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Elimination of Bias
The People We Serve: The Crazy, The Dangerous and The Psychopaths
Step by Step: Moving Toward Legal Rights for Same-Sex Couples
Collateral Consequences and Expungement Update*
*(This session available after April 20, 2010)
Ethics
2008 Minnesota Ethics Decisions Update
Real Life Law & Order: What Prosecutors, Defense Attorneys and Police Officers Can Ethically Do and Say
Skating on the fEdge: Common Ethical Violations and How to Avoid Them
Standard
Anti-Bribery: When Cultures and Laws Clash
Best Practices in Eyewitness Identification
Consumer Remedies in Debt Collection Actions
Data Practices: Medical Records and Medical Privileges in Criminal and Civil Cases
Domestic Abuse
Election Law Primer
Immigration Law Update 2009
An Insider?s View of the Vick Case
Insurance Arbitration: Practice Pointers for Litigators and Arbitrators
Investigation and Prosecution of Human Trafficking
IP Law Update 2009
Not in My Backyard: Legal Issues Surrounding Released Sex Offenders
Seven Deadly Sins Resulting in Civil Litigation: Working Together to Minimize Civil Liability
U.S. Supreme Court Update 2009: Constitutional and Criminal Law Cases
U.S. Supreme Court Update 2009: Overview, Election, Employment and Environmental Law Cases
Elimination Of Bias
The People We Serve: The Crazy, The Dangerous and The Psychopaths
2 Elimination of Bias CLE Credits Minnesota
Tuition: $99.00
An overview of the Minnesota Commitment Act focusing on legal issues surrounding mentally ill, mentally ill and dangerous, chemical dependent, and sexually dangerous and sexual psychopath petitions and their overlap with criminal prosecution. This session will focus on the challenges of dealing with these individuals and the inherent bias within the criminal justice system against those with mental impairments. A prosecutor, defense attorney and court appointed psychologist will offer different perspectives on the commitment process and what to do if you are ever involved in a commitment case. Interesting and informative even for attorneys not practicing in this area of law.
Presenters: Mary M. Huot, Esq. [Mary M. Huot, Counselor at Law]; Beth Sullivan, [Assistant Ramsey County Attorney]; Dr. Peter Meyers [Board Certified Psychologist, Founder Red Tail Hawk Services, Inc.: Forensic Assessment Services and First Examiner to Ramsey County]
Step by Step: Moving Toward Legal Rights for Same-Sex Couples
2 CLE Elimination of Bias credits [Minnesota]
Tuition: $99.00
In June 2009, the Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA) received a report from its Task Force on the Rights of Unmarried Couples identifying dozens of priority areas for discrete statutory reform in such areas as family, criminal, estate and trust, and tax law. In addition, the MSBA approved the Task Force's executive summary, which called the exclusion of same-sex couples from the legal status of marriage as "state-approved second-class citizenship" that throws such couples into a "legal void." This panel presentation will briefly survey the national backdrop against which Minnesota developments are unfolding, and then examine in greater detail the Task Force's past and ongoing work, particularly its inventory of proposed legislative changes.
Course Chair: Phil Duran, [Legal Director, OutFront Minnesota]
Presenters and Panelists: David Ahlvers, [Attorney, Family Solutions Law Group], Jane Bowman, [Attorney, Foreclosure Relief Law Project; Board Member, Project 515], Rebecca Heltzer, [Heltzer and Burg PLC], J. Lee Novelli, [Senior Associate Attorney at Kathleen M. Newman + Associates, P.A.]
Collateral Consequences and Expungement Update: Leveling the Playing Field
(Available after April 20, 2010)
2 CLE Elimination of Bias credits [Minnesota]
Tuition: $99.00
The effects of collateral consequences for criminal charges are significant both in scope and impact. These consequences can be direct, such as denial of voting rights or a lifetime ban from welfare benefits, or indirect, like denial an apartment or job based on a criminal history check. The myriad of consequences are having a negative impact on our society as a whole while the gravest consequences disproportionately affect minority and lower income residents. One safety valve for these consequences is expungement. Unfortunately, the limited expungement procedures in place are complex and expensive to pursue, frequently placing them out of the reach of those individuals most harshly affected by collateral consequences. To that end, the Minnesota Legislature, in 2006, established a Collateral Consequences Committee to study the issue and make recommendations for changes. This program will outline the collateral consequence and expungement issues and provide updates on legislative activity on those issues.
Course Chair: Thomas C. Plunkett, Esq., [Attorney at Law]
Presenters and Panelists: Kelly J. Keegan, Esq., [Bandt Criminal Defense] Phil Carothers, Esq., [Assistant Ramsey County Attorney]
Ethics
2008 Minnesota Ethics Decisions Update
1.25 ethics CLE credits (Minnesota)
1.5 ethics CLE credits (Wisconsin)
Tuition: $49.00
In any given year the state Supreme and Appellate Court will be asked to review any number of cases involving the ethical obligations of attorneys. Both civil and criminal practitioners are required to constantly assess what constitutes a conflict of interest, who really is my client and how much diligence is due as they handle client matters on a daily basis. This seminar will review which of the myriad ethical issues reached the courts in 2008 and how the courts ruled on those issues.
Topics included:
? Areas of ethics exposure
? Duty to third parties
? Resources available on-line
Presenter: Ed Kautzer, [Ruvelson & Kautzer, Chartered]
Real Life Law & Order: What Prosecutors, Defense Attorneys and Police Officers Can Ethically Do and Say
2 Ethics credits Minnesota
2 Ethics credits Wisconsin
Tuition: $99.00
Faced with a barrage of crime drama from television to movies to the nightly news, criminal justice professionals often see the lines blurred between what is legal and ethical under their specific codes and rules and what is portrayed to the public as standard operating procedure. This session will examine such issues as conflicting ethical obligations among various professionals, what is legal versus what is ethical and what various codes of professionalism and responsibility actual proscribe. Issues addressed will include such topics as prosecutorial misconduct, charges not substantiated by probable cause, statements to the media regarding cases and charges and disclosure of protected information. The primary speaker for this session is a veteran prosecutor. The seminar will address relevant Minnesota case law on these issues.
Presenters: Peter Orput [Assistant Hennepin County Attorney], Pat Kittredge [Assistant Ramsey County Public Defender], Daniel Moriarty [Retired St. Paul Police Officer]
Skating on the Edge: Common Ethical Violations and How to Avoid Them
1.25 ethics CLE credits (Minnesota)
1.5 ethics CLE credits (Wisconsin)
Tuition: $49.00
Most lawyers do not set out to commit ethical violations. When they first begin to practice, they are at least aware of the Code of Professional Responsibility and have a basic understanding of what is prohibited. But times change and in the real world of the practice of law, ethical dilemmas are not always as clear cut and obvious as they appear in law school examples. Outside forces such as technological advances can make less clear what is and is not ethically acceptable. Changing economic circumstances can contribute to lawyers making questionable ethical choices. This seminar will focus on those gray areas and advise participants on how to avoid skating over the edge and ending up in ethical hot water!
Presenter: Craig D. Klausing, [Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility]
Standard
Anti-Bribery: When Cultures and Laws Clash
1 CLE credit Minnesota
1 CLE credit Wisconsin
Tuition: $39.00
Local business practices, customs and cultural norms can sometimes run counter to national and international law. In this age of the global economy, navigating these risks can be a legal and ethical minefield. Learn the basic antibribery provisions of The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA) (15 U.S.C. ?? 78dd-1, et seq.) as well as some of the more common real-life dilemmas faced by those practicing in a global economy. Everything from issues of doing business in countries where corruption is endemic, to managing conflicting laws on facilitation payments, to finding the grey line between relationship-building with clients and providing improper benefits will be addressed by the presenter, the global business compliance officer for a multinational corporation.
Presenter: Jane Reeves, [VP, Associate General Counsel, Global Business Compliance, Thomson Reuters]
Best Practices in Eyewitness Identification
1 standard CLE credits Minnesota
1 standard credits Wisconsin
Tuition: $39.00
At the initiative of Ramsey County Attorney Susan Gaertner, the Ramsey County Attorney?s Office reviewed convictions predating current DNA technology to see if DNA could shed new light on the evidence. DNA testing led to the exoneration of one prisoner convicted on the basis of faulty eye-witness identification, a systemic problem in DNA exonerations nationwide. A review of thirty years of scientific research revealed flaws in the standard law enforcement protocol on eye-witness identification as well as an alternative method that reduces the likelihood of mistaken identification. After a successful one-year pilot project to test the feasibility of the alternate method in a law enforcement setting, Ramsey County in 2006 implemented the new protocol countywide. This seminar will focus on the scientific basis for these reforms and practical guidance on how to implement ?best practices? in eye-witness identification.
Presenter: Jeanne Schleh, Esq., [retired Assistant Ramsey County Attorney]
Consumer Remedies in Debt Collection Actions
2 CLE credits Minnesota
2 CLE credits Wisconsin
Tuition: $89.00
A primer on basic debtor remedies designed with both the practitioner and the non-attorney in mind. A valuable seminar especially in light of today?s precarious financial conditions including the mortgage crisis and rising credit card debt. Learn what remedies and rights debtors have and what creditors can and cannot due in an attempt to collect debts. Seminar will include detailed discussion of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act as well as practical tips for attorneys representing debtors.
Presenter: Peter F. Barry [Barry & Slade, LLC]
Data Practices: Medical Records and Medical Privileges in Criminal and Civil Cases
2 CLE credits Minnesota
2 CLE credits Wisconsin
Tuition: $89.00
Most attorneys have at least a vague awareness that there are statutes, rules, and case law dealing with how medical records are able to be used or have their use restricted in court. Less familiar are the issues covering what access the general public may have to personal medical data used in court proceedings. This seminar will discuss the use of Medical Records and Medical Privileges in civil and criminal cases and what use can be made of personal health records once they are used in judicial branch proceedings.
Presenter: Tim Sullivan [Best & Flanagan LLP]
Domestic Abuse
2 CLE credits Minnesota
2 CLE credits Wisconsin
Tuition: $89.00
What is Domestic Abuse? What does Minnesota Law define as a ?domestic relationship?? Why do many victims of Domestic Abuse recant or minimize? What impact did Crawford and other U.S. Supreme Court cases have on Domestic Abuse prosecution? What is ?History of the Relationship? evidence and why is it so important? What is ?Forfeiture by Wrongdoing? and when is it critical? How has the new crime of Domestic Abuse by Strangulation (eff. 8-1-2005) impacted Domestic Abuse prosecution? What are QDVROs and why are they so useful?
Topics included:
? Statutory definition of ?family or household members?
? Reasons victims recant - - and what to do about it
? Ways to make a Domestic Abuse case, despite Crawford
? Post-Crawford Minnesota appellate court decisions
? Other pertinent Minnesota appellate court decisions re: Domestic Abuse
? Examples of cases prosecuted
? Making a case for ?Forfeiture by Wrongdoing?
? What to look for before charging Domestic Abuse by Strangulation
? Reasons for ?hanging tough? on Domestic Abuse prosecution
Presenter: Elaine Ashbaugh [Assistant Ramsey County Attorney]
Election Law Primer
1.25 CLE credits [Minnesota]
1.5 CLE credits [Wisconsin]
Tuition: $49.00
From Bush v. Gore in the 2000 general election to the appointment of a replacement to fill President Obama?s Illinois senate seat to the ongoing senate election in Minnesota, we have been inundated with election law issues that few people had previously contemplated. To a large extent federal law dictates the parameters of who can vote in a national election but how much of the remainder of the process is federal in nature? Where does most election law come from? Who makes, enforces and interprets it? In an appointment or election for national office who makes the rules? This election law primer will answer some of those most basic election law questions.
Presenter: Professor David Schultz [Hamline University Graduate School of Management]
Immigration Law Update 2009
1.25 CLE credits Minnesota
1.5 CLE credits
Tuition: $49
Immigration law is a very volatile and much-discussed area of practice. Legislative, judicial and regulatory changes occur frequently. Issues vary widely from building a fence to control illegal immigration to adopting worker programs to allow more immigrants to legally enter and work in this country. This seminar will highlight what has been happening in immigration law in the last 18 months and what may be expected under the new administration.
Topics included:
? Recent SCT court decisions
? Other court decisions of note
? Recent and pending legislation
? Immigration under the new administration
Presenters: Michele Garnett McKenzie, Esq. [The Advocates for Human Rights], Emily Good, Esq. [The Advocates for Human Rights]
An Insider?s View of the Vick Case
1.5 CLE credits
1.5 CLE credits
Tuition: $59.00
On May 6, 2005 St. Paul Police Officer Sergeant Jerry Vick was shot and killed while on duty. On October 24, 2008 the Minnesota Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Harry J. Evans, the man convicted of shooting Sergeant Vick. Join us as the veteran Ramsey County Prosecutor responsible for convicting Mr. Evans takes us through the case from the initial manhunt in May 2005 through the appellate process reviewing the legal, medical and investigative challenges this case presented.
Presenter: Richard Dusterhoft, [Assistant Ramsey County Attorney]
Insurance Arbitration: Practice Pointers for Litigators and Arbitrators
2 CLE credits Minnesota
2 CLE credits Wisconsin
Tuition: $89
Accidents happen! Many insurance policies and courts require claims to be arbitrated. While arbitration shares some of the adversarial aspects of litigation, it is fundamentally a different process. Experienced arbitrators will provide practices pointers in understanding, preparing for and conducting successful arbitrations. Participants will better understand the arbitration process and consequently be more successful in arbitrating claims.
Topics covered will include:
? The arbitration hearing
? Evidence issues
? Scope of examination
? Witnesses
Presenter: Roger L. Kramer [Kramer & Short, LLC]
Investigation and Prosecution of Human Trafficking
2 CLE credits Minnesota
2 CLE credits Wisconsin
Tuition: $89.00
This two-hour course will focus on what it takes to investigate and prosecute a case involving human trafficking. The course begins with a discussion of what ?human trafficking? is. The course then shifts to potential charges, including human trafficking charges as well as companion charges such as child pornography, narcotics offenses, and advanced financial crimes. After discussing potential charges, the focus will be on investigative considerations, such as finding corroborating evidence and the use of standard investigative techniques along with potential wire interceptions. The course concludes with a discussion of how all of this comes together in a trial involving human trafficking offenses.
Presenter: Erica H. MacDonald. [Assistant United States Attorney]
IP Law Update 2009
3.25 CLE credits Minnesota
3.5 CLE credits Wisconsin
Tuition: $119
From copyright to trademark to patents intellectual property is a fluid spectrum of issues, practices and technologies. The more digital and global the world becomes the more intellectual property concepts need to adapt and expand to meet the new world order. Please join us as experts in each of the three main intellectual property fields, copyright, trademark and patents explain what?s happening nationally and globally, in the courts and in the legislature.
Topics included:
? Google Book Project Settlement
? Orphan works legislation
? Questions of jurisdiction
? Fraud on the Patent and Trademark Office after Bose
? Tiffany v. eBay
? Keyword advertising challenges
? Significant TAB decisions in 2009
? Infringement
Presenters: Timothy Bianchi [Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, PA], Barbara J. Grahn [Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly], Donna Gies, Esq. [Publishing Counsel for Thomson West]
Not in My Backyard: Legal Issues Surrounding Released Sex Offenders
2 CLE credits (Minnesota)
2 CLE credits (Wisconsin)
Tuition: $89.00
This seminar will address the consequences of being charged with a predatory offense in Minnesota, with particular attention to what makes one subject to registration as a predatory offender, what are the requirements of that registration, and what happens when registration requirements are not followed. In addition the session will cover the effects of community notification, statistics regarding predatory offenders, and proposals for changes to registration and notification including recommendations addressed in the federal Adam Walsh Act.
Presenters: Mark Bliven, [Community Notification Supervisor, Minnesota Department of Corrections], Patricia Moen, [Community Notification Specialist, Minnesota Department of Corrections], David Miller, [Assistant Ramsey County Attorney]
The Seven Deadly Sins Resulting in Civil Litigation:How We Can Work Together to Minimize Civil Liability
2 CLE credits Minnesota
2 CLE credits Wisconsin
Tuition: $89.00
If you could help your County or City save thousands of dollars through the simple use of language, you would do it, wouldn't you? Police officers, prosecutors, defense attorneys, corrections officers, other government employees and ordinary citizens can be instrumental in determining when a municipality gets sued, why and whether or not the municipality prevails at trial. Discover how the paper trail often inadvertently leads to civil liability. Learn about the costs of civil litigation to you personally, to the City or County, and to the taxpayers. Find out what you can do to minimize the risk of being called into court as a defendant or witness in a civil case. Come to this course and find out how we can help each other.
Presenter: Karen Kugler [Assistant Ramsey County Attorney]
U.S. Supreme Court Update 2009: Constitutional and Criminal Law Cases
3 credits Minnesota
3.5 credits Wisconsin
Tuition: $119
The Supreme Court issued a number of cases in the 2008-2009 term deciding criminal and constitutional law issues. Search and seizure issues covered will include police recordkeeping errors, patdown searches and automobile searches. Death penalty case issues include the right to federally funded counsel and double jeopardy. Other criminal cases discussed will include defendant?s right to DNA testing, testimony from crime lab personnel and identity theft. Constitutional law issues addressed will include the ongoing debate over religious displays in public place and the searching of middle school students.
Presenters: Jessica S. McConaughey, [Assistant St. Paul City Attorney], Benjamin J. Butler, [Assistant Minnesota State Public Defender], Leslie Rosenberg, [Assistant Minnesota State Public Defender], Charles J. Lloyd, [Livgard & Lloyd PLLP]
Cases covered include: Arizona v. Gant, Pearson v. Callahan, AT&T Corporation v. Hutten,District Attorney?s Office for Third Judicial District v. Osborne, Stafford Unified School District v. Redding, Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, Harbison v. Bell and Bobby v. Bies
U.S. Supreme Court Update 2009: Overview, Election, Employment and Environmental Law Cases
3.25 credits Minnesota
3.5 credits Wisconsin
Tuition: $129
We invite you to join us for the first segment of our popular annual review of some of the most important and influential cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court during its latest term. The opening segment will consist of an overview of the session, including the status of the latest nominee. Decisions in the areas of election law, employment law and environmental law will be the primary focus. This session will conclude with a panel discussion on the Supreme Court under Obama, the newest justice and the direction the court is moving in these particular areas of law.
Presenters: David Schultz, Esq., [Hamline University School of Management], Marshall Tanick, Esq., [Mansfield, Tanick & Cohen], Thaddeus R. Lightfoot, Esq., [The Environmental Law Group, Ltd.]
Cases covered include: Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co., Bartlett v. Strickland, AT&T Corporation v. Hutten, Crawford v. Nashville, Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Burlington Northern v. United States
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