Amdahl Law Offices

09/23/2026

Wednesday, September 23, Noon. Free CLE mental health credit. There's still time to register!
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03/27/2026

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12/11/2025

✨ New on the LCL Blog: Navigating a Season of Change ✨

The holidays can bring joy, light, and tradition, but when life has shifted, even expected changes can feel heavier than we imagined. Whether you're facing your first holiday after losing a loved one, navigating recovery, adjusting to a major life transition, or simply feeling more tender this year, you are not alone.

Our latest blog, written by Patty Devoy, reflects on how grief and change show up in surprising ways and offers gentle, practical ways to care for yourself through the moments you can predict… and the ones you can’t. From planning ahead for tough gatherings to having strategies ready for unexpected waves of emotion, small acts of preparation can make a world of difference when are emotions are unpredictable.

If this season feels different for you, we hope you’ll read and remember: grace belongs here too. 💛

And if you need someone to talk to, LCL is here. Minnesota lawyers, judges, law students, legal professionals, and their immediate family members can reach out for free, confidential support anytime.

🌟 Wishing you peace, warmth, and comfort this holiday season.

👉 Read the full blog here: https://mnlcl.org/blog/navigating-a-season-of-change/

11/04/2025

I was thinking about how Dad went hungry as a kid and teen thru most of the Great Depression, having been born in January 1919. His family, too. And how he re-experienced that as a soldier in WWII Europe, and found many people food insecure or starving.

And about how Mom's family learned to make do during the Great Depression when her father, who owned a lumber yard with his brother, agreed to keep all workers on and everyone took pay cuts, but no one lost their job (or business). They ate more liver and less pork chops and fresh fruit. And how that went on for so many years.

Dad insisted that Mom keep a large canned goods pantry. They even built a special cupboard in the house they built before I was born. And when they sold it in late 2004, it was my job to get on the floor and pull everything out. Then sort it. Many items weren't yet dated. A family friend and I put the oldest and clearly expired cans with black rings on the bottom into garbage bags. I carried those heavy bags out to the city trash can.

When Dad found out that night what we'd been up to, he got into all of the garbage bags and pulled out anything he thought might still be edible (no bulging or black rings). It was like a defense mechanism against being hungry so long ago. He never forgot. That shelf was his security blanket. Mom knew it, and she went along with restocking it every time it looked low.

10/11/2025

October is Mental Health Awareness Week (Oct. 5–11) and World Mental Health Day (Oct. 10). This reminds us that mental health isn’t just an individual concern, but a community one.

Kendra Brodin, LCL Board Member and herself, an enormous contributor to the world of well-being in legal professionals, pulls back the curtain on these important issues in this month's blogpost. https://mnlcl.org/a-time-to-reflect-a-time-to-support-octobers-focus-on-mental-health/

Behind the professionalism and problem-solving lies a reality of stress, anxiety, depression, and burnout that too often goes unspoken. But that’s beginning to change.

This month is more than just awareness; it’s an invitation to action.

💬 Check in on a colleague: “How are you, really?”

💡 Attend a CLE on well-being.

🕓 Pause to rest and notice how you’re doing.

📞 Reach out for confidential help if you need it.

At Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers (LCL), we’re here to support Minnesota’s legal community. We do so confidentially, compassionately, and at no cost. Because your mental health matters as much as your professional success.

Let’s keep shining a light on what it means to be well and to care for one another. 💚

09/30/2025

I found this speech that my late father, Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Douglas K. Amdahl made and wrote for Constitution Day, on September 17, 1987. It's a timely remembrance of what We, the People, stand for, nearly 40 year's later.

"This two hundredth birthday celebration of our United States Constitution is a reminder to all of us that God, in the words of the song, did indeed shed his grace on the United States of America and one of the ways He did so was by imparting to the Constitution Convention delegates of two hundred years ago great patience, great communication skills, and great wisdom.

The first three words "WE THE PEOPLE" of the Preamble to the Constitution have their own special and all-pervading message. They are a a summation of the thoughts, debate and prayers of the Constitution delegates. These first three words set the pattern for the Constitution itself. "WE THE PEOPLE," not "I, the dictator," "We, the ruling clique," "I, the king," or "I, the president." The three words tell us that those who are to be governed by the provisions of the document are those who draft the document. WE THE PEOPLE will determine the rules by which WE THE PEOPLE are governed. WE THE PEOPLE set the limits of governmental authority over us as individuals, as citizens of a state and as citizens of the United States. WE THE PEOPLE have the authority and WE THE PEOPLE will give some of that authority to a central government but, what WE THE PEOPLE do not give, we retain unto ourselves and the document we draft will carefully spell that out.

WE THE PEOPLE of 1987, on behalf of our forebears who have lived under this Constitution, for ourselves who live under it, and for our posterity who shall continue to live under it, must thank our Creator for bringing together two hundred years ago those inspired men who were WE THE PEOPLE of September 17, 1787."

copyright Douglas K. Amdahl

09/16/2025

Celebrating my 12th year on Facebook. Thank you for your continuing support. I could never have made it without you. 🙏🤗🎉

09/10/2025

🌟 September is Recovery Month 🌟

Recovery is more than overcoming addiction, it’s about connection, hope, and healing. Too often, addiction and mental health struggles are viewed as moral failings. But they are not. Just as cancer is not a character flaw, neither are conditions like depression, anxiety, ADHD, or substance use disorder.

In this month’s blog, we reflect on how recovery begins with connection. Whether it’s reaching out to a trusted friend, joining a community, or calling Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers, taking that first step can open the door to relief, accountability, and lasting change.

If you’re in recovery, take time this month to strengthen your connections. If you’re curious about what recovery could look like for you, know that you don’t have to walk alone, we are here to walk with you. 💙

Learn more here: https://mnlcl.org/what-recovery-month-means-to-me/

08/06/2025

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07/21/2025

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/retirement/a-majority-of-americans-are-making-a-big-mistake-when-it-comes-to-long-term-care/ar-AA1IRfY2?ocid=nl_article_link

People are banking on a government safety net that isn’t there.