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CLEs, classes and other events

The Law Library sponsors a Continuing Legal Education series.  We offer both live streaming and on-demand CLEs. All CLEs are free.

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law.library@hennepin.us

Phone: 612-348-3022

Fax: 612-632-8773

C-2451 Government Center

300 S. Sixth St.

Minneapolis, MN 55487

M-F, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Live Streaming CLEs

Live-streamed CLEs are held on the third Friday of each month, from 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.  No preregistration is required to attend live-streamed CLEs.  During the CLE, submit your name to ensure CLE credit. 


October: Get Ready for 2024 - Landlord and Tenant Law Is Changing!

Presented by Larry McDonough, Senior Fellow, National Housing Law Project

  • Friday, October 20, 12:15 - 1:15

The 2023 Minnesota Legislature made more changes to landlord and tenant law in a single year than in any other year in the history of Minnesota going back to when it was a territory. Whether you are a landlord, a tenant, or an attorney or paraprofessional who assists landlords or tenants, come learn what you need to know.

 

On-Demand CLEs

Alternative Facts: The Lies of Executive Order 9066 ↗

Documentary screening and panel discussion

Panel discussion and Q&A with: Jon Osaki, the documentary’s producer; Lorraine K. Bannai, coram nobis team attorney; and Keiko Sugisaka, managing partner at Maslon, LLP.

Two elimination of bias on-demand credits have been approved, 07/14/2023 - 07/14/2025 (#488686).

TO RECEIVE CLE CREDIT:  After you have registered with the Law Library (register here) and have listened to the recording, you must report this on-demand course in the OASIS system (Minnesota Board of Continuing Legal Education) to receive credit. You will need to input the date you watched the CLE to get on-demand credit.

Description: This documentary sheds light on the people and politics that influenced the signing of Executive Order 9066, which authorized the mass incarceration of nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans. It exposes the lies used to justify the decision and the cover-up that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The documentary also examines the parallels to the current and recent climate of fear, targeting of immigrant communities, and similar attempts to abuse the powers of the government.

At the conclusion of the screening, there will be a panel discussion and Q&A. Through a moderated discussion, the panelists will focus on the importance of honesty before the court and the legal ethics consequences. The panelists will also touch on the limited checks to executive rules in the judicial system and explore the roots of the judiciary’s highly deferential approach. Finally, the panelists will discuss how understanding history and the tenor of historical times can aid in understanding issues in confronting current biases and fears today. See related materials and speaker bios on the Hennepin County Law Library website.


Slavery's Legal Legacy and its Meaning for Modern Lawyers ↗

Presented by Professor Justin Simard, Michigan State University College of Law

One Elimination of Bias on-demand credit has been approved, 03/17/2023 - 03/17/2025 (#482320).

TO RECEIVE CLE CREDIT:  After you have registered with the Law Library (register here) and have listened to the recording, you must report this on-demand course in the OASIS system (Minnesota Board of Continuing Legal Education) to receive credit. You will need to input the date you watched the CLE to get on-demand credit.

Description: Justin Simard is the author of Citing Slavery, 72 Stanford Law Review 79 (2020), and founder of the Citing Slavery Project (www.citingslavery.org). Mr. Simard’s presentation will help lawyers identify the harms that exist in the unacknowledged citation of cases involving enslaved African Americans by modern judges and lawyers. It will show how seemingly neutral legal reasoning can help hide the biases that such cases have imported into the legal system and suggest ways for the profession to address this bias through changes in research, citation, and educational practices.


Suicide Awareness & Prevention ↗

Presented by: Joan Bibelhausen, Executive Director, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers; Faith Amdahl, Amdahl Law Office

One Elimination of Bias on-demand credit has been approved, 01/25/2022 - 01/25/2024 (#438379).

TO RECEIVE CLE CREDIT:  After you have registered with the Law Library (register here) and have listened to the recording, you must report this on-demand course in the OASIS system (Minnesota Board of Continuing Legal Education) to receive credit. You will need to input the date you watched the CLE to get on-demand credit.

Description: Within the legal profession - statistics reveal that attorneys are more than twice as likely to suffer from alcohol abuse or dependency and 3.6 times more likely to be impaired by depression. Powerful stigmas remain attached to both chemical health and mental health related disabilities. Because of those stigmas, lawyers, judges and law students suffering from severe depression may feel there is nowhere to turn and not seek out resources that will give them relief. By educating attorneys about the misconceptions surrounding suicide, they will be better positioned to eliminate from the legal profession and from the practice of law biases against persons impaired by mental and chemical health issues that may lead to suicide. Attendees will be taught to identify the warning signs of suicidal thinking and behavior and learn three basic intervention skills that can help avert the tragedy of suicide.

Additional Resources:

  • Selected resources on mental health, substance misuse, and compulsive behaviors
  • Supplemental resource list:  Suicide prevention.
  • Article by Joan Bibelhausen: "Suicide Prevention: Every Lawyer's Opportunity"

Lawyer Registration Updates: New Reporting & Professional Responsibility ↗

Presented by: Katy Drahos, Access to Justice Director, Minnesota State Bar Association; Bridget Gernander, Legal Services Grant Manager, Minnesota Supreme Court; Tom Walsh, Executive Director, Volunteer Lawyer's Network

One Ethics on-demand credit has been approved, 03/15/2022 - 03/15/2024 (#444409).

TO RECEIVE CLE CREDIT:  After you have registered with the Law Library (register here) and have listened to the recording, you must report this on-demand course in the OASIS system (Minnesota Board of Continuing Legal Education) to receive credit. You will need to input the date you watched the CLE to get on-demand credit.

Description: Beginning in 2022, when completing their annual attorney registration statement, attorneys will notice three additional required questions related to the aspirational goals stated in Rule 6.1 of the Minnesota Rules of Professional Conduct. Two questions ask about approximate hours spent the prior calendar year on pro bono service and activities for improving the law, the legal system, or the legal profession. An additional question, with a checkbox response, asks whether attorneys provided financial support during the prior calendar year to organizations that provide legal services to persons of limited means. This CLE discusses the details of Rule 6.1 and how it relates to attorneys professional responsibilities to provide and report pro bono hours, as well as why there is an ongoing need for pro bono and financial support of legal services in our communities.

The focus on this particular panel will be on the professional rules and the ethics of supporting pro bono efforts through time or money.


Watergate at 50 ↗

Presented by: Marshall Tanick, Meyer Njus Tanick, PA

One standard on-demand credit has been approved, 06/17/2022 - 06/17/2024 (#457525).

TO RECEIVE CLE CREDIT:  After you have registered with the Law Library (register here) and have listened to the recording, you must report this on-demand course in the OASIS system (Minnesota Board of Continuing Legal Education) to receive credit. You will need to input the date you watched the CLE to get on-demand credit.

Description: The program will review some of the historical facts concerning the Watergate break-in 50 years ago and the ensuing events leading up to the resignation of President Nixon and criminal trials of some of the Watergate conspirators. It will focus on the little-known Minnesota roots of the Watergate scandal; the Minnesota personages that were at the core of Watergate; changes in ethical protocols for lawyers due to Watergate; new laws attributable to Watergate, including the birth of the Minnesota Data Practices Act and surreptitious tape recording laws; and Federal and state court cases in Minnesota relating directly and indirectly to Watergate.

Other Classes, Clinics and Events

Wanted: Runaways Art Display

Wanted: Runaways is a series of portraits inspired by archive runaway slave advertisements. Using the descriptors provided by the enslavers, artist Lillian Young has created her own interpretation of the runaway enslaved. Artist Young describes herself as a painter who moonlights as a printmaker, and her works depict forgotten or muted moments in Black history and the Black experience. Young’s works are based on historical documents and photos from various archives. More information can be found here.

These works of art will be on display at the Law Library in February and will move to Brookdale Library for the month of March.

The displays are funded with money from Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

PDF flyer with all February events.

Materials and information from past CLEs

September 2023: How Evolving Everyday Technology is Impacting Civil and Criminal Litigation

  • Presentation slides

August 2023:  A New Leaf:  Cannabis Legalization in Minnesota

  • Presentation slides

May 2023:  "Restore the Vote" and Changes to Voter Eligibility in Minnesota

  • YouTube recording of the CLE.  YouTube recording is informational only, not for CLE credit.

March 2023:  Cannabis and Driving … It’s Not So Simple

  • YouTube recording of the CLE.  YouTube recording is informational only, not for CLE credit.
  • Event code 480827

December 2022:  Current Immigration Policy Responses to On-Going Humanitarian Crises

  • Event code 477833
  • Presentation slides

November 2022:  Landlord Tenant Law and Eviction Defense

  • Event code 475480
  • Presentation slides

October 2022:  Cannabis Law

  • YouTube recording of the CLE.  YouTube recording is informational only, not for CLE credit.
  • Event code 475275
  • Presentation slides

September 2022:  Indian Law Case Update

  • Event code 472961
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