On-Demand CLE Videos

• The Path to Lawyer Well-Being: Practical Recommendations for Positive Change  
• CLE Credit: One elimination of bias, on-demand credit has been approved, 3/22/2018 - 3/22/2020 (#254797). 
• Handouts: Components of Well-being (Graphic); Path to Lawyer Well-being (4-page handout); link to TPT video, Make it OK - Reframing Mental illness 
• Description: In this program held March 14, 2018, 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. 

• Understanding Immigration: Where We Are, How We Got Here, and the Impact on Minnesota’s Justice System
• CLE CREDIT: One standard on-demand credit has been approved, 11/9/2017 - 11/9/2019 (#248995). 
  Presentation pdf 
• Description: In this program held on Oct. 17, 2017, Michele Garnett McKenzie, deputy director of The Advocates for Human Rights, explores federal law governing the admission and expulsion of refugees and immigrants and identifies how federal immigration policy impacts Minnesota’s justice system. 
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• Help for Attorneys in Crisis: Dealing with Lawyer Addiction and Impairment
  CLE CREDIT: One ethics, on-demand credit has been approved, 4/27/2017 - 4/27/2019 (#238267). 
  Presentation (pdf) and Handouts: Selected Resources and Chronic Stress, Trauma, Mental Health and Addiction in the Legal Profession
  Description: In this program, held April 19, 2017, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm, Joan Bibelhausen, Executive Director, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers, discusses how to recognize and obtain help when you, a work colleague, or other professional colleagues may have a substance use, mental health or another issue that affects behavior, conduct and performance.  Topics include understanding the issues, approaching the lawyer (including interventions), arranging assistance such as treatment, and practice management issues during and following a reduced work schedule or leave of absence.  Colleagues can save careers, families, and lives.

• Working Effectively with Muslims
• CLE CREDIT: One elimination of bias, on-demand credit has been approved, 5/2/2017 - 5/2/2019. (#238340).
• PowerPoint Presentation (pdf) and Handout (pdf)
  Description: In this program, held February 21, 2017, Imani Jaafar, Director - Office of Police Conduct Review, City of Minneapolis – Department of Civil Rights discusses basic Islamic beliefs, common misconceptions, local and worldwide demographics, cultural educational challenges, and practical tips for assisting Muslims.
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• Best Hearing Practices in Contested Agency Cases 
  CLE CREDIT: One standard, on-demand credit has been approved, 11/17/2016 - 11/17/2018 (#231038).
  PowerPoint Presentation (pdf) and Handout (pdf)  
  Description: This program held October 18, 2016, featured Judge Eric Lipman, Administrative Law Judge with the Minnesota Office of Administrative Hearings. Judge Lipman detailed a series of best practices for those who litigate contested cases before the Office of Administrative Hearings.  His view from the bench could inform how you prepare for your next case, regardless of the forum. 

• The Prevalence of Substance Use & Other Mental Health Concerns Among American Attorneys - Ethical Perspectives 
  CLE CREDIT: One ethics, on-demand credit has been approved 6/26/2016 - 6/26/2018 (#222441).  
  Powerpoint Presentation, ABA and Hazelden Study Summary; Mental Health and Addiction in the Legal Profession; List of Selected Resources
• Description: The speaker Joan Bibelhausen, is the Director of Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers. This program is based on the February 2016 article of the same name published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine. Discussion will cover the findings of the ABA/Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation study and what they mean for the legal profession. Now that these findings are recognized nationwide what are the ethical obligations and considerations that arise?
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• Sovereignty Movement in Minnesota  
  
• CLE CREDIT: One standard, on-demand credit has been approved, 5/26/2016 - 5/26/2018 (#221767).
• Handout  
• Description: Our speaker will be Mary McComb, Associate Warden Administration, MCF-Stillwater, Department of Corrections. Ms. McComb will focus her presentation on: 1. Theoretical underpinnings of the sovereign theory - 14th amendment interpretation. 2. Theoretical basis for financial fraud aspects - US going off the gold standard.
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