Richard Clem Continuing Legal Education

If you need to complete your CLE by June 30, you've come to the right place. According to the Minnesota Board of CLE website, I'm the only provider in Minnesota offering programs this weekend. All programs are approved for Minnesota CLE credit. On Saturday, June 29, I'm doing this 5-credit ethics and bias video replay program in St. Paul. Preregistration is not required. You can pay at the door, and you can report your credits as soon as you get home. (If paying by credit card, please register using the link below, since I'm unable to take credit cards at the door.) If you need to contact me the day of the program, please call me at my cell phone at 651-285-5474. On Sunday, June 30, I have six hours of conference call programs scheduled. You can find information on those programs at this link.

All programs through June 30 have been approved for Minnesota CLE credit. If you have already completed your ethics and bias credits, you may use the additional credits to satisfy your general 45 credit requirement. This program has been approved for 5 Minnesota CLE credits, including 3 ethics and 2 bias. If you need bias credits, that portion of the program starts at about 3:30 PM.

Saturday, June 29, 2013, 1:30 - 7:00 PM
Community Meeting Room
Lower Level, Como Lakeside Pavilion
1360 North Lexington Parkway
St. Paul, Minnesota 55103

This program will be presented on the following dates: June 12, June 15, June 27, June 29.

CLE credit has been approved or applied for as follows:

• Minnesota: 5 credits approved, including 3 ethics and 2 elimination of bias. (Minnesota Event Code 180801).
• Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana: CLE credit applied for upon request.
• Other states: Attorneys in many states have used my programs for credit. Please contact me for any assistance in applying for credit.

With the Minnesota deadline coming up, this program will completely satisfy your Minnesota requirement for both ethics and elimination of bias. If you have already completed those special credit categories, the five credits can be used for your general 45 credit CLE obligation.

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.

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.

• Elimination of Bias Learning Goals: Each elimination of bias program will run sixty continuous minutes, will relate directly to the practice of law, and is designed to meet the first and third learning goals for elimination of bias courses:
  
  1. To educate lawyers about the elimination of bias or prejudice in the legal profession, in the practice of law, and/or in the administration of justice; ...
  
  3. To educate lawyers about the problems identified in the Supreme Court's Race Bias and Gender Fairness Task Force Reports, as well as in other studies, reports or treatises which describe bias and prejudice in the legal profession, in the practice of law, and/or in the administration of justice.
  We will begin by referencing the Supreme Court's 1993 report on the elimination of bias in the judicial system, and we will also look at how both the Rules of Professional Conduct and the General Rules of Practice require us as lawyers to avoid bias.
  
  Then, we will look at how well we are doing in meeting these requirements, as seen by various communities, including communities of color. In particular, we'll examine the suggestions made by members of the public at community dialogues held over the past three years by the Supreme Court's Racial Fairness Committee.
  
  There will be opportunities for participants to discuss these suggestions, and to offer our own suggestions on how we can fulfill these professional obligations.
  
  

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.

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).

The cost of this program is $99. 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.

You may also register securely online by following the "Buy Now" link below. If you have a PayPal account, you may sign and and use your PayPal account. If you do not have a PayPal account, of if you prefer to simply use a credit card, you may also do so by following this link.

Please Specify Date

Wed., June 12 Sat., June 15 Thurs., June 27 Sat., June 29

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.