Richard Clem Continuing Legal EducationRichard Clem Continuing Legal EducationRichard Clem Continuing Legal Education
High quality, reasonably priced CLE opportunities
I'm offering the following conference call CLE programs in October and November 2018. This is a convenient way to satisfy your CLE requirements, for $25 per credit. These programs are being offered for Minnesota credit, but credit in other states is also available. Upon registration, you will be given a 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.
I try to process registrations as quickly as possible. Please check your e-mail shortly before the program begins for call-in instructions. If you have technical difficulties during the program, please call my cell phone, 651-285-5474.
The programs follow these schedules. All times are Central Standard Time:
Ten Minutes Before Start Time Listed Below: Phone line opens, opening remarks
Start Time Listed Below: Ethics (1 hour)
One Hour After Start Time Listed Below Closing Remarks
All programs begin promptly at the time shown below. 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 & TIME | PROGRAM | CREDITS* | MINNESOTA EVENT CODE |
| Monday, Oct. 22, 4:00 PM | Ethics, Part 1 | 1.0, including 1.0 ethics | 264167 |
| Tuesday, Oct. 23, 4:00 PM | Ethics, Part 2 | 1.0, including 1.0 ethics | 264168 |
| Wednesday, Oct. 24, 4:00 PM | Ethics, Part 3 | 1.0, including 1.0 ethics | 264169 |
| Thursday, Oct. 25, 5:10 PM: Note Time Change | Bias, Part 1 | 1.0, including 1.0 bias | 264170 |
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| Friday, Oct. 26, 5:10 PM: Note Time Change | Bias, Part 2 | 1.0, including 1.0 bias | 264171 |
| Monday, Nov. 12, 4:00 PM | Ethics, Part 1 | 1.0, including 1.0 ethics | 264172 |
| Tuesday, Nov. 13, 4:00 PM | Ethics, Part 2 | 1.0, including 1.0 ethics | 264173 |
| Wednesday, Nov. 14, 4:00 PM | Ethics, Part 3 | 1.0, including 1.0 ethics | 264174 |
| Thursday, Nov. 15, 4:00 PM | Bias, Part 1 | 1.0, including 1.0 bias | 264175 |
| Friday, Nov. 16, 4:00 PM | Bias, Part 2 | 1.0, including 1.0 bias | 264176 |
| Monday, Nov. 26, 4:00 PM | Ethics, Part 1 | 1.0, including 1.0 ethics | 264177 |
| Tuesday, Nov. 27, 4:00 PM | Ethics, Part 2 | 1.0, including 1.0 ethics | 264178 |
| Wednesday, Nov. 28, 4:00 PM | Ethics, Part 3 | 1.0, including 1.0 ethics | 264179 |
| Thursday, Nov. 29, 4:00 PM | Bias, Part 1 | 1.0, including 1.0 bias | 264180 |
| Friday, Nov. 30, 4:00 PM | Bias, Part 2 | 1.0, including 1.0 bias | 264181 |
Ethics Refresher 2018 (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday programs). Live lecture 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.
One hour of the ethics program is presented each day. You can take the three parts in any order.
The ethics course materials are available at the following link:
Elimination of Bias 2018 (Thursday-Friday programs). Live lecture 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.
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 program 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.
The bias course materials are available at the following link:
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).
The easiest way to register is to use the "Buy Now" button below. Enter the date of the program (and start time, if you plan to call in after 12:00) and 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. I process registrations manually. After you register, you will receive an automated e-mail confirming your payment. I will follow up, usually within a few hours, with instructions for calling in.
If you prefer to pay by check, then register by calling me at 612-378-7751, or sending 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.
Copyright 2018, Richard P. Clem Continuing Legal Education
PO Box 14957
Minneapolis, MN 55414
612-378-7751