Richard Clem Continuing Legal Education

Richard Clem Continuing Legal Education
High quality, reasonably priced CLE opportunities

This program is now expired, and can no longer be taken for Minnesota credit. The following replacement courses should be taken instead:

• 3 credit ethics program.
• 2 Credit Elimination of Bias program

This program is valid for Minnesota CLE credit through June 25, 2022. In other words, as long as you take the program before that date, it is valid for credit, regardless of when you are required to report. If you need ethics and bias credits after that date, please take the following programs instead:

• 3 credit ethics program.
• 2 Credit Elimination of Bias program

Minnesota Ethics and Elimination of Bias On-Demand CLE

Complete Your Ethics and Bias CLE Requirements for Only $69

Minnesota attorneys may now completely satisfy their Ethics and Elimination of Bias CLE requirement with this convenient on-demand program, at a cost of only $69. If you need only ethics or only bias, you can take either portion of the program for only $39. 6.0 Minnesota CLE credits approved, including 3.0 ethics credits and 2.0 elimination of bias credits (Minnesota event code 259995).

On December 6, 2013, the Minnesota Supreme Court amended the Minnesota CLE rules to permit "on-demand" CLE programs. The new rules took effect on July 1, 2014. Minnesota attorneys may now complete up to 15 of their required 45 credits using on-demand programs. You are now able to download a program and take it at your convenience. The new rules permit you to use these on-demand credits for any type of CLE, including ethics and bias. This program satisfies the entire ethics and bias requirements for your three-year cycle. The program also includes one standard CLE credit for a bonus program on the topic of school safety.

If paying online, click the "Pay Now" link below. You will be able to enter the code numbers during the payment process. If you prefer, you can leave this field blank and send the code numbers to me separately.

Please Select Program:

Full Program: Ethics + Bias $69.00 USD Ethics Only (3 credits) $39.00 USD Bias Only (2 credits) $39.00 USD

Upon receipt of your payment, I will send you via e-mail a certificate of attendance. If you don't have an e-mail address, I can send this by U.S. Mail. I process these courses manually, so please allow time for me to respond. I will normally provide your certificate of attendance within 24 hours.

This program runs slightly over six hours. Each part of the program is approximately one hour in length. These programs were originally presented on the following dates: Ethics Part 1, June 7, 2018; Ethics Part 2, June 8, 2018; Ethics Part 3, June 24, 2018; Elimination of Bias, Part 1, June 26, 2018; Elimination of Bias, Part 2, June 27, 2018; School Safety, June 23, 2018.

Ethics Refresher 2018. Presented by Richard Clem. This will be a comprehensive review of the Rules of Professional Conduct for attorneys in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and other states. 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. Originally presented June 7, 8, and 24, 2018. 180 minutes (three parts).

Elimination of Bias. Presented by Richard Clem. 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.

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 several years by the Supreme Court's Committee for Equality and Justice. This course covers material developed at those programs through October, 2017. Originally presented June 26 and 27, 2018. 120 minutes (two parts).

Elimination of Bias Learning Goals

This program is offered for Minnesota Elimination of Bias credit, and meets the learning goals set by the Minnesota Board of Continuing Legal Education. Each segment is sixty continuous minutes, relates 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.

School Safety. Presented by Richard Clem. As lawyers and community leaders, we'll take time to think about what we can do in the wake of an epidemic of school violence. We'll look at the legal duties of school districts, and in that context, we'll explore possible solutions. We won't come up with the answer to school violence, but we'll try to identify that thought process that will allow us to find rational solutions. Originally presented June 23, 2018. Sixty Minutes (one part).

The recent Iowa legislation mentioned during the program can be found at this link.

This course has an interactive component in that the course presenter is available by telephone or e-mail for any questions or comments regarding the substantive content of the course. The course presenter may be contacted by telephone at 612-378-7751 or e-mail at clem.law@usa.net. Questions are usually answered within 24 hours. During the course, all attendees must make a note of the code numbers given during the program and submit them by e-mail to the course sponsor. The sponsor provides a certificate of attendance only upon recipt of the code numbers.

Richard P. Clem is an attorney and continuing legal education (CLE) provider in Minnesota. He has been in private practice in the Twin Cities for 25 years. He has a J.D., cum laude, from Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul and a B.A. in History from the University of Minnesota. 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). You can visit his web pages at RichardClem.com and w0is.com and his blog at OneTubeRadio.com.

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PO Box 14957
Minneapolis, MN 55414
612-378-7751