Richard Clem Continuing Legal Education

Minnesota Ethics and Elimination of Bias
Up to 5 Minnesota credits, only $125
Completely Satisfies Minnesota Ethics and Bias Requirement

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Update: Walk-in registrations are welcome for this program, but only if you arrive between 10:30 and 1:30. If you need the full five credits, please call me so that I can arrive at 9:30. We currently have no registrants for the first hour of the program. You can reach me at 612-378-7751 (office) or 651-285-5474 (cell).

Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 9:25 AM - 3:00 PM

Community Meeting Room
Lower Level, Como Lakeside Pavilion
1360 North Lexington Parkway
St. Paul, Minnesota 55103

CLE credit has been applied for as follows:

This is a video replay of a program originally presented on April 24, 2013, which was approved for 5 credits, including 3 ethics and 2 bias.

Schedule
9:00 Registration
9:25 Opening Remarks
9:30 Ethics 2013 (Video replay)
10:30 Break
10:35 Ethics 2013, continued (video replay)
11:35 Break
11:40 Elimination of Bias 2013 (video replay)
12:40 Break
12:45 Elimination of Bias 2013, continued (video replay)
1:45 Break
1:50 Ethics 2013, continued (video replay)
2:50 Closing remarks

Program Description

Ethics 2013. This will be a comprehensive review of the Rules of Professional Conduct for attorneys in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa. All three states have adopted substantially similar rules governing lawyers, and this course will review the rules as adopted in all three states. Where the rules differ, we will go over the differences. Seeing these differences is useful for the practitioner in that particular state, but also gives insight into the meaning of the rule in other states. And since the same model rules serve as the basis for most states’ rules, this course will provide practical guidance for attorneys in most U.S. jurisdictions. Many lawyers review the Rules in their entirety only once, and that is before they take the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam in law school. But the rules change over the years and decades, and some of the finer points might be forgotten. Therefore, this course will serve as a useful refresher for the practitioner to avoid ethical pitfalls. Three hours. A copy of the course materials is available for download at this link.

Elimination of Bias 2013. We'll start by looking at the rules governing bias within the legal profession, which is a subject covered by both the General Rules of Practice and the Rules of Professional Conduct. We will then see how well we are collectively doing as a profession and legal system in abiding by those rules. We will do so through the eyes of participants at a series of community dialogues at which community members were asked to describe their experiences and discuss ideas for advancing racial equality and fairness in the courts. All participants are welcome to share their insights. e w discuss the special issues of immigrant and refugee parents whose children interact with the judicial system. We will discuss actual and perceived racial profiling. We will discuss the unintended immigration consequences of state court actions. Finally, we will discuss how the system can better reach out to communities of color, both as a system, and as individual attorneys. The first hour of this two-hour program will be a video replay of the program presented on April 17. The second hour will continue as a live lecture and discussion. The course materials for this portion of the program are available at the following links: PDF format. Plain text (better for viewing on phone or e-reader.

Course materials will be handed out at the program. If you would prefer to save paper and view the materials on your laptop or mobile device, please use the links above.

About the Speaker

Richard P. Clem has a B.A. in history from the University of Minnesota, and a J.D., cum laude, from Hamline University School of Law. He has been in private practice in the Twin Cities for over 20 years. His reported cases include: Asociacion Nacional de Pescadores a Pequena Escala o Artesanales de Colombia v. Dow Quimica de Colombia, 988 F.2d 559, rehearing denied, 5 F.3d 530 (5th Cir. 1993), cert. denied, 510 U.S. 1041 (1994); LaMott v. Apple Valley Health Care Center, 465 N.W.2d 585 (Minn. Ct. App. 1991); Abo el Ela v. State,468 N.W.2d 580 (Minn. Ct. App. 1991).

Location
Como Lakeside Pavilion is located in Como Park, on the west side of Lake Como, on Lexington Parkway. From Interstate 94, take Lexington north 2.3 miles. From Minnesota Highway 36, take Lexington south 1.9 miles. Free parking is available in the two large lots near the Pavilion. There is additional free parking nearby in the lot on East Como Boulevard, and elsewhere in the park. Enter the building through the main cafe entrance on the parking lot level and take the elevator to the lower level. The location is accessible to persons with handicaps. Outside food and beverages are not permitted, but coffee and a wide variety of food and beverages are available from Black Bear Crossings upstairs.

The cost of this program is $125. To register, simply send an e-mail to me at clem.law@usa.net letting me know which program(s) you wish to attend. You may pay by check at the door.

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If you have any questions, please e-mail me at clem.law@usa.net or call me at 612-378-7751. If you need to contact me the day of the program, my cel phone number is 651-285-5474.



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