Minnesota State Law Library 2024 CLE Archive
Please note: this is our archive of past CLE programs from 2024. If you are looking for CLEs for which on-demand credit is available, please visit our On-demand CLE page.
- The Historic 2024 Family Law Changes
- Tuesday, December 10, noon - 1:00 pm
- CLE Credit: One standard CLE credit has been approved (#518389). Credit is available for those who attended this session when it was presented. On-demand credit is not currently available.
- Speakers: Samantha Gemberling, Attorney, Wolf, Rohr, Gemberling & Allen, P.A., and Bryan Lake, MSBA Lobbyist and Attorney, The Law Office of Bryan Lake, PLLC
- Description: Family law practitioner Samantha Gemberling and MSBA lobbyist Bryan Lake will provide an overview of the historic family law changes that were passed during the 2024 legislative session. Lawmakers made major modifications to statutes affecting parenting time, spousal maintenance, assisted reproduction, and prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. Your presenters, who were deeply involved in drafting and passing these changes, will share how they were developed and how they modernize family law in Minnesota.
- Recording of Presentation.
- Extreme Risk Protection Orders
- Tuesday, November 19, noon - 1:00 pm
- CLE Credit: One standard CLE credit has been approved (#517576). Credit is available for those who attended this session when it was presented. On-demand credit is not currently available.
- Speaker: Anna Street, Associate Attorney, Tuft Lach Jerabek & O'Connell
- Description: The presentation provides an overview of what Extreme Risk Protection Orders are and how they can be best used to create a safer community. The presentation uses current data from the Minnesota Judicial Branch while simultaneously providing practice tips to help implement the law. Viewers should walk away with an understanding of what ERPOs are, what situations they can help with, what is the process for applying and implementing ERPOs, and tips for utilizing the new law.
- Recording of Presentation. Presentation Slides.
- Mental Health and Substance Use in the Legal Profession and the Practice of Law
- Tuesday, October 1, noon - 1:00 pm
- CLE Credit: One mental health/substance use CLE credit has been approved (#514424). This CLE is also available for on-demand credit. Please see our On-Demand CLEs page.
- Speakers: Joan Bibelhausen, Executive Director, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers, and Jon Tynjala, Client Services Director, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers
- Description: This course is designed to educate attorneys to identify, understand, and to from the legal profession and from the practice of law biases against persons because of disabilities related to mental and chemical health issues. Powerful stigmas remain attached to both chemical health and mental health related disabilities, and the ABA study clearly shows that barriers to seeking help included “not wanting others to find out they needed help” and “concerns regarding privacy or confidentiality.” Because of those stigmas, discrimination occurs both to impaired lawyers and by lawyers toward impaired clients and potential clients. By educating attorneys about the misconceptions surrounding chemical health and mental health issues, they will be better positioned to eliminate barriers to hiring, retentions, professional development, and full participation of attorneys disabled by chemical or mental health issues. They will also be less likely to discriminate against their clients or potential clients with chemical dependency or mental health related disabilities.
- Recording of Presentation. Presentation Materials.
- Minnesota Competency Attainment Board
- Thursday, September 12, noon - 1:00 pm
- CLE Credit: One standard CLE credit has been approved (#514329). This CLE is also available for on-demand credit. Please see our On-Demand CLEs page.
- Speakers: Ryan Flynn, Senior Assistant County Attorney with the Ramsey County Attorney's Office, and Kim Larson, Program Administrator, Minnesota Competency Attainment Board
- Description: During this presentation Ryan Flynn, Minnesota Competency Attainment Board Chair and Kim Larson, Program Administrator shared information about the efforts and reasons behind the creation of Minnesota Statute 611.40-611.59 and the progress toward establishing a statewide, independent competency attainment system.
- Recording of Presentation. Presentation Slides.
- Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo
- Tuesday, August 6, noon - 1:00 pm
- CLE Credit: One standard CLE credit has been approved (#512069). This CLE is also available for on-demand credit. Please see our On-Demand CLEs page.
- Speaker: The Honorable Colette Routel, Judge, Hennepin County District Court
- Description: In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (and a companion case), the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the long-standing Chevron doctrine, which for the past 40 years had required courts to defer to federal agencies’ reasonable interpretations of ambiguous statutes in most circumstances. This presentation provides an overview of this decision and explains its likely impacts.
- Recording of Presentation. Presentation Slides.
- The Dual Citizenship of Tribal Members: Tribal Nations and U.S. Citizens
- Tuesday, June 18, noon - 1:00 pm
- CLE Credit: One elimination of bias CLE credit has been approved (#509174). Credit is available for those who attended this session when it was presented. On-demand credit is not currently available.
- Speaker: Professor Angelique EagleWoman (Wambdi A. Was'teWinyan)
Director, Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota Oyate
Author Page
- Description: "The Dual Citizenship of Tribal Members-Tribal Nations and U.S. Citizens" provided the legal framework on Tribal Nation sovereignty in relation to the United States and Minnesota. Professor Angelique EagleWoman provided key constitutional sections, court decisions, and legal concepts to explain the dual citizenship of Tribal Nation members. The political status of Tribal members is a fundamental principle for relations and political participation in the U.S. including for voting rights.
- Additional Resources: Understand Native Minnesota - Publications to support Teaching of Native Content. Angelique EagleWoman, The Capitalization of "Tribal Nations" and Decolonization of Citation, Nomenclature, and Terminology in the United States, 49 Mitchell Hamline L Rev 623 (2023).
- Minnesota Election Laws, Voting Rights and 2023-2024 Biennium Updates
- Wednesday, May 22, noon - 1:00 pm
- CLE Credit: One standard CLE credit has been approved (#507555). Credit is available for those who attended this session when it was presented. On-demand credit is not currently available.
- Speaker: Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon
- Description: Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon discussed the role of the Office of the Secretary of State in administering Minnesota's elections system and provided an overview of recent changes to Minnesota's elections laws that were passed during the 2023-2024 Legislative Biennium. Q&A followed Secretary Simon's remarks.
- Recording of Presentation.
- The State of the State: Civil Access to Justice in Minnesota
- Tuesday, April 16, noon - 1:00 pm
- CLE Credit: One elimination of bias CLE credit has been approved (#505300). This CLE is also available for on-demand credit. Please see our On-Demand CLEs page.
- Speakers: Bridget Gernander, Legal Services Grant Program Manager; Judge Thomas A. Gilligan, Jr., Second Judicial District Court; Emily Froehle, Assistant County Attorney, Dakota County; and Anna Beadle, Executive Director, Minnesota Justice Foundation
- Description: Civil legal service programs, private attorneys, and the court system work together to meet the basic legal needs of Minnesotans of limited means, seniors, veterans, people with disabilities, the LGBTQ community, and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. Few professionals in our state have a full idea of how the needs of low-income Minnesotans are met through the state's civil justice system. This program will educate attorneys about how the civil justice system functions, how it seeks to provide access to justice, who it serves, and how they can contribute. This program is a project of the Minnesota State Bar Association Access to Justice Committee.
- Recording of Presentation. Slides of presentation. Handouts: MSBA Model Policy on Pro Bono for Public Attorneys.
- Tales from our Territorial Days: Early Court History (175th Anniversary of the Minnesota Supreme Court)
- Wednesday, March 20, noon - 1:00 pm
- CLE Credit: One standard CLE credit has been approved (#501800). Credit is available for those who attended this session when it was presented. On-demand credit is not currently available.
- Speakers: Carol Chomsky, Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School, and Judge Timothy Baland (Retired, 7th Judicial District Court)
- Description: This session was held to celebrate the 175th Anniversary of the founding of the Territory of Minnesota, including the Minnesota Supreme Court and Minnesota State Law Library. Learn about the judges, lawyers, and decisions that shaped the legal system in Minnesota's Territorial Period, 1838-1858.
- Recording of Presentation. Slides of presentation.
- The Indian Child Welfare Act
- Tuesday, February 27, noon - 1:00 pm
- CLE Credit: One standard CLE credit has been approved (#500989). Credit is available for those who attended this session when it was presented. On-demand credit is not currently available.
- Speaker: Shannon Smith, Executive Director, ICWA Law Center
- Description: This CLE will cover what attorneys need to know about the practical application of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) as it relates to the interests of American Indian children and their family. The presentation will include an overview of the Supreme Court's June 2023 decision in Haaland v. Brackeen case, as well as the historical and modern-day significance of the Indian Child Welfare Act.
- Recording of Presentation. Slides of presentation.
- Managing Ethics, Negativity & Stress
- Tuesday, January 23, noon - 1:00 pm
- CLE Credit: One ethics CLE credit has been approved (#497840). This CLE is also available for on-demand credit. Please see our On-Demand CLEs page.
- Speakers: Judith M. Rush and Chase Andersen, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers
- Description: As lawyers, our duties under the Rules of Professional Conduct underpin our service to clients. We are accustomed to quiet withdrawals, transfers of representation, and serving clients well, even when clients are at their most difficult. We work in the midst of looming deadlines, mountains of cases, negativity, and other stressful conditions. Our duties as advocates frequently put us in the line of fire with difficult parties and opposing counsel, while requiring us to maintain the integrity of the profession and respect the rights of others. Learn how stress, negativity, and ethical duties interact and how we can better manage our practice, our lives, and our ethical obligations.
- Recording of Presentation. Slides of presentation. Handouts.
- Get Ready for 2024 - Landlord and Tenant Law Is Changing
- Tuesday, January 9, noon - 1:30 pm
- CLE Credit: 1.5 standard CLE credits have been approved (#497839). Credit is available for those who attended this session when it was presented. On-demand credit is not currently available.
- Speaker: Larry McDonough, Senior Fellow, National Housing Law Project
- Description: Numerous changes to Minnesota's landlord and tenant laws took effect on January 1, 2024. This session provided an update on the new laws.
- Recording of Presentation. Slides of presentation.
Please note: The views, opinions, and statements made at the CLE sessions are solely those of the speakers and do not reflect the views of the State Law Library or Minnesota Judicial Branch. In order to provide these courses free of charge, the CLE speakers volunteer their time to prepare and present. They are not compensated by the State Law Library or Minnesota Judicial Branch.