Richard Clem Continuing Legal Education


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

June 2014 Conference Call CLE

$25 per credit

End of year update: The last remaining scheduled program is one credit of elimination of bias at 3:00 Wednesday. If you need one credit, please plan on registering for that program. If you need an additional one or two credits of ethics or bias before the midnight deadline, please contact me directly, and I can probably help you out Wednesday evening.

I will have additional programs available in July. If you need to report this year and still need credits, let me know and I'll help you out with taking care of them at the lowest possible cost. If you're registering at the last minute, please e-mail me at clem.law@usa.net so that I can send you directions for participating.


I'm offering the following conference call CLE programs in June 2014. This is a convenient way to satisfy your CLE requirements, for only $25 per credit. The programs on this page are being offered for Wisconsin and Minnesota credit. If you're looking for programs that have been approved in Iowa, those programs are linked at my main CLE page. If these times don't work for you, please contact me, since I can schedule additional programs upon request. Upon registration, you will be given a toll-free telephone number and access code. At the time of the program, you simply call in, enter the access code, and listen to the program. You can submit live questions during the program.

Each ethics program covers a different part of the Rules, and these programs can be taken in any order.

Course Schedule

All times shown are Central time. All programs begin promptly at the time shown. The phone line will be open approximately five minutes prior to the times shown. Please call in approximately five minutes prior to the start time so that attendance and opening remarks can be taken care of prior to the start of the program. All programs are live lectures.

DATE START TIME END TIME PROGRAM CREDITS* MINNESOTA EVENT CODE
Monday, June 2 12:00 1:00 PM Ethics, Part 1 1.0 ethics 192031
Tuesday, June 3 12:00 1:00 PM Ethics, Part 2 1.0 ethics 192032
Tuesday, June 3 7:00 PM 8:00 PM Bias, Part 1 1.0 bias 192033
Wednesday, June 4 12:00 1:00 PM Ethics, Part 3 1.0 ethics 192034
Wednesday, June 4 7:00 PM 8:00 PM Bias, Part 2 1.0 bias 192035
Thursday, June 5 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Ethics, Part 4 1.0 ethics 192036
Friday, June 6 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Bias, Part 1 1.0 bias 192037
Saturday, June 7 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Bias, Part 2 1.0 bias 192038
Monday, June 9 3:00: Note Time Change 4:00 PM Ethics, Part 1 1.0 ethics 192039
Monday, June 9 4:10 PM: Note Time Change 5:10 PM Bias, Part 1 1.0 bias 192040
Tuesday, June 10 2:00 PM: Note Time Change 3:00 PM Ethics, Part 2 1.0 ethics 192041
Wednesday, June 11 1:15 PM 2:15 PM Bias, Part 2 1.0 bias 192042
Thursday, June 12 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Ethics, Part 3 1.0 ethics 192043
Friday, June 13 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Ethics, Part 4 1.0 ethics 192044
Saturday, June 14 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Ethics, Part 1 1.0 ethics 192045
Saturday, June 14 1:15 PM 2:15 PM Bias, Part 1 1.0 bias 192046
Sunday, June 15 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Ethics, Part 2 1.0 ethics 192047
Sunday, June 15 1:15 PM 2:15 PM Bias, Part 2 1.0 bias 192048
Monday, June 16 6:00 PM: Note Time Change 7:00 PM Ethics, Part 3 1.0 ethics 192049
Monday, June 16 7:15 PM: Note Time Change 8:15 PM Bias, Part 1 1.0 bias 192050
Tuesday, June 17 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Ethics, Part 4 1.0 ethics 192051
Tuesday, June 17 1:15 PM 2:15 PM Bias, Part 2 1.0 bias 192052
Wednesday, June 18 9:00 PM Registration closed 10:00 PM Ethics, Part 1 1.0 ethics 192065
Thursday, June 19 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Bias, Part 1 1.0 bias 192066
Thursday, June 19 8:00 PM 9:00 PM Ethics, Part 2 1.0 ethics 192067
Friday, June 20 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Bias, Part 2 1.0 bias 192068
Friday, June 20 8:00 PM 9:00 PM Ethics, Part 3 1.0 ethics 192069
Saturday, June 21 1:30 PM: Note time change 2:30 PM Ethics, Part 4 1.0 ethics 192070
Saturday, June 21 2:45: Note time change PM 3:45 PM Bias, Part 1 1.0 bias 192071
Sunday, June 22 1:15 PM 2:15 PM Bias, Part 2 1.0 bias 192072
Monday, June 23 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Ethics, Part 1 1.0 ethics 192073
Monday, June 23 1:15 PM 2:15 PM Ethics, Part 2 1.0 ethics 192074
Monday, June 23 2:30 PM 3:30 PM Bias, Part 1 1.0 bias 192075
Tuesday, June 24 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Ethics, Part 3 1.0 ethics 192076
Tuesday, June 24 1:15 PM 2:15 PM Ethics, Part 4 1.0 ethics 192077
Tuesday, June 24 2:30 PM 3:30 PM Bias, Part 2 1.0 bias 192078
Wednesday, June 25 7:00 PM: Note time change 8:00 PM Ethics, Part 1 1.0 ethics 193060
Wednesday, June 25 8:15 PM: Note time change 9:15 PM Ethics, Part 2 1.0 ethics 193061
Wednesday, June 25 2:30 PM 3:30 PM Bias, Part 1 1.0 bias 193065
Thursday, June 26 2:30 PM 3:30 PM Bias, Part 2 1.0 bias 193083
Thursday, June 26 7:00 PM: Note time change 8:00 PM Ethics, Part 3 1.0 ethics 193081
Thursday, June 26 8:05 PM: Note time change 9:05 PM Ethics, Part 4 1.0 ethics 193082
Friday, June 27 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Ethics, Part 1 1.0 ethics 193084
Friday, June 27 1:15 PM 2:15 PM Ethics, Part 2 1.0 ethics 193085
Friday, June 27 2:30 PM 3:30 PM Bias, Part 1 1.0 bias See note below*
Saturday, June 28 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Ethics, Part 3 1.0 ethics 193086
Saturday, June 28 1:15 PM 2:15 PM Ethics, Part 4 1.0 ethics See note below*
Saturday, June 28 2:30 PM 3:30 PM Bias, Part 2 1.0 bias See note below*
Sunday, June 29 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Ethics, Part 1 1.0 ethics 192053
Sunday, June 29 1:15 PM 2:15 PM Ethics, Part 2 1.0 ethics 192054
Sunday, June 29 2:30 PM 3:30 PM Ethics, Part 3 1.0 ethics 192055
Sunday, June 29 3:45 PM 4:45 PM Ethics, Part 4 1.0 ethics 192056
Sunday, June 29 5:00 PM 6:00 PM Bias, Part 1 1.0 bias 192057
Sunday, June 29 6:15 PM 7:15 PM Bias, Part 2 1.0 bias 192058
Monday, June 30 10:40 AM: Note time change 11:40 AM Ethics, Part 1 1.0 ethics 192059
Monday, June 30 12:00 PM: Note time change 1:00 PM Ethics, Part 2 1.0 ethics 192060
Monday, June 30 1:15 PM: Note time change 2:15 1:30 PM Ethics, Part 3 1.0 ethics 192061
Monday, June 30 10:00 PM: Note time change 11:00 PM Ethics, Part 4 1.0 ethics 192062
Monday, June 30 3:00 PM: Note time change 4:00 PM Bias, Part 1 1.0 bias 192063
Monday, June 30 4:15 PM: Note time change 5:15 PM Bias, Part 2 1.0 bias 192064

CLE Credit

Minnesota: Credit approved as shown above. (*All programs with an event code shown have been approved for credit. The three programs without an event code will probably be cancelled, unless some attorney is unavailable for the other times shown.)

Wisconsin: Credit applied for upon request.

Course Description

Ethics Refresher 2014. Live program presented by Richard Clem. This 4-part program is a comprehensive review of the Rules of Professional Conduct for attorneys in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Most states have adopted substantially similar rules governing lawyers, and this course will review the rules as adopted in these and other states. Where the rules differ, we will go over the differences as adopted in other states. Seeing these differences gives insight into the meaning of the rule in all 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. We'll cover many of the rules, and the written materials will cover the rules in their entirety. The parts stand alone and can be taken in any order. The course materials for this portion of the program are available at this link.

Elimination of Bias. Live program 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.

The course materials for this portion of the program are available at this link. In addition to these course materials, we'll probably talk about the following three persons. You probably recognize the names of two of them, but not the third:

Elimination of Bias Learning Goals

This 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:

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.

About the Speaker

All programs will be presented live by Richard P. Clem, who 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 25 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).

Registration

The easiest way to register is to use the "Buy Now" button below. Then, click the "Buy Now" button to make your payment online. If you have a PayPal account, you will be given an opportunity to pay with that account. If you do not have a PayPal account, or don't want to use it, you may pay by credit card.

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If you prefer to pay by check, then simply send me an e-mail to clem.law@usa.net indicating which programs you wish to attend, and then mail your check to:

Richard P. Clem Continuing Legal Education
PO Box 14957
Minneapolis, MN 55414

Upon confirmation of your registration, you will be sent instructions for calling in. You will dial a telephone number and enter an access code to be connected to the conference. There will be an opportunity for all participants to submit questions via e-mail or at the end of the program.

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