Wahl papers.
Dates:1958-1998 (bulk 1977-1994).
Abstract:Personal papers from the judicial chambers of Rosalie Wahl, first woman appointed (1977) and successively elected (1978, 1984, 1990) to the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Quantity:16.75 cubic feet (17 boxes), 5 master video files: MOV (23.8 GB), 3 user video files: MP4 (3.09 GB), 7 master audio files: WAV (1.4 GB), and 7 user audio files: MP3 (248 MB).
Location:See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

Expand/CollapseBIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Rosalie Wahl was born as Sara Rosalie Erwin on August 27, 1924 in Gordon, Kansas, the third daughter of four children born to Claude William and Gertrude (Patterson) Erwin. Growing up in the Depression era, Wahl experienced tremendous personal hardship. Her mother died when Wahl was three years old and she, with her sisters and brother, moved to live with her maternal grandparents on a farm near Birch Creek, Kansas. Four years later, Wahl's grandfather and brother were killed by a train after she opened a gate that led from the farm to the creek across a set of railroad tracks. She spent the remainder of her childhood on that same farm in Birch Creek and was raised by her grandmother with help from her mother's sister, Sara Patterson.

In 1942 Wahl entered the University of Kansas intending to pursue a journalism degree. The following summer she returned to Birch Creek to teach. Her fiancé, an air force serviceman, died the next winter in a training accident. Wahl describes herself at this time as torn between choosing a life of poetry and mysticism or following a path of social and political activism.1 Determined to pursue a field where she could help people, Wahl went back to the University where she edited the campus newspaper and became involved with the campus YWCA where she helped form a women's interracial residential cooperative. During this time Wahl became a Quaker. In 1946 she graduated with a degree in sociology and though she had planned to go to California to work with migrants she instead married Roswell Wahl, a family friend and mechanical engineer.

Wahl's first child was born in 1947 and, in 1949, the family moved to Circle Pines, Minnesota to participate in a newly-formed cooperative community. Three more children were born while the family lived in Circle Pines and then, in 1955, the family moved to a former dairy farm in Lake Elmo where Rosalie Wahl has lived since.

In 1962 at the age of 38 and "tired of sitting outside doors waiting for the men inside to make the decisions,"2 Wahl entered the William Mitchell School of Law. Her fifth and last child was born in 1964. In 1967 she graduated with her law degree and passed the state bar examination. Immediately thereafter she began working for the state as an assistant public defender. In 1972, the same year she and her husband divorced, Wahl taught criminal law at the University of Minnesota. The following year she accepted a professorship at William Mitchell where she directed the clinical legal education program. This was both an experimental and controversial program as students, under supervision and in cooperation with the state's public defender office, were representing indigent defendants in criminal court proceedings.

In 1977 Governor Rudy Perpich appointed Wahl to the Supreme Court to replace Harry H. MacLaughlin. Wahl's appointment was significant as she was the first woman jurist to sit on the state's highest court. While on the Supreme Court, Wahl served as its liaison to the Court's Study Commission on the Mentally Disabled and also chaired its task forces on gender fairness and racial bias. These committees gathered information through public hearings, questionnaires, and court statistical data that was used to evaluate the judicial system and its proceedings. The findings and recommendations made by these committees were used to implement changes within the judicial system through training sessions, procedural rulings, and legislation.

Wahl sustained her earlier interest in clinical training and professional development throughout her judicial career by participating in the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the American Bar Association. She chaired that section in 1987-1988 and proposed the formation of a study group headed by Robert MacCrate to examine the continuum between legal education and practice. Wahl's own role in this study group was to chair a subcommittee that drafted a statement on fundamental lawyering skills and professional values.

Elected to the court in 1978 and successively reelected in 1984 and 1990, Wahl retired at the mandatory retirement age of 70 in 1994. When she retired, women held four of the seven Supreme Court seats.

1 Deborah J. Fisher, "Rosalie Wahl: Beyond the Little House on the Prairie," Twin Cities Woman, June 1978, sec. 2.

2 Quoted by Donna Halvorsen in "Judge Wahl Leaves Historic and Personal Mark on Supreme Court," Star Tribune, August 28, 1994, sec. A.

Additional biographical information was taken from the collection.


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Expand/CollapseSCOPE AND CONTENTS

The collection contains papers Wahl kept in her judicial chambers as well as personal papers she collected prior to and during her judicial career. Included are biographical information; speeches and writings; files regarding her Supreme Court appointment, elections, opinions, and committee work; subject files; materials related to her interest in legal education; and files detailing her connection with civic associations during the late 1950s and early 1960s.

The focus of the collection is on Wahl's role as liaison to the Supreme Court's Study Commission on the Mentally Disabled, as chair of the Court's Task Force on Gender Fairness and later of its Implementation Committee, and as chair of the Task Force on Racial Bias. Included are committee memoranda, correspondence, minutes, research data, reports, training materials, procedural rules, legislative proposals, news clippings, and background information. Other materials regarding Wahl's judicial term include files related to some of the opinions she wrote and files concerning the candidacy of other judicial nominees and applicants.

Wahl's concern about legal representation for the poor and her interest in professional skills training are also well documented. Subject files provide information regarding the legal aid activities of the state bar association as well as the state public defender system.

A separate series details Wahl's activities in the American Bar Association's Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.

The collection also includes an extensive set of speech files that begin with the remarks she made at the Minnesota Woman's Meeting in St. Cloud on June 3, 1977 just after her appointment to the Supreme Court was announced. Other less extensive materials document Wahl's earlier work with both the Friends of the Library and the Citizens Committee on Education in Washington County.

Additional information regarding each of the eight series in this collection may be found in the Detailed Description of the Collection. For a list of these series, consult the Organization of the Collection which follows.


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Expand/CollapseARRANGEMENT

These records are organized into the following sections:

Biographical Information, 1960s-1995
Civic Associations, 1958-1962
Law Practice and Teaching, 1965-1977
Speeches and Writings, undated and 1975-1998
Minnesota Supreme Court, 1977-1994
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, 1978-1996
Subject Files, 1966-1994
Autograph Items, 1988-1994


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Expand/CollapseADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Rosalie Wahl Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 15589; 16060

Location of Master Files:

Digital masters of the audiovisual material are maintained on the Society's secure digital collections storage servers and is managed and preserved in accordance with archival best practices.

The original audio and videocassettes were disposed after the material was digitally reformatted into mov and wav files.

Processing Information:

Processed by: Monica Manny Ralston, January 1999, September 2005

Digital audiovisual transferred from the master audio and videocassettes by the Minnesota Historical Society for preservation purposes, January, 2019.

Digital video of the oral history interview conducted by Laura Cooper was transferred from master videocassettes by the Minnesota Historical Society for preservation purposes, January 23, 2018.

Catalog ID number: 990017358540104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Expand/CollapseBIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, 1960S-1995

These files contain an assortment of materials providing details about Wahl's life and achievements. Included are resumes, news clippings, magazine excerpts, television news spots, a sample of her fingerprints, photographs, award certificates, membership certificates, diplomas, and a set of tributes written at the time she retired by her court and academic colleagues for publication in the William Mitchell Law Review. The biographical information also contains two oral history interviews: the first conducted by Norma J. Wikler (sociologist and consultant to the Supreme Court's Task Force on Gender Fairness) and Laura Kadwell (Wahl's law clerk, 1981-1982) on March 25 and 27, 1990; the second conducted by Laura Cooper (University of Minnesota law professor) on August 17, 1994. The interviews include discussion about her childhood and college years in Kansas, the move to Minnesota to engage in a cooperative living experiment, her entry into law school, her work with the state public defenders office and as a professor at the William Mitchell College of Law, her appointment to the Supreme Court, her first election, the Court's task forces on gender fairness and racial bias, and her judicial opinions in a few selected cases. Photographs included within this series contain both formal and candid portraits of Wahl as well as formal group portraits of the Court justices.


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144.B.17.15B1Resumes.
Press clippings, 1973-1994. 3 folders.
Publications quoting or citing Wahl, 1992, 1995.
"Justice is a Woman" by Gwenyth Jones: Interview notes and article, August 1994.
This article was published in Bench and Bar of Minnesota 51 (August 1994).
Laura Cooper's research file.
Tribute to Rosalie E. Wahl (pre-publication), William Mitchell Law Review 21 (1995).
Includes an index to the opinions issued by Justice Wahl as well as tributes written by Minnesota Court of Appeals Judge Harriet Lansing, Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice A. M. Keith, Minnesota Supreme Court Associate Justice M. Jeanne Coyne, former law clerk Amy Adams, William Mitchell College of Law professor Douglas Heidenreich, William Mitchell College of Law professor Roger S. Haydock, William Mitchell College of Law president and dean James F. Hogg, Minnesota Third District congressman Jim Ramstad, and Minnesota Supreme Court Associate Justice Esther M. Tomljanovich.
Fingerprints, 1978.
Photographs, 1960s-1995. 4 folders.
Certificates of membership, 1968, 1973-1977.
Awards and certificates, 1973-1994.
Alexandrine Medal, College of St. Catherine, December 1978.
Robert J. Kutak Award presentation to Rosalie E. Wahl, 1994.
Contains the text of remarks made by Millard Ruud in presenting the award to Wahl.
Honorary degrees:
Doctor of Laws, William Mitchell College of Law, 1978.
Doctor of Laws, Carleton College, 1987.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Hamline University, 1992.
Leaders of Today and Tomorrow (LOTT): Justice Rosalie E. Wahl Fund, 1994-1995.
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InternetOral History Interviews:
Interview conducted by Norma J. Wilker, March 25, 1990. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 39 seconds): WAV (306 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (40.9 MB).
Interview conducted by Norma J. Wilker, March 25, 1990 Digital audio
Interview conducted by Laura Kadwell, March 27, 1990. 1 master audio file (22 minutes, 44 seconds): WAV (114 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (16.1 MB).
Interview conducted by Laura Kadwell, March 27, 1990 Digital audio
Interview conducted by Laura Cooper, August 17, 1994. 1 master video file (4 hours, 14 minutes): MOV (57.8 GB) and 1 user video file: MP4 (2.65 GB).
Interview conducted by Laura Cooper, August 17, 1994. Digital video

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Expand/CollapseCIVIC ASSOCIATIONS, 1958-1962

This series contains materials pertaining to Wahl's involvement in two voluntary associations before she began to study law. Included are files pertaining to a subcommittee that surveyed parents and made recommendations about the required length of the school year to the Citizens Committee on Education in Washington County. Also included are materials regarding a movement by the Friends of the Library to expand library services in Washington County from a mobile unit supported by the Stillwater Public Library to a consolidated system governed by a county board. The files contain committee minutes, reports, memoranda, correspondence, Wahl's notes, newsletters, and news clippings.


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144.B.17.15B1Washington County School District 834: Citizens Committee on Education: Subcommittee on Length of School Year, 1958-1962. 2 folders.
Washington County library service, 1959-1962. 2 folders.

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This section contains materials pertaining to Wahl's graduation from the William Mitchell Law School, her bar examination, and her positions as a law professor at both the University of Minnesota and the William Mitchell College of Law.


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144.B.17.15B1Law school commencement and bar examination, 1965-1967.
Includes a 1965-1966 directory of the William Mitchell College of Law Student Bar Association, the June 1967 commencement program for Wahl's graduation from William Mitchell, correspondence and affidavits regarding Wahl's application for bar examination, the questions issued in her examination with Wahl's notes, a statement regarding Wahl's desire to practice law, and her remarks as one of the new lawyers admitted to the state bar in 1967.
Petition and certificate to practice in U.S. 4th District Court, 1973.
University of Minnesota Law School: Appointment as adjunct clinical professor, 1972-1973.
William Mitchell College of Law:
Criminal Law Clinic:
Correspondence, 1972-1977.
procedure manual, 1973-1975.
Contains Wahl's course objectives and procedures for students enrolled in criminal law clinics.
Criminal misdemeanors and moving traffic violations, 1977.
Includes materials related to Wahl's faculty participation in a seminar sponsored by the Midwest Practice Institute.

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Expand/CollapseSPEECHES AND WRITINGS, UNDATED AND 1975-1998

The speeches and writings are arranged chronologically by speaking engagement. Each speech is identified by title, sponsoring party, audience, event, place, and date. If Wahl gave no title to her text, the file is simply identified as "Remarks" or by the type of presentation such as "Commencement address." In some instances the audience, event, or place also may not be identified.

Wahl's speaking engagements included keynote addresses, conference sessions, panel presentations and responses, training seminars, investitures, introductions, tributes, eulogies, commencements, and award ceremonies. Her audiences included judges, lawyers, bar associations, educational institutions, women's organizations, peace officers, correctional workers, mental health professionals, religious congregations, school children, and other special interest groups. The topics on which she spoke covered a wide area and often drew from her own experiences. Generally her themes covered such issues as social justice, constitutional law, legal training and professional development, women's roles, leadership, feminism, parenting, family law, and health. Other speeches address specific events or activities such as her own judicial appointment or the findings and recommendations of the various court and bar association committees on which she served.

Though not reflected elsewhere in the collection, Wahl was a Quaker and some of her speeches were given to Unitarian, Congregational, or Friends gatherings. During these presentations Wahl spoke very candidly about her own faith and world-view and these remarks provide a most intimate glimpse of her inner persona.

The majority of the files contain Wahl's handwritten texts. Others appear in typescript form. The files may also include correspondence, program announcements, pamphlets, photographs, and press clippings related to the speaking engagements. Quite frequently, Wahl excerpted portions from one speech for another presentation by framing her opening remarks to the particular audience. Examples of these speeches are grouped together under a topical heading such as "gender fairness speaking file."

Wahl often quoted poetry in her speeches and though she was especially fond of Emily Dickinson, she sometimes used her own poems. Two files preceding the chronological arrangement include typed selections of her poetry as well as a MP3 file of Wahl reading her own poetry.

Some of Wahl's presentations were later published in journals or newsletters. Published versions of these presentations are included within the relevant speech files. These publications include a lecture delivered to the Hamline University Law School on March 9, 1978 titled "Equal Justice Under Law: Dream or Reality"; an address to the 1980 Friends General Conference published in Friends Journal as the article "Here Am I! Send Me"; an address given to the Women's Law Caucus at William Mitchell on April 10, 1986 and published under the title "Some Reflections on Women and the Judiciary;" an address titled "More Prelude than Token" made at the October 1991 conference of the National Association of Women Judges; and a speech given at a conference of the Legal Writing Institute in Seattle on July 20, 1996.


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144.B.17.16F2Poems, undated, 1975, 1991.
Miscellaneous speaking engagements, 1978-1990.
Includes announcements, programs, newspaper clippings, and other printed material concerning engagements for which speech texts are not evident.
Remarks, Minnesota National Hispanic Heritage Week, undated.
Remarks, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, undated.
Remarks, [St. Croix Valley School District, July 7, 1977].
Remarks, Blue Earth and Watonwan County Bar Associations, September 22, 1977.
Swearing in of new lawyers, October 21, 1977.
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InternetPoetry of Rosalie Wahl, 1973. 1 master audio file (42 minutes, 56 seconds): WAV (216 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (29.9 MB).
Recorded in 1973 by Wahl for her friend, the poet Jeanne Lohmann, the audio includes poems written by Wahl between 1943 and 1973.
Poetry of Rosalie Wahl, 1973 Digital audio
Remarks of Justice Rosalie E. Wahl on being sworn in as a member of the Minnesota Supreme Court, October 3, 1977. 1 folder, 1 master audiocassette (2 minutes, 35 seconds), and 1 user audio file: MP3 (2.4 MB).
Includes the remarks made by both Wahl and Chief Justice Robert J. Sheran.
Justice Rosallie Wahl swearing in remarks Digital version: Audio and transcript
Response of Rosalie Wahl at the Minnesota Women's Meeting, St. Cloud, Minnesota, June 3, 1977. 1 folder, 1 master audio file (9 minutes, 39 seconds): WAV (48.7 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (5.9 MB).
Poor audio quality.
Response of Rosalie Wahl at the Minnesota Women's Meeting, St. Cloud, Minnesota, June 3, 1977 Digital audio
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144.B.17.16F2Remarks, Announcement of the Fall '77 Rosalie E. Wahl Appellate Moot Court Competition award recipients, William Mitchell College of Law Student Convocation, October 29, 1977.
Remarks, Minnesota Association for Women in Criminal Justice, November 1, 1977.
["Repairs of the Breach,"] Amicus Annual Dinner, December 12, 1977.
Remarks, The Big Sister Association, 1978.
Remarks, Minnesota Woman's Yearbook Ceremony, March 7, 1978.
"Equal Justice Under Law: Dream or Reality?," Putnam Lecture, Hamline University, March 9, 1978.
Includes a reprint of this speech as published in the Hamline Law Review (1979).
Remarks, Women's Career Day, Southwest State University, Marshall, Minn., March 10, 1978.
"The Successful Woman in Criminal Justice: Who's Responsible?," Department of Corrections Quarterly Workshop Seminar, March 21, 1978.
Remarks, Miss Basketball Banquet, Optimist's Club of St. Paul, April 8, 1978.
"Worlds of Women," Greater Minneapolis Girl Scout Council, April 15, 1978.
"Access to Justice," Hennepin County Lawyers Wives Law Day, May 1, 1978.
Remarks, Luncheon for New Lawyers, May 5, 1978.
Remarks [on Women and Change,] American Association of University Women, May 19, 1978.
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144.B.17.16F2Commencement address, William Mitchell College of Law, May 21, 1978.
"The Effect of the Judicial System on Families," Minnesota Governor's Conference on Families, Brooklyn Park, May 22, 1978.
Commencement address, Southwest State University, Marshall, Minn., May 27, 1978.
Remarks, Freedom House 5th Anniversary Celebration, Minneapolis, June 2, 1978.
Remarks, 12th District Bar Association, Willmar, Minn., June 3, 1978.
Address, Girls' State Inauguration, College of St. Catherine, June 15, 1978.
"How Corrections Fits into the Criminal Justice System," Communications Day, August 9, 1978.
Remarks, Bar Admission Ceremony, September 29, 1978.
Remarks, Business and Professional Women's State Legislative Conference, Owatonna, October 7, 1978.
Meditation, House of Hope Presbyterian Church, St. Paul, October 8, 1978.
Peace officers speaking file, October 9, 1978-October 31, 1980.
Includes the text of remarks made at the annual training seminar of the International Association of Women Police, October 9, 1978; portions of the remarks made to the Minnesota Law Enforcement and Peace Officers Association, October 21, 1978; a portion of the remarks made to the Paul Bunyan Peace Officers Association, September 11, 1979; and the principal address given during the graduation ceremony of the St. Paul Police Recruit Academy, October 31, 1980.
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144.B.17.16F2Remarks, Rochester Business and Professional Women's Club, October 17, 1978.
Remarks, Legal Rights Center Annual Lawyers Meeting, December 5, 1978.
Also includes the text of, "Provision of Legal Services/Right to Counsel," undated, and a fragment from an unidentified speech on the topic of legal counsel for the indigent.
"We Are Pilgrims Together," December 20, 1978.
Address given upon receipt of the Alexandrine Medal at the College of St. Catherine Commencement.
"The Mentally Disabled and the Courts," Hennepin County Bar Association, March 5, 1979.
"The Farm Woman: An Equal Partner/Legislation Affecting Farm Women," Farm Women's Forum, Rochester, Minn., March 29, 1979.
"Women and Power: Ways to Exert Influence," [March 30, 1979].
Remarks, Criminal Law Section, Minnesota State Bar Association, June 21, 1979.
Graduation address, Metropolitan State University, June 26, 1979.
Remarks, Freshman Orientation, William Mitchell College of Law, August 18, 1979.
Address, Business and Professional Women's State Legislative Convention, Detroit Lakes, September 29, 1979.
Remarks, CLEPR National Conference on Perspectives on American Legal Education, Key Biscayne, Florida, October 26, 1979.
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144.B.17.16F2Remarks, Installation of Khoren Arisian as eighth minister of the First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis, November 18, 1979.
"The Relation of the Courts to Mental Health Services," Regional Communication for Mental Health Conference, University of Minnesota, Rochester, Minn., January 10, 1980.
"Law and Lawyers Working For You," Law Day '80, William Mitchell College of Law, April 25, 1980.
"Minneapolis: Portrait of a Life Style--Social Justice," Minneapolis Public Library, August 6, 1980.
Words written on the retirement of Justice Walter F. Rogosheske, September 8, 1980.
"Developing Excellence in Local Leadership," Minnesota Association of Community Correction Act Counties, September 22, 1980.
"The Supreme Court Commission on the Mentally Disabled," County Attorneys' Annual Meeting, November 22, 1980.
Also includes the speech, "The Most Appropriate Care in the Least Restrictive Setting."
"Here Am I! Send Me," Friends Journal 26:2-6 (December 15, 1980).
This article was first presented as the keynote address to the Friends General Conference in Ithaca, New York, 1980.
"Living the Questions," Plymouth Congregational Church, February 1, 1981.
"The Role of the Courts (i.e. Intervention) in Family Violence Cases," Minnesota Conference on Family Violence, March 13, 1981.
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144.B.17.16F2Remarks, Volunteer Recognition Service, Hennepin County Adult Corrections Facility, April 26, 1981.
Commencement address, Stillwater High School, May 29, 1981.
Remarks, Girls' State Inauguration, June 11, 1981.
Remarks, Minnesota Correctional Facility, Shakopee, July 15, 1981.
Remarks, Celebration honoring Sandra Day O'Connor, University of Minnesota Law School Lex Alumnae, October 5, 1981.
Remarks, Foster Parent Recognition Dinner, Washington County Community Social Services, October 20, 1981.
Remarks [regarding the Proposed Special Rules of procedure to Govern Proceedings Under the Minnesota Hospitalization Act,] Minnesota House of Representatives, Departmental Affairs Subcommittee, October 28, 1981.
Remarks, General Mills Law Department Annual Seminar, Palm Beach, Florida, October 29, 1981.
Remarks [regarding the Minnesota Supreme Court,] Urban Concerns Workshop, December 3, 1981.
Remarks [regarding the Proposed Rules to Govern Mental Commitments Under the Minnesota Hospitalization And Commitment Act,] Minnesota Psychiatric Society, December 4, 1981.
Talking points, WCCO-TV interview on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), 1982.
Remarks, Court dinner for Robert J. Sheran, January 8, 1982.
Memorial address, Hennepin County Bar Association, April 28, 1982.
"On the Testimonial to the Teaching of Mulford Q. Sibley," [University of Minnesota], June 2, 1982.
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144.B.17.16F2Panel remarks, Minnesota Association of Community Corrections Act Counties Annual Meeting, September 16, 1982.
Remarks, Ramsey County Volunteer Attorney Program, October 12, 1982.
Remarks, Control Data World Headquarters Management Club, October 19, 1982.
"Women in Public Life," League of Women Voters, December 3, 1982.
Swearing in of Rudy Perpich as Governor, January 3, 1983.
Address, Seminar of the National Program for Standards and Strategies for Change in Juvenile Justice, Bloomington, Minn., July 14, 1983.
Remarks, Association for Retarded Citizens Annual Convention Awards Banquet, St. Cloud State University, August 27, 1983.
Child abuse speaking file, September 15-November 17, 1983.
Includes the text of a speech entitled "Business and Health Care: Expanding Resources for Abused and Neglected Children" presented to the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce Forum, September 15, 1983, and the text of remarks made before the Dakota County Chamber of Commerce, November 17, 1983.
Remarks, Minnesota Justice Foundation, October 17, 1983.
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144.B.17.16F2Greetings, National Hospice Organization, November 11, 1983.
"Access to Justice for the Disadvantaged Through Quality Representation," CLE Forum, William Mitchell College of Law, December 2, 1983.
"Responsibilities of Professional Parents to Children: Their Own and Others," Minnesota Women Lawyers, [March] 1984.
"Women and the Legal Profession: A Sharing of Perspectives (panel response)," National Association for Law Placement Conference, [Minneapolis], April 30, 1984.
"The Law a Bulwark For All Ages," Law Day, Washington County Bar Association, May 1, 1984.
Remarks, Bar Admission Ceremony, St. Paul, Minn., May 11, 1984.
Remarks at the premiere of the film With Open Arms, Mental Health Advocates Coalition, May 17, 1984.
Address, Jewish War Veterans Convention, Bloomington, Minn., June 3, 1984.
"Those Remarkable Mid-life Women," Displaced Homemakers Conference, Minneapolis, June 15, 1984.
Graduation address, University College, University of Minnesota, June 21, 1984.
Remarks, Minnesota Justice Foundation, October 17, 1984.
Remarks at the appreciation and award ceremony honoring Ramsey County attorneys, November 8, 1984.
Remarks, Minnesota Women's Network 7th Anniversary Celebration, November 8, 1984.
"To Treat or To Punish: Which Road to Take?" (panel presentation), University of Minnesota, November 13, 1984. 2 folders.
Remarks, Tribute to Minnesota women in the arts, Women's Art Registry of Minnesota (WARM) and Sing Heavenly Muse, March 20, 1985.
Remarks, 10th Anniversary celebration and Annual Meeting of Stillwater Data Processing Systems, April 14, 1985.
"Women and the Law," First Unitarian Society, Minneapolis, April 21, 1985; and The Thursday Club, St. Paul, May 9, 1985.
Introduction of Michael J. Davis, Annual Dinner for Social Justice Honoring Doug Hall, Minnesota Minority Lawyers Association and Twin Cities Chapter, National Lawyers Guild, May 17, 1985.
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144.B.17.16F2"Working for the State," Clerical Support Seminar for State of Minnesota Employees, May 30-31, 1985.
Opening remarks, Banquet Honoring Susanne C. Sedgwick, National Association of Women Judges, [October] 1985.
"Thoughts [about the position of women]," October 24, 1985.
Remarks, Minnesota Justice Foundation, October 29, 1985.
Commencement address, Law Enforcement Training Center, Bloomington, November 15, 1985.
Remarks, Agent In-service Training Session, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, December 13, 1985.
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144.B.18.1B3Remarks, Luncheon to Encourage Pro Bono Programs in Minnesota, February 12, 1986.
Interviewer's comments, Bio-Medical Ethics Workshop, March 19, 1986. 2 folders
Also includes materials pertaining to Wahl's participation in a 1985 workshop on bio-medical ethics.
Keynote address, Women's Law Caucus Program on Women in the House, Women in the Courts, William Mitchell College of Law, April 10, 1986.
Includes a version of this speech as published under the title "Some Reflections on Women and the Judiciary," in Law and Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice, 4 (May 1986).
Remarks, Minnesota Association of Legal Secretaries Annual Meeting, April 26, 1986.
"My Life on the Court," Horizon 100, July 15, 1986.
"In Praise of Books," Washington County Friends of the Library Annual Meeting, September 23, 1986.
Lecture notes on the appellate process, William Mitchell College of Law, October 2, 1986.
"In the Best Interests of the Child," Minnesota Association of Guardians Ad Litem, St. Cloud, Minn., October 18, 1986.
Keynote address, Conference on Women and the Law: Finding Your Way Through the System, Minnesota Women's Consortium, Minnesota Women Lawyers, and Chrysalis, October 25, 1986.
"Our Joint Responsibility for Justice," Minneapolis Ministerial Association, November 3, 1986.
Swearing in of Joan Anderson Growe as Secretary of State, January 5, 1987.
Welcome and greetings, Women and Citizenship Conference: A Bicentennial View of the Constitution, Women Historians of the Midwest, Macalester College, March 7, 1987.
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144.B.18.1B3"E Pluribus Unum: A Bicentennial View of Constitutional Concerns," Minnesota Council for the Social Studies, March 12, 1987.
This speech was also presented as "The Unfinished Business of the U.S. Constitution" before the 4th annual conference for State of Minnesota managers and career executive service, June 23, 1987.
Remarks on the celebration of the ten year anniversary of The Oneida/Community College Partnership, West 7th Community Center, St. Paul, Minn., March 27, 1987.
"The Supreme Court's View of the New Rules," Attorney General's Seminar on the Application of the Minnesota Rules of Professional Conduct to Government Attorneys, May 28, 1987.
["The First League Out From Land"], Carleton College commencement, Northfield, Minn., June 13, 1987.
Wahl's response upon receiving an honorary doctorate of law degree.
Alice Seymour Memorial Lecture, White Bear Unitarian Church, June 14, 1987.
Remarks, Legal Assistance to the Disadvantaged (LAD) Luncheon Meeting, July 14, 1987.
"The Role of the Accreditation Process in the Making of the American Lawyer," American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar Annual Meeting, San Francisco [August 10, 1987]. 2 folders.
Includes the handwritten text of Wahl's opening remarks and an ABA transcript of all remarks given during the meeting.
Remarks, Chicago-Kent College of Law Centennial Convocation, September 10, 1987.
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144.B.18.1B3"The Constitution and the Bill of Rights and Education: What Does it Mean to Us?," September 15, 1987 and February 19, 1988.
Includes the text of a speech presented to the Diamond Path Elementary School, Rosemount, Minn., in 1987, and to the Brimhall Elementary School, Roseville, Minn., in 1988.
Remarks, 10/20 and 75 Year Anniversary Celebration of Commitment to Justice through Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services (SMRLS), Legal Assistance of Ramsey County (LARC), and the Legal Aid Department of Family Services of St. Paul, September 19, 1987.
Remarks, National Conference on Professional Skills and Legal Education, ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Albuquerque, October 16, 1987.
For additional materials regarding remarks Wahl made at this conference, see American Bar Association: Skills Training Committee.
Remarks on the retirement of George M. Scott, October 30, 1987.
"Constitutional Concerns: A Bicentennial View," Stillwater Senior High School October 22, 1987.
"Approval of Law Schools: The ABA's Public Role," December 1987.
Written for the "Public Service Profiles" column of the ABA Journal.
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144.B.18.1B3"Economic Reality and Legal Education," American Association of Law Schools Annual Conference, Miami Beach, Fla., January 9, 1988.
[Work of the Supreme Court (talking points)], Washington County Bar Association, Stillwater, Minn., February 27, 1988.
Opening remarks, National Conference on Legal Education for a Changing Profession, ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, March 25-27, 1988. 2 folders.
Remarks, Woman officer of the year award, Women in Uniform Banquet, Minnesota Association of Women Police, May 12, 1988.
Remarks, Conversations with Women Leaders, Women in Leadership Seminar Series, Humphrey Institute Reflective Leadership Center, University of Minnesota, May 18, 1988.
Remarks, Judicial Conference of the District of Columbia Courts, June 17, 1988.
Tribute, Sedgwick Memorial to Benefit the Minnesota Task Force for Gender Fairness in the Courts, June 29, 1988.
"How Gender Affects Substantive Judicial Actions in Family Law" (panel presentation), National Association of Women Judges tenth annual conference, New Orleans, October 9, 1988.
Remarks upon Acceptance of the Honorable Ronald E. Hachey Outstanding Alumnae Award, William Mitchell College of Law, October 14, 1988.
Remarks, Displaced Homemakers' Luncheon Anniversary, October 20, 1988.
"On the Dedication of the Reading Room of the Library of Hamline University School of Law to Mary L. Schilling and Paul K. Schilling," Hamline University School of Law, January 24, 1989.
Remarks, Women's Career Day, Centennial Senior High School, Circle Pines, Minnesota, February 8, 1989.
"Gender Fairness in the Minnesota Courts," February 19 and March 2, 1989.
Includes correspondence regarding remarks made to the First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis on February 19, as well as correspondence and the text of remarks made to the Lex Alumnae at the University of Minnesota Law School on March 2.
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144.B.18.1B3Testimony [regarding the children's agenda], House Education Committee, March 29, 1989.
"Lawyer Competence: The Requirement of Legal Knowledge and Skill: The View from the Bench," ABA Regional Conference on Lawyer Competence, Chicago, April 8, 1989.
Testimonial to Douglas K. Amdahl, Law Day Testimonial Dinner, Fund for the Legal Aid Society, May 3, 1989.
"Relationship of Victim-Offender Mediation to the Legal System" (panel discussion presentation), U.S. Association for Victim-Offender Mediation Sixth Annual Meeting, St. Paul, June 13, 1989.
Remarks, Honors Award Presentation to Justice Douglas K. Amdahl, Minnesota Fellows of the American Bar Foundation, June 14, 1989.
Gender fairness speaking file, September 1989-May 1990.
Includes the text of speeches and presentations given to the following: News Conferences, September 1989; meeting of Minneapolis Business and Professional Women's Club, October 18, 1989; Minnesota Women's Consortium pre-event session, February 18, 1990; Project SOAR 10th anniversary dinner, April 28, 1990; and, White Bear/North Oaks League of Women Voters, May 3, 1990. The speech presented to the Minnesota Women's Consortium was also presented to the Minnesota Association of Women in Criminal Justice on March 21, 1990.
Panel presentation [on family law issues], National Association of Women Judges 11th Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., November 9-13, 1989.
Panel comment on remarks by Dr. Kenneth Goodpaster on business ethics, Twin West Chamber of Commerce, February 1, 1990.
Remarks [regarding the findings and recommendations of the Supreme Court Task Force on Gender Fairness in the Courts in the area of domestic violence], House Judiciary Committee, February 26, 1990.
"Journey to Leadership," Conversations with Women Leaders, Women in Leadership Seminar Series, Humphrey Institute Reflective Leadership Center, March 22, 1990.
"Gender Bias in the Courts: Tools for Reform," Women in Litigation: Reflections of Change Seminar, Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association and Minnesota Women Lawyers Association, April 6, 1990.
Remarks, Supreme Court Admissions to the Bar Ceremony, May 11, 1990.
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144.B.18.1B3Gender Fairness panel discussion, Minnesota Association for Court Administrators Summer Conference, Brainerd, Minn., June 29, 1990.
Remarks, Anoka County Bar Association Retreat, Deerwood, Minn., September 16, 1990.
Remarks, Officer of the Year Awards Luncheon, International Association of Women Police 28th Annual Training Conference, St. Paul, Minn., September 18, 1990.
Keynote address, Minnesota Justice Foundation Fall Public Interest Symposium, William Mitchell College of Law, October 24, 1990.
Remarks at the investiture of Alexander M. Keith as the eighteenth Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, November 3, 1990.
Toast, Recognition of Chief Justice Peter S. Popovich, January 10, 1991.
Gender Fairness speaking file, January 28-July 25, 1991.
Includes the following presentations: Remarks before the Senate Judiciary Committee, January 28, 1991; Remarks before the Washington County Bar Association, March 27, 1991; and, "Gender, Race, and Justice" before Horizons 100, July 25, 1991.
Remarks, Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Women Physicians, the Women's Health Leadership Trust, and the Minnesota Women Lawyers, Edina, Minn., February 20, 1991.
Remarks, Minnesota Women Lawyers' Forum on Appellate Practice, St. Paul, Minn., March 22, 1991.
"Racial Bias in the Courts," CLE Program for Attorney General's Staff, April 17, 1991.
"The Inclusiveness of Justice," William Mitchell Law Review Banquet, April 19, 1991.
"The Minnesota Supreme Court Task Force on Gender Fairness in the Courts: Its Findings and Recommendations on Domestic Violence and the Prosecution of Domestic Assault Cases," Prosecuting Domestic Assault Cases Seminar, Bloomington, Minn., May 10, 1991.
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144.B.18.2F4Remarks, LAD Luncheon Meeting for Summer Associates and Judicial Clerks, July 9, 1991.
Remarks upon accepting the Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award, ABA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, August 11, 1991. 2 folders.
"On the induction of Rebecca Pallmeyer as a United States Magistrate Judge," Chicago, October 10, 1991.
"More Prelude than Token," Women Judges Fund for Justice Luncheon, National Association for Women Judges Annual Meeting, Chicago, October 11,1991. 2 folders.
Includes correspondence, conference program, and the text of this speech as presented and as published in the March 1992 newsletter of the Women's Bar Association of Illinois.
"Constitutional Issues of Gender and Race," National Association of Women Judges Annual Meeting, Chicago, October 12, 1991.
Introduction of Jackie Fleming for Presentation of Amicus Founders' Award, November 6, 1991.
"Risks of Public Leadership," Distinguished Women's Advisory Council, College of St. Catherine, March 12, 1992.
"Justice and Diversity," St. Croix Valley League of Women Voters Open Meeting, May 9, 1992.
Introduction of Talbot D'Alemberte, Hennepin County Bar Association Annual Meeting, May 19, 1992.
Remarks, Luncheon to Celebrate Attorneys Providing Pro Bono Representation in Immigration Cases, June 24, 1992.
Remarks at the Minnesota State Bar Association Retirement Dinner for Justice Yetka, October 30, 1992.
Swearing in of Linda Gallant, Hennepin County District Court, February 5, 1993.
"The Task Force on Gender Bias in the Courts: Establishing a Framework for Change," 2nd National Conference on Gender Bias in the Courts, Williamsburg, Va., March 18-21, 1993.
Panel presentation, 2nd Annual Feminist Symposium, Northwestern University School of Law, Evanston, Ill., April 7, 1993.
"Books Change Lives," 5th Annual Minnesota Book Awards, Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, April 23, 1993.
Keynote address on the findings and recommendations of the Race Bias Task Force, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association 4th Annual Midwest Regional Conference, April 24, 1993.
"Gender and Justice: Eliminating Gender Bias in the Courts," New Mexico Judicial Conclave, Albuquerque, June 9, 1993.
"Gender Fairness and Those Who Interact with the Court System in Response to Domestic Violence," Freeborn County Crime Victims Crisis Center, Albert Lea, Minn., June 18, 1993.
Speech excerpt, University of Minnesota Law School Orientation, August 26, 1993.
Remarks upon presentation of the Jack Durfee award to Douglas Hall, State Public Defender Conference, Two Harbors, Minn., September 10, 1993.
Remarks on the gender fairness study focusing on domestic violence, Family Violence Network Inservice Session for Volunteers, Lake Elmo, Minn., September 16, 1993.
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144.B.18.2F4"Building the Educational Continuum," [ABA] Conference on the MacCrate Report, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, October 1, 1993.
"Impact of Gender Bias in Family Law," National Association of Women Judges Annual Conference, Philadelphia, October 9, 1993.
Remarks upon receiving the Sterling Woman Award, Washington County Women's Political Caucus, October 14, 1993.
Remarks, Supreme Court Bar Admissions Ceremony, October 22, 1993.
Remarks, Humphrey and Muskie Fellowship Programs, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, November 15, 1993.
"Perspectives from the Court with Special Emphasis on Gender Bias and Race Bias in the Minnesota Court System," North Hennepin Leadership Academy, December 9, 1993.
Toast to Robert MacCrate, January 9, 1994.
"Women Making a Difference on the Supreme Court," Leaders of Today and Tomorrow Seminar, January 14, 1994.
Comments on the panel: Conflict and Reconciliation of Personal Values and Professional Ethics as Explored Through the Life of Clarence Darrow, Hamline University School of Law, January 21, 1994.
Remarks, Justice in a Diverse Society Program, William Mitchell College of Law, February 7, 1994.
Remarks, Children's Investment Strategy for Violence Prevention Rally, St. Paul, February 24, 1994.
Panel discussion on the Hennepin County Bar Association Glass Ceiling Report, Minneapolis, March 16, 1994.
Remarks, Report from the Minnesota Supreme Court Gender Fairness Implementation Committee, Conference of Chief Judges, Bloomington, Minn., March 18, 1994.
Panel Remarks, Helen Hamilton Day, University of North Dakota Law Women's Caucus, March 25, 1994.
Includes the text of remarks made for two panels: Panel 1, Empowerment of Women in the Courts and Society/Feminist Jurisprudence; and, Panel 2, Minority Diversity on the Bench.
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InternetUnited Way's Distinguished Service Award to Robert W. Johnson, March 15, 1994. 1 master video file (19 minutes, 1 second): MOV (4.3 GB) and 1 user video file: MP4 (179 MB).
Also includes folder with testimonial.
United Way's Distinguished Service Award Robert W. Johnson, March 15, 1994 Digital video
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144.B.18.2F4"Gender and Racial Diversity in the Judiciary," ABA Summit on Ethnic and Racial Bias in the Justice System, Washington, D.C., March 30-31, 1994. 3 folders.
Includes program packet and an April 1994 interim report that summarizes the themes and recommendations brought out during the summit.
"Words Spoken at the Memorial Service of Jill Kusler Eckhoff," April 17, 1994.
Reading of two poems and an allegory, Library Showcase, April 21, 1994.
"The Impact of Women on the Law," The Year 2001: The Law and Women Seminar, Minneapolis, April 22, 1994.
Remarks, Ramsey County Bar Association Law Day Luncheon, St. Paul, Minn., May 6, 1994.
Remarks [regarding the Governor's special judicial announcement], Morrison County Courthouse, Little Falls, Minnesota, June 6, 1994.
Brief remarks made after Governor Arne Carlson appointed Ed Stringer and Paul Anderson to replace retiring Justices Wahl and John Simonett and named Anne Simonett to succeed Paul Anderson as chief judge of the appeals court.
Remarks, Legal Advice Clinics Annual Meeting, Hennepin County Bar Association, Minneapolis, June 21, 1994.
Remarks [regarding the report of the Task Force on Racial Bias in the Judicial System,] Diversity and Public Problem Solving Faculty Workshop, University of Minnesota, July 13, 1994.
"Living the Life of a Woman Judge," Women's Legal Studies Institute, Chicago-Kent College of Law, July 22, 1994.
Response to presentation of the Kutak Award, ABA Annual Meeting, August 6, 1994.
"Out of My Years on the Court," Minnesota Center for Women in Government, September 28, 1994.
Remarks, Campaign for Legal Aid Celebration, November 1, 1994.
"The Hogg Years (draft for publication)," William Mitchell Law Review 21, April 1995.
"Our Place in the World," Retired Educators Association of Minnesota Annual Convention, Brainerd, Minn., October 3-4, 1995.
"All the World's A [Page]," Legal Writing Institute Conference, Seattle, July 20, 1996.
Includes the text of this speech as reprinted from Legal Writing: The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute 3 (1997).
"Robert J. Sheran as Jurist," Sheran Testimonial Dinner, Minneapolis, November 20, 1996.
"A Great Justice/Company on the Court," Minnesota State Bar Association Justice Coyne Retirement Dinner, St. Paul, November 21, 1996.
Remarks at the funeral of retired Justice M. Jeanne Coyne, August 10, 1998.

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Files grouped together under the Minnesota Supreme Court series are arranged as materials documenting her appointment and investiture, her elections, and her retirement; background information on court personnel and law clerks; subject files related to her opinions; two files concerning the court's support of an intermediate court of appeals; a set related to judicial appointments that includes background materials on the appointment process as well as candidate correspondence and resumes; and a set of files pertaining to each of the committees on which she served. No files regarding her 1990 campaign are evident as Wahl ran uncontested during that election.


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144.B.18.3B5Appointment:
Correspondence: Recommendations to Governor Perpich, March-June 1977.
Telephone calls, May-June 1977.
Contains notes of telephone calls regarding Wahl's references and recommendations to the Governor, a roster of Wahl's appointment committee members, and drafts for statements made by Wahl to the press.
Minnesota Women's Meeting, St. Cloud, June 1977.
See Speeches and Writings for an audio recording and the text of Wahl's remarks made during this meeting concerning the announcement of her judicial appointment.
Miscellaneous, 1977.
Includes excerpts from Wahl's calendar, an envelope from Governor Perpich's office containing ballots cast by Perpich and his "kitchen cabinet" advisors, and Wahl's notes from meetings with the seated justices prior to her investiture. Also included is a copy of a letter Wahl wrote to Governor Perpich on March 28, 1977, before she had ever been introduced to him, voicing her concern about Perpich's proposal to close the state hospitals in Anoka and Hastings. After her appointment, Wahl discussed this letter in a meeting with Chief Justice Sheran that resulted in the Chief Justice assigning her as the liaison to the Supreme Court's Study Commission on the Mentally Disabled.
Correspondence: Congratulatory, June-November 1977. 4 folders.
University Club Reception, June 9, 1977:
Guest book.
Photographs.
Community reception, St. Croix Valley Branch of AAUW, June 22, 1977.
Swearing in ceremony, undated.
See Speeches and Writings for an audio recording and the text of Wahl's remarks upon being sworn in.
Swearing in ceremony: Photographs, October 3, 1977. 2 folders.
News clippings, 1977. 1 folder and 1 scrapbook (dismantled).
Elections:
Election, 1978:
Campaign Committees.
Campaign Committee: Report of Receipts and Expenditures, 1980.
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144.B.18.3B5Campaign Contributions.
Certificate of Election.
Correspondence.
Miscellaneous.
Photographs.
Press relations.
Includes copies of completed questionnaires addressing Wahl's education and qualifications for use by various newspapers and the League of Women Voters, as well as Wahl's campaign statement issued as a press release by the Minnesota Lawyers Volunteer Committee to Retain Incumbent Judges on the Supreme Court.
Printed material and campaign ephemera.
News clippings. 2 folders.
News clippings: Robert W. Mattson.
Re-election, 1984.
Retirement:
Invitations and guest lists, 1994.
Tributes, 1994.
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InternetRadio program, [August 1978]. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 31 minutes): WAV (459 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (112 MB).
Listener call-in radio program in which Wahl participated with two of her opponents, Dan Foley and Jerome J. Plunkett.
Radio program, [August 1978] Digital audio
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144.B.18.4F6Court Personnel:
Directories and table of succession, 1977-1993.
Law clerks, 1977-1994.
Includes rosters, Wahl's remarks on admitting clerks to office, correspondence from former clerks, articles by former clerk Jane Larson, and photographs.
The Court (internal memoranda), 1979-1995.
Court Opinions:
Index of the decisions of Justice Rosalie Wahl, 1995.
Final draft of first opinion (State of Minnesota v. Flowers), [1977].
Correspondence: Miscellaneous, 1977-1993.
Includes incoming and outgoing correspondence regarding public reaction to Wahl's opinions in various cases.
Publication, 1980-1994.
Contains correspondence from Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Rochester, New York) and from West Publishing Company (St. Paul, Minn.) regarding the publication of opinions authored by Wahl.
Adoption, 1979.
Includes correspondence and internal court memoranda regarding the adoption reversal case of Judith and Jeffrey Resner v. Catholic Charities (Case nos. 48872, 49861, 49605, 48898; Special nos. S-1251, S-1268, S1546, S-1550, S-1624, S-1758).
Blood transfusions/Jehovah's Witnesses, 1978.
Includes correspondence from the Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis requesting a written memorandum of the decision in the case of Wenonah Johnson.
Costs/Attorney fees on appeal/Expungement, 1989.
Internal court memoranda and Wahl's notes from discussions with Supreme Court justices regarding court-ordered awards of attorney's fees. Also includes case material related to State of Minnesota v. P.A.D., Case no. C5-88-1792-(S-9111).
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144.B.18.4F6Defamation, 1985-1986, 1990.
Includes research material and Wahl's opinion in Jadwin v. Minneapolis Star and Tribune (Case no. C5-82-1519). Also includes materials regarding Lewis v. Equitable Life Assurance Society (Case no. C8-84-1065).
Election cases, 1979.
Includes court memoranda, case filings, and Wahl's notes from discussions with the court justices regarding Pavlak v. Growe (Case no. 50142).
Environmental cases, 1978-1979.
Includes court memoranda and Wahl's concurring opinion in State of Minnesota by Skeie v. Minnkota Power Cooperative (Case no. 48847).
Family, 1988.
Correspondence with Arvonne S. Fraser of the Center on Women and Public Policy at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute regarding a working paper on the status of U.S. families and the Minnesota Supreme Court's interpretation of "family" as defined in Costley v. Caromin House (Case nos. 81-279 and 81-403).
Family Law:
Child custody, 1983-1989.
Includes materials pertaining to In re Pikula (Case no. C6-83-1393), a ruling by Wahl that established the primary caretaker presumption; Gerardy v. Gerardy (Appellate Case no. 9-86-284); In the Matter of the Welfare of J.J.B. (Case nos. C8-84-1647 and C4-84-2178); and, In the Matter of the Welfare of C.D., C.T., M.T., and S.T. (Appellate Case no. C2-86-112).
Child support, 1985-1987.
Includes background material and Wahl's opinion in In re Katz (Case no. C4-85-1381).
Maintenance, 1980-1989. 2 folders.
Includes background and case material pertaining to McClelland v. McClelland (Appellate Case no. C1-86-621) Laumann v. Laumann (Appellate Case no. CX-86-1086), Nelson v. Nelson (Appellate Case no. C7-86-1577), and Nardini v. Nardini (Case no. C1-85-1421).
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144.B.18.4F6Maintenance and child custody, 1984-1986.
Contains correspondence regarding the court's decisions in In re Pikula, McClelland v. McClelland, and Abuzzahab v. Abuzzahab.
Minnesota child custody and marital property decisions, 1983-1993.
Paternity Cases:
Appointment of counsel, 1978.
Blood tests, 1980, 1989.
Fetal homicide, 1985, 1990.
Contains correspondence regarding the Court's decision in Ramsey County v. Soto (Case no. C1-85-1161) as well as the opinion issued in Olmsted County v. Merrill (Case no. C7-89-766).
Home education, 1985, 1987.
Includes a copy of Wahl's opinion in Itasca County v. Jeanne Newstrom, Case no. CO-83-1325.
Land use, 1987-[1989].
Includes a copy of Wahl's opinion in Swanson v. City of Bloomington (Case no. C3-86-782).
Lawyers Professional Responsibility Rule 25, 1984.
Includes bench memoranda, correspondence, news clippings and Wahl's notes. The file concerns separate challenges raised by both Kenneth Tilsen (counsel for Honeywell Project) and Norman Perl (attorney representing Dalkon Shield plaintiffs) contending that Rule 25 was unconstitutionally vague and denied due process.
Minnesota State Bar Association: Pro bono, 1991.
Includes internal memoranda, case filings, and Wahl's notes from a conference with Supreme Court Justices regarding the association's petition against requiring attorneys to report pro bono legal services (Case no. C9-81-1206).
Miscellaneous orders and affidavits, 1979-1995.
Morris, Kathleen R., 1985-1987.
Includes internal memorandum, Wahl's notes, and case filings concerning In the Matter of the Application for the Discipline of Kathleen R. Morris (Case no.C1-86-1770).
News clippings, 1978-1994.
Pornography, 1979.
Includes 1979 correspondence from Duluth residents concerning the appeal of bookstore clerks found guilty of violating City of Duluth ordinances 8019 and 8020.
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144.B.18.5B7Pro se representation, 1986-1988. 2 folders.
Includes internal court memoranda, case filings, and Wahl's dissent regarding access to trial transcripts in the state law library by indigent inmates as considered in State of Minnesota v. Seifert, Case nos. C1-87-452, C7-88-983.
Sentencing guidelines, 1982.
Contains correspondence regarding the Court's sentencing reduction in the criminal sexual conduct case of Richard Partlow.
State Constitutions: Issues of gender and race, 1977-1992. 3 folders.
Includes various published articles, opinions from various state courts, and Wahl's opinion in State v. Russell (Case no. C3-91-22 and C7-91-203). Some of the background material was used for Wahl's panel remarks on state constitutional issues at the National Association of Women Judges on October 12, 1991.
State vs. Bakken, Case nos. 50980 and 50981, 1980.
Intermediate Court of Appeals, 1980-1984. 3 folders.
Judicial Appointments (Process):
Includes news clippings and correspondence regarding efforts by the Minnesota Women Lawyers, the Minnesota Women's Political Caucus, and the Federation of Women Lawyers' Judicial Screening Process to have women appointed as judges and as members of nominating and selection commissions.
State, 1978-1988.
Federal, 1979-1982.
Women on the Bench:
Minnesota, 1979-1988.
Outside Minnesota, 1978-1989.
Judicial Appointments (Candidates):
Includes correspondence between Wahl, the judicial candidate, the state governor, and supporters regarding appointment applications and recommendations, resumes, investiture programs, oaths of office, and newspaper clippings. A few files also include biographical information in the form of magazine and newsletter clippings.
U.S. Supreme Court: O'Connor, Sandra Day, 1979-1981.
Includes a report on O'Connor's credentials and career summary prepared by Dianne Post for the Federation of Women Lawyers.
Federal Bankruptcy: Dreher, Nancy, 1987-1988.
Federal District Court:
Alexander, Pamela G., 1993-1994.
Murphy, Diana E., 1979.
Minnesota Court of Appeals:
Baland, Timothy J., 1989.
Huspeni, Doris, 1980-1982, 1990.
Norton, Elizabeth M., 1983.
Wozniak, D. D., 1987.
Minnesota District Court:
Asphaug, Karen, 1990.
Bettenburg, Joan Duda, 1988.
Byrne, Philip B., 1987.
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144.B.18.5B7Eagon, Diana S., 1979-1980, 1990.
Gomez-Edwards, Isabel, 1983-1987.
Hayden, Elizabeth. 1986.
Madigan, Mary Jo, 1985, 1987.
Metzer, Leslie M., 1985-1986.
Miller, Linda A., 1987.
Morse, Ancy L., 1983.
Mott, Thomas, 1988.
Orey, Dolores C., 1985-1986.
Paulson, Jean E., 1986-1987.
Penn, Barbara F. L., 1986.
Savage, J. Diane, 1987.
Schotzko, Judith G., 1985, 1987-1988.
Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals: Shimon, Karen C., 1985.
Law Library Committee, 1988-1989.
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144.B.18.6F8 Study Commission on the Mentally Disabled and the Courts:
Correspondence, 1977-1985. 3 folders.
Data Collection:
Public hearings, 1978.
Questionnaires (judges, attorneys) and record review, [1977-1979].
Summaries, 1979.
Spring Hill conference (Critical Choices for Community Mental Health: An Opportunity, December 11-12), 1978.
Final Report: Civil Commitment in Minnesota, 1979.
Includes the report issued by the Commission as well as an excerpt of that report published in Hamline Law Review 4:1-36 (Aug. 1980).
Committee to Propose Rules for Civil Commitment Proceedings:
Correspondence, 1979-1982.
Civil commitment rules, 1980-1982. 2 folders.
Includes draft and adopted versions of the rules, as well as correspondence and review comments.
Legislation: Hospitalization and Commitment Act, 1973-1982.
Includes drafts of proposed legislation and a critique of the 1982 act written by Eric S. Janus and Richard M. Wolfson and published in the Hamline Law Review 6:41-94.
Special Review Board, 1984, 1992, 1994.
Includes 1984 correspondence regarding the mandatory appointment of counsel in release proceedings, as well as the state's 1992 release procedures for persons committed as a psychopathic personality. Also includes U.S. District Court case material pertaining to Reome v. Levine (Civil Case no. 4-86-258), a challenge to the constitutionality of Minnesota's discharge standards, and the opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court in Foucha v. Louisiana (Case no. 90-5844) regarding due process in commitment proceedings.
Commitment Appeals Panel, 1989-1990.
News clippings.
Includes clippings regarding the work of the Commission as well as general news clippings regarding the mentally disabled.
Advisory Task Force on the Civil Commitment System: Final report, 1996.
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InternetHospitalization and Commitment Act, October 15, 1981. 1 master audio file (1 hour, 1 minute): WAV (308 MB) and 1 user audio file: MP3 (41 MB).
Hospitalization and Commitment Act, October 15, 1981 Digital audio
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144.B.18.6F8 Gender Fairness Task Force:
Planning Committee, 1987. 3 folders.
Includes committee minutes, mission and budget statements, proposal for the task force's establishment membership rosters, and correspondence with Norma Wikler who served as a consultant to the Task Force.
Task Force establishment, 1987.
Includes Supreme Court Order and membership rosters.
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144.B.18.7B9Correspondence:
1987-1989. 3 folders.
Eugenie de Rosier, 1987-1994.
Task Force manual, 1987-1989. 3 folders.
Includes Supreme Court orders establishing the task force, membership lists, minutes, correspondence, and committee materials.
Minutes and agendas, 1987-1989. 3 folders.
Data Collection:
Public hearings and lawyers meetings, 1988.
Includes summaries of testimony given at the public hearings as well as Wahl's notes.
Judges and attorneys surveys, 1988.
Findings and recommendations, April 1989. 3 folders.
Interim report, October 1988.
Preliminary report to trial judges, June 1989.
Final and summary report, September 1989.
Distribution of Task Force report, 1989-1990.
Report Presentation and Media, 1989. 1 folder.
Includes photographs of Wahl presenting the report to the full court, the task force's media plan, and the text of statements made by Wahl, Chief Justice Peter Popovich, Justice Douglas K. Amdahl, and Justice A. M. Keith.
Gender Bias, 1989. 1 master video file (21 minutes, 25 seconds): MOV (4.9 GB) and 1 user video disc (DVD); 4 3/4 inches.
9/6/89 KMSP-TV, WCCO-TV, KARE-TV; 9/7/89 KSTP-TV; 9/8/89 KTCA-TV; 10/6/89 Lifetime CH.20
Task Force members' activities, 1989-1990.
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InternetLaw in Action program No. 2, Rosalie Wahl and Anne Huntrods, [1989]. 1 master video file (28 minutes, 7 seconds): MOV (6.4 GB) and 1 user video file: MP4 (272 MB).
Law in Action program #2, Rosalie Wahl and Anne Huntrods, [1989] Digital video
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144.B.18.7B9Magazine articles, 1989-1992.
News clippings, 1987-1989.
Responses, 1989-1990.
Executive (Governor Perpich's Response), 1989.
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144.B.18.8F10Negative responses, 1989-1990.
Law School's response (William Mitchell College of Law), 1989.
Includes a copy of the Task Force report as reprinted from the William Mitchell Law Review, Vol. 15, no. 4 (1989).
Other judicial districts, 1990.
Report methodology, 1989.
Evaluation (Task Force members assessment), 1989-1990.
Includes reports by task force members of presentations and audience reactions, as well as an evaluation manual published by the Women Judges' Fund for Justice and written by Lynn Hecht Schafran.
Legislative, 1989-1990.
Includes the texts of Wahl's remarks to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, and legislative drafts regarding marital dissolutions, child support, and domestic abuse.
Judicial education, 1989-1991. 2 folders.
Includes the guide, Promoting Gender Fairness Through Judicial Education: A Guide to the Issues and Resources, prepared by Lynn Hecht Schafran and published by the Women Judges' Fund for Justice, as well as a paper presented by Norma J. Wikler to the National Association of Women Judges on the role of judges in addressing courtroom gender bias.
Court administration, 1989-1991.
Contains Supreme Court orders amending the Rules of the Board on Judicial Standards and the Rules of Professional Conduct in response to the Task Force's report. Also includes an article by Lynn Hecht Schafran regarding the American Bar Association's amended Code of Judicial Conduct.
Reports from other state task forces, 1985-1994. 2 folders.
Includes reports from California, Georgia, Massachusetts, Michigan, and the Ninth Judicial Circuit of the United States Courts.
Gender Fairness Implementation Committee:
Creation of Implementation Committee, 1988-1989.
Correspondence, 1989-1994. 6 folders.
Minutes and agendas, 1989-1994. 5 folders.
Implementation Committee newsletter, June 1990.
Charts: Prioritization of recommendations, 1989-1992. 2 folders.
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144.B.18.9B11Meeting with liaison judges, 1993.
Data Collection: Judges survey, 1994.
Access to the courts, 1989-1991.
Includes correspondence and background materials from the Minnesota State Bar Association's Legal Assistance to the Disadvantaged Committee and the Family Violence Network.
Court Administration: Rules of criminal procedure, 1992, 1994.
Domestic Violence:
Background (news clippings, newsletters, magazine articles), 1988-1994.
Correspondence, 1989-1993. 2 folders.
Prosecution plan, 1990-1992. 1 folder.
Responses to domestic violence: A Working Symposium on Policy Change, May 24, 1990.
Family Law:
Background (news clippings, newsletters, magazine articles), 1988-1993.
Correspondence, 1989-1994. 3 folders.
Media, 1992.
News clippings, 1990-1995.
Progress reports, 1990, 1993-1994.
A Judge's Guide to Gender Fair Court Proceedings, 1993.
A handbook prepared by the Gender Fairness Implementation Committee and the Minnesota District Judges' Association.
Proceedings of the National Conference on Gender Bias in the Courts, 1990.
Includes remarks made by Norma J. Wikler and Lynn Hecht Schafran, as well as remarks made by Harriet Lansing, Minnesota Court of Appeals and Gender Fairness Task Force Member, and Rebecca Fanning, Minnesota Supreme Court Information Officer.
Minnesota State Bar Association Training Material: Getting to the Fine Points: Gender Fairness in the Workplace, 1992. 1 folder, 1 master video file (36 minutes, 9 seconds): MOV (8.2 GB) and 1 user video disc (DVD); 4 3/4 inches.
Also includes pamphlets and a discussion guide.
Racial Bias Task Force:
Planning Committee, 1990. 2 folders.
News clippings, 1990-1991.
Task Force establishment, 1990-1992.
Funding, 1990-1991.
Correspondence, 1990-June 1995. 4 folders.
Minutes and agendas, 1991-September 1992. 6 folders.
Includes memoranda, agenda materials, committee minutes, and findings and recommendations.
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144.B.18.10F12Minutes and agendas, October 1992-April 1993. 7 folders.
Sensitivity training (cultural awareness workshop), February-March 1991.
A workshop led by John M. Taborn for members of the Task Force. Included are correspondence between Wahl and Taborn, a workbook used during the training with Wahl's notes, and background readings.
Data Collection:
Focus groups, 1991-1993.
Includes meeting schedules, agendas, summaries, and Wahl's notes.
Law enforcement focus group, 1992-1993. 2 folders.
Includes summarized recommendations from the focus group as well as materials pertaining to the creation of a Community-Law Enforcement Relations Commission.
Complaints, 1991.
Public hearings, 1991-1992. 2 folders.
Includes press releases, witness lists, testimonial statements, hearing transcripts, and Wahl's notes.
Public hearings: News clippings, 1991.
Public hearings: Written testimony, 1992.
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144.B.18.11B13Survey results, 1992. 3 folders.
Includes both the questionnaire results and open ended responses of surveys administered to judges, attorneys, and probation officers.
Conferences: Chief Judges and Court Administrators, 1991-1992.
Includes Wahl's remarks and training materials used in a session on racism in the courts for the Chief Judges, as well as a summary of roundtable discussions at a court administrators conference.
Grand Jury pilot program (Hennepin County), 1992-1993.
Media, 1991-1992.
National Consortium of Task Forces and Commissions on Racial and Ethnic Bias in the Courts, 1991-1992.
Final report (autographed by Task Force members), May 1993.
Report presentation and media, March-August 1993. 3 folders.
Includes release strategy, press releases, news clippings, and the text of remarks made by Wahl and other task force members when the report was presented to the court and to the public.
News clippings, 1988-1993. 2 folders.
News clippings: Star Tribune reprint of "Issues of Race," 1990.
Reports from other state task forces, 1985-1993.
Includes reports from Michigan, New Jersey, and New York.
Establishing and Operating a Task Force or Commission on Racial and Ethnic Bias in the Courts, 1993.
A manual published by the National Center for State Courts.
Implementation Committee on Multicultural Diversity and Racial Fairness in the Courts:
Creation of Implementation Committee, April-June 1993.
Includes Supreme Court order and membership appointments.
Minutes and agendas, July 1993-March 1996. 3 folders.
Judicial districts, 1993-1994.
Includes the minutes of task forces and implementation committees in the 1st, 3rd, 6th, 8th, and 10th Judicial Districts.
Media, August 1993.
Progress report, July 1994.
Second year update, 1995.
News clippings, 1993-1995.
Report of the Task Force on Interpretive Services for the Hennepin County Board, February 1992.
Race and Jury Selection in Minnesota: Materials for Discussion, 2nd edition, Office of the State Public Defender, January 1994.

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Expand/CollapseAMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION: SECTION OF LEGAL EDUCATION AND ADMISSIONS TO THE BAR, 1978-1996

Files pertaining to Wahl's involvement with the ABA's Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar are arranged alphabetically by the name of each committee group in which Wahl participated. These committee files are preceded by an essay Wahl wrote for the section's centennial history and a set of files pertaining to the actions of the Section's Council.


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144.B.18.12F14Centennial history, 1992-1993.
Includes Wahl's essay as a former chairperson of the Section detailing how she became involved in the Section and what accomplishments were achieved while she was chair.
Council, 1986-1994. 3 folders.
Includes memoranda, correspondence, meeting agendas, and minutes. Also includes correspondence addressed to Wahl as chair of the section in 1988.
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144.B.18.12F14Commission to Review the Substance and Process of the American Bar Association's Accreditation of American Law Schools (Rosalie E. Wahl, Chair):
Lawsuit: Massachusetts School of Law v. ABA, 1994.
Memoranda, 1994.
Meeting agenda, Miami, February 10, 1995.
Committee to Study the Law School Approval Process (Henry Ramsey, Chair):
Memoranda, 1989-1990. 2 folders.
Final Report, July 26, 1990.
Subcommittee on Team Composition (Rosalie E. Wahl, Chair), 1990.
Skills Training Committee:
Memoranda, 1987-1989.
Regarding the establishment of the Task Force on Law Schools and the Profession suggested by Wahl as chair of the section at the conference on professional skills in Albuquerque, October 1987.
National Conference on Professional Skills and Legal Education, Albuquerque, October 15-18, 1987. 3 folders.
Includes correspondence regarding the conference agenda and speaker presentations, the remarks of both Robert MacCrate (president of the ABA) and Rosalie Wahl (chair of the Section) as published in the Section's occasional papers, a report on the conference, and the proceedings of the conference as published in the symposium issue of New Mexico Law Review 19 (1989).
Task Force on Law Schools and the Profession: Narrowing the Gap (Robert MacCrate, Chairperson):
Task Force establishment, June 1988-January 1989.
Task Force proposals, January-February 1989.
Funding proposals, July 13, 1988-June 27, 1989.
Memoranda, June 6, 1989-April 14, 1992. 3 folders.
Final report (The MacCrate Report): Legal Education and Professional Development: An Educational Continuum: Report of the Task Force on Law Schools and the Profession: Narrowing the Gap.
See Speeches and Writings for the text of Wahl's remarks made on October 1, 1993 concerning this report.
Subcommittee for a Comprehensive Statement of Lawyering Skills and Professional Values (SSV Subcommittee):
Memoranda, January 16, 1990-November 23, 1991.
Proof copy: Statement of Fundamental Lawyering Skills and Professional Values, May 1992.
Report to the Task Force, January-March 1992. 2 folders.

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Expand/CollapseSUBJECT FILES, 1966-1994

The subject files included here represent only a small portion of the background and topical materials Wahl collected throughout her judicial career. The files selected for this series contain correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, research articles, legislative drafts, newsletters, news clippings, magazine excerpts, and other materials specifically regarding Minnesota issues. Topics cover capital punishment, correctional facilities, street gangs, health care, juveniles, legal aid and public defender services, and procedural rules for practicing law students. Additional files pertain to Wahl's professional memberships or her participation with various organizations such as Amicus, the American Bar Association's Commission on Women in the Profession, and the National Association of Women Judges.


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144.B.18.13B15American Bar Association: Commission on Women in the Profession: Hearings, 1987-1988.
Includes correspondence, a summary of testimony presented during the Commission's hearing at the ABA's mid-year meeting in Philadelphia on February 6-7, 1988, and the Commission's report and recommendations to the Association's House of Delegates. Although she did testify, Wahl's remarks are not included.
Amicus, 1984-1992.
Includes memoranda regarding Amicus board matters, correspondence between Wahl and Warren Spannaus, an editorial written by Wahl for the organization's newsletter, news clippings, and printed material.
Corrections:
Correspondence, 1978-1986.
Regarding discrimination against African American inmates at Stillwater Correctional Facility, 1978; law library services to prisoners, 1984; Cuban refugees held by the U.S. Immigration Dept. at Stillwater, 1986; and miscellaneous correspondence regarding corrections policy and programs.
Minnesota, 1979-1992. 2 folders.
Includes news clippings, magazine articles, and other printed material concerning correctional facilities in Minnesota and the Department of Corrections.
Court and political colleagues:
Amdahl, Douglas K., 1980-1989.
Blackmun, Harry A., 1989-1994.
Includes correspondence between Wahl and Blackmun, introductory remarks made by Justice A. M. Keith, magazine articles, and news clippings.
Coyne, Jeanne M., 1982-1998.
Davis, Michael, 1983-1994.
Gardebring, Sandra, 1989-1991.
Keith, Alexander M., 1989-1992.
Kelley, Glenn E., 1989-1992.
Long, Dee, 1991-1992.
Murphy, Diana E., 1989-1994.
Otis, James C., 1981-1993.
Page, Alan C., 1990-1994.
Perpich, Rudy, 1990-1991.
Peterson, Donald C., 1985-1991.
Popovich, Peter S., 1988-1991. 2 folders.
Rogosheske, Walter F., 1980-1990.
Sedgwick, Susanne C., 1974- 1988.
Sheran, Robert J., 1981-1993.
Simonett, John and Anne, 1980-1994.
Stringer, Edward C., 1994.
Yetka, Lawrence R., 1979-1993.
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144.B.18.14F16Death Penalty, 1989.
Includes brief correspondence with enclosed background material from Frank W. Wood, Warden of the Minnesota Correctional Facility at Oak Park Heights; David Stamps, Coordinator for Minnesota State Death Penalty Abolition under Amnesty International; and Deana Dorman Logan of the University of San Francisco Law School.
Fellows of the American Bar Foundation, 1982, 1986-1991.
Regarding Wahl's 1982 invitation for membership and her later nominations of individuals for membership in the Minnesota Fellows of the American Bar Foundation.
Gangs, 1990-1991.
Includes materials distributed by the Minneapolis Chapter of Midwest Gang Investigators Association and a clinical perspective of street gangs written by Donald W. Kodluboy of the Minneapolis Public Schools. Particularly noteworthy are a glossary of gang slang and a report of observed gang behavior in Powderhorn Park on July 4, 1990.
Health Care, 1983.
Regarding the response of the Nursing Home Action Group to the proposed recommendations and guidelines of the Minnesota Board on Aging's Task Force on Supportive Care.
Juvenile Justice, 1976, 1989, 1991.
Contains correspondence with an attached article by Barry Feld of the University of Minnesota's Law School concerning juveniles' right to counsel, an article by Justice George M. Scott regarding Minnesota's Uniform Rules of Juvenile procedure, and correspondence forwarded by Chief Justice Alexander M. Keith regarding the Hennepin County Juvenile Probation Division. Also includes the 1976 final report of the Court's Juvenile Justice Study Commission.
Legal Representation:
Legal Assistance to the Disadvantaged Committee (Minnesota State Bar Association), 1981-1992. 7 folders.
Includes memoranda and meeting minutes, as well as materials pertaining to the Court's Legal Services Advisory Committee and the Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services. Also includes legislative drafts and a draft of the committee's model pro bono policy and procedures.
Legal Services Advisory Committee, 1986.
Regarding a funding dispute between the Legal Aid Service of Northeastern Minnesota and the Volunteer Attorney Program.
Minnesota Legal Services:
General, 1985-1986.
Counties, 1971-1972.
Contains the 1971 research report: "Projecting the Level of Legal Services for Rural Minnesota Counties," by Jerry N. Clark and Roger C. Schaefer, prepared for the state bar association as well as Clark's 1972 supplemental report.
Early Efforts, 1972-1976.
Includes the results of a survey of legal services provided by both public agencies and private organizations in Minnesota.
Public Defender:
Contains correspondence and memoranda between members of the State Board of Public Defense, the state Public Defenders Office, the Hennepin County Office of the Public Defender, and the Supreme Court. The files focus on the administration and oversight of these various offices. Primary correspondents include William Kennedy, C. Paul Jones, and Richard Beens.
Correspondence, 1989-1992. 2 folders.
Board of Public Defense: Burke and Beens' reappointment, 1986-1991. 4 folders.
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144.B.19.1B17Speech by C. Paul Jones at the Criminal Justice Course, August 1989.
Funding and weighted caseload studies, 1991.
Kennedy v. Carlson, 1992.
procedure on complaints by criminal defendants, 1987, 1993.
Includes court memoranda and copies of correspondence regarding complaints between William R. Kennedy, Chief Public Defender of the Hennepin County Office of the Public Defender, and William J. Wernz, Director of the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility.
Public defender and other legal services, 1970-1977, 1985-1986.
Student Practice Rules, 1981-1983, 1986-1987, 1990, 1993. 3 folders.
Includes correspondence, meeting notes, drafts, and public hearing statements regarding 1982 amendments to the 1967 rules governing student practice. Included within this file are later materials concerning the Court's clarification of these rules as applied to particular cases.
Summer Student Practice Program (Legal Advice Clinic), 1990-1991.
Minnesota Association of Women in Criminal Justice, 1978.
National Association of Women Judges:
7th Annual Conference, 1985:
Conference program.
Education program.
Humanities and law seminar, October 13, 1985.
Miscellaneous correspondence, October-November 1985.
Planning Committee, 1984-1985. 2 folders.
Remarks of Circuit Judge Patricia M. Wald, "The Role of Morality in Judging: A Woman Judge's Perspective, October 12, 1985.
Workshop on pornography and the First Amendment, October 12, 1985.
Statewide Interagency Forensic Team (SIFT), 1985-1986.
Victim-Offender Mediation, 1991.

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Expand/CollapseAUTOGRAPH ITEMS

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Reserve 58Letter, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chair, Commission on Women in the Profession, American Bar Association, to Justice Wahl, February 23, 1988. 1 item (1 l.); 22 x 28 cm. TLS.
Letter, Chambers of Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C., to Honorable Rosalie Wahl, Supreme Court of Minnesota, St. Paul, April 5, 1988. 1 item (1 l.); 22 x 28 cm. TLS.
Awards Luncheon Program, Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement, The ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, ABA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Sunday, August 11, 1991. 1 item (12 p.); 14 x 22 cm.
Autographed by Hillary Rodham Clinton, Geraldine A. Ferraro, Phyllis Kravitch, Andrea Sheridan Ordin, Deanell Reece Tacha, Jeanette Rosner Wolman, and Marilyn V. Yarbrough.
Letter, Chambers of Justice Harry A. Blackmun, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C., to The Honorable Rosalie E. Wahl, The Supreme Court of Minnesota, St. Paul, March 1, 1994. 1 item (1 l.); 22 x 28 cm. TLS.

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Expand/CollapseCATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Bias (Law) -- Minnesota.
Discrimination in justice administration -- Minnesota.
Domestic relations -- Minnesota.
Education -- Minnesota -- Washington County.
Insane -- Commitment and detention -- Minnesota.
Insanity -- Jurisprudence -- Minnesota.
Judges -- Selection and appointment -- Minnesota.
Judges -- Election.
Judicial opinions -- Minnesota.
Judicial process -- Minnesota.
Law -- Study and teaching -- United States.
Legal assistance to the poor -- Minnesota.
Library cooperation -- Minnesota -- Washington County.
Mental health laws -- Minnesota.
Public defenders -- Minnesota.
Racism -- Minnesota.
Sex discrimination in justice administration -- Minnesota.
Sexism -- Minnesota.
Places:
Minnesota -- Race relations.
Persons:
Kennedy, William R., author.
MacCrate, Robert, author.
Schafran, Lynn Hecht, author.
Wikler, Norma, author.
Organizations:
American Bar Association. Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.
Citizens Committee on Education, District 834 (Washington County, Minn.). Subcommittee on Length of School Year.
Hennepin County (Minn.). Office of the Public Defender.
Minnesota. Office of the State Public Defender.
Minnesota State Bar Association. Legal Assistance to the Disadvantaged Committee.
Minnesota. Supreme Court. Gender Fairness Implementation Committee.
Minnesota. Supreme Court. Implementation Committee on Multicultural Diversity and Racial Fairness in the Courts.
Minnesota. Supreme Court. Study Commission on the Mentally Disabled and the Courts.
Minnesota. Supreme Court. Task Force on Gender Fairness in the Courts.
Minnesota. Supreme Court. Task Force on Racial Bias in the Judicial System.
National Association of Women Judges (U.S.). Annual Conference (7th : 1985 : Minneapolis, Minn.).
Washington County Friends of the Library (Washington County, Minn.).
Types of Documentation:
Speeches.
Poems.
Photographs.
Audio recordings.
Occupations:
Women judges -- Minnesota.
Quakers -- Minnesota.

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