Minnesota State Law Library 2018 CLE Archive

Please note: this is our archive of past CLE programs from 2018. If you are looking for CLEs for which on-demand credit is available, please visit our On-demand CLE page.

Untangled: Tips to Eliminate Knots in Legal Writing
December 4, 2018, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

CLE Credit: 1 standard credit has been approved (#265266). Credit is available for those who attended this session when it was presented. On-demand credit is not available.

Description: In this CLE, Professor Julie Oseid and Randall Tietjen outlined methods of untangling clunky, hidebound legal writing. The session, moderated by Judge Eric L. Lipman, touched upon the professional and ethical duty to write well.
Video of presentation; PDF of presentation
Related reading: Julie Oseid and Randall Tietjen, 16 books judges should own if they want to write well
The Law and Legacy of World War I in Minnesota: How the 'Great War' Still Affects Us Today
November 13, 2018, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

CLE Credit: 1 standard credit has been approved (#265265). Credit is available for those who attended this session when it was presented. On-demand credit is not available.

Description: Marshall H. Tanick is an attorney with the law firm Meyer Njus Tanick reviews a number of legal cases in Minnesota that affected World War I,

were impacted by the War, and continue to affect our lives today on the centennial of the end of "The War to End All Wars."
Video of presentation; PDF of presentation
Everything You Need to Know About Trust Accounts
October 31, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

CLE Credit: 1.5 ethics CLE credits have been approved (#263226). This CLE was previously approved for 1.5 ethics on-demand credits, 11/9/2018 - 11/9/2020 (#264502) and 11/17/2020 - 11/17/2022 (#331110).

Description: Cassie Hanson, Jennifer Bovitz, & Lynda Nelson from the Lawyers Board of Professional Responsibility deliver a comprehensive guide to operating trust accounts and financial record keeping. This CLE covers setting up trust accounts and types of trust accounts; maintaining required books and records under Rule 1.15(h), MRPC; frequent record-keeping mistakes; handling reconciliations; handling trust account transactions, including deposits and disbursements; trust account overdrafts; discipline for trust account misconduct; and trust account scams.
Video of presentation; PDF of presentation
Permit to Carry
October 9, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

CLE Credit: One standard CLE credit has been approved (#263054). Credit is available for those who attended this session when it was presented. On-demand credit is not available.

Description: Rick Hodsdon, Washington County Attorney’s Office, provides an overview of the conceal and carry permit process; when a permit can be denied; and where a permitted weapon may (or may not) be brought.
Video of presentation; PDF of presentation

The Law and Politics of the 2018 Elections
September 12, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
CLE Credit: One standard CLE credit has been approved (#262372). Credit is available for those who attended this session when it was presented. On-demand credit is not available.
PDF Handout
Description: David Schultz, Hamline University Professor of Political Science and University of Minnesota Professor of Law, presented on the political and legal context, and potential implications, of the 2018 elections.
Law Day Topic: Separation of Powers
May 1, 2018, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
CLE Credit: One standard credit has been approved (#256510). Credit is available for those who attended this session when it was presented. On-demand credit is not available.
Video of presentation
Handouts: Presentation PDF, House File No. 3891, House File No. 3360
Description: Matt Gehring and Ben Weeks of the MN House Research Department presented this Law Day CLE on Separation of Powers in Minnesota. The CLE discussed the separation of powers in Minnesota State Government, focusing on how that separation of powers impacts day-to-day operations, separation of powers cases, and proposed legislation affecting the funding of core operations of government.
Frozen Four You! Hockey Law in Minnesota
April 4, 2018, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
CLE Credit: One standard credit has been approved (#255542). Credit is available for those who attended this session when it was presented. On-demand credit is not available.
Description: Marshall Tanick of the law firm Meyer Njus Tannick presented on hockey law in Minnesota, just in time for the Frozen Four national collegiate hockey championship held in St. Paul in early April. He discussed hockey cases involving a variety of practice areas, including recent case law regarding gender and sexual orientation discrimination in collegiate hockey programs and employment matters, personal injury, and criminal cases.
Special Panel Discussion about "The Latino Legal Experience in Minnesota" (an exhibit hosted at the Minnesota State Law Library)
March 27, 2018, 12:00 pm-1:15 pm
CLE Credit: One elimination of bias credit has been approved (#255042). Credit is available for those who attended this session when it was presented. On-demand credit is not available.
Chief Justice Lorie S. Gildea delivered opening remarks for this panel discussion about “The Latino Legal Experience in Minnesota,” an exhibit on loan to the Minnesota State Law Library from the U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota. The discussion was moderated by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Ann D. Montgomery and featured Minnesota Court of Appeals Judge Peter M. Reyes, Jr.; Ann Anaya of 3M, who previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney; and Assistant United States Attorney Lola Velazquez-Aguilu. Event and exhibit flyer.
Related video: 30-minute film titled, “Someone Like Me Can Do This,” created from eighteen unscripted conversations with members of the Minnesota Hispanic Bar Association.

Treatment Courts: Saving Lives, Saving Money
June 19, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
CLE Credit: One standard CLE credit has been approved (#257112). Credit is available for those who attended this session when it was presented. On-demand credit is not available.
Video of presentation; PDF of Presentations
Description: Judge Mark Ireland, Second Judicial District, is currently the primary judge for all treatment courts in Ramsey County (Adult Substance Abuse Court a/k/a Drug Court, Veterans Treatment Court, DWI Court, and Mental Health Court). In this CLE, Judge Ireland speaks about treatment courts by answering the questions: What are they? Who do they help? Do they really work?

The Path to Lawyer Well-Being: Practical Recommendations for Positive Change
March 14, 2018, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
CLE Credit: One elimination of bias credit has been approved (#254539). Credit is available for those who attended this session when it was presented. On-demand credit is not available. This CLE was previously approved for one elimination of bias, on-demand credit, 3/22/2018 - 3/22/2020 (#254797) and 3/27/2020 - 3/27/2022 (#298604).
Handouts: Components of Well-being (Graphic); Path to Lawyer Well-being (4-page handout)
Description: Joan Bibelhausen, Director, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers presents this groundbreaking and comprehensive report with recommendations focusing on five central themes:
- Identifying stakeholders and the role each can play in reducing the level of toxicity in the profession.
- Eliminating the stigma associated with help-seeking behaviors.
- Emphasizing that well-being is an indispensable part of a lawyer's duty of competence.
- Educating lawyers, judges and law students on lawyer well-being issues.
- Taking small, incremental steps to change how law is practiced and how lawyers are regulated to instill greater well-being in the profession.

Autonomous Vehicles: Driving Liability Assessments, Shifting Legal Fault, and Steering Criminal and Privacy Implications
Feb. 6, 2018, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
CLE Credit: One standard credit has been approved (#252897). Credit is available for those who attended this session when it was presented. On-demand credit is not available.
Bench and Bar Articles: Riehl, Damien, Car Minus Driver: Autonomous vehicles driving regulation, liability and policy: Part I and Part II
Description: Damien Riehl of Stroz Friedberg presented on self-driving vehicles. He discussed the legal implications of the autonomous driving revolution, including current and proposed state and federal laws and regulations; potential effects on liability; algorithmic driving decisions' effect on injuries, death, and liability; criminal implications; privacy implications; and ethical implications.
Latest Developments with Cell Tower Localization in Criminal Cases
Jan. 17, 2018, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm
CLE Credit: One standard credit has been approved (#252222). Credit is available for those who attended this session when it was presented. On-demand credit is not available.
Description: Sean L. Harrington, CIPP/US, MCSE, CISSP, CHRL, CCFP, Esq. of Adamant Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity, spoke about recent trends, admissibility, and probative value of cell site localization records offered into evidence for the proposition that a phone was or was not in a particular location at a particular time.