MINNESOTA JUDICIAL TRAINING & EDUCATION BLOG (www.pendletonupdates.com)The blog is dedicated to the training and education of the Minnesota trial bench, attorneys, law enforcement and the general public.Alan Pendleton's passion for judicial training and education is based on more than 35 years of trial experience and as a legal educator. 20 years as a trial attorney (criminal and civil) and 16 years as a District Court Judge.To further that goal, in August 2014, the Minnesota Judicial Training Blog was created. This new training blog is the official repository of all past and present "Minnesota Judicial Training Updates" and was also designed to serve as a "one-stop" legal resource library with hyperlinks to statutes, court rules, legal search engines and numerous training manuals. Since inception, the blog has been accessed over 250,000 times and received national recognition from noted author and legal commentator Robert Ambrogi. In 2015 the Blog won 2nd place in the Education category of a prestigious national blogging competition sponsored be the Expert Institute. By adding your email to the blog site at "pendletonupdates.com" you will receive all future updates via email and gain immediate access to the complete repository of all past training updates.