Bellows, Linda

Biographical Information: At the time of this interview, Linda Bellows was an attorney in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Here she worked as a law clerk for the Hennepin County district court based out of the city of Minneapolis.

Transcript Summary: In an interview conducted on April 17, 1993, Linda Bellows described her career within the Minnesotan legal system, as well as various qualities of it that she admired or believed could be improved upon. Bellows noted that she had always possessed an interest in practicing law from a young age, and that after attending three years of law school (in addition to four years of undergraduate work in the discipline of philosophy), she successfully passed the Minnesota bar exam. Following this, she spent eight years working as an attorney before transitioning to the role of law clerk within the Hennepin County district court. She preferred working within the court because it allocated her a greater variety of tasks and greater access to all corners of the legal system. Although Bellows noted that she enjoyed her work, she also expressed frustration with certain aspects of the legal system, including frequent shortages of staff, a lack of adequate funding and other resources, and increasingly large caseloads for attorneys to manage.

Interview conducted by Meg Dols

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