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Minneapolis is the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies on both banks of the Mississippi River, just north of the river's convergence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Saint Paul, the state's capital. Known as the Twin Cities, these two cities form the core of Minneapolis-St. Paul, the sixteenth largest metropolitan area in the United States, with about 3.2 million residents. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the city's population at 369,051 people in 2006. Minneapolis and the state of Minnesota celebrate their sesquicentennials this year.
Legal services encompasses a broad range of services where a client requires a legal professional to help navigate the judicial system or help understand his or her rights under the law. Lawyers and law firms are trained and certified on a state-by-state basis to provide services in this arena. One of the activities of the U.S. Census Bureau is to classify businesses. It has established an industry classification system called North American Industry Classification System. The 2007 North American Industry Classification System classification for legal services is the Industry Group 5411, legal services and includes tax law services, real estate, legal aid, estate law, family law, corporate law, general disputes, patents, paralegal, process serving, mediation and criminal law.



