On-Demand CLEs
The following CLEs have been approved as on-demand CLEs by the Minnesota Board of Continuing Legal Education
According to Rule 6E of the Rules of the Minnesota Board of Continuing Legal Education, a lawyer may claim up to 15 hours of credit within the 45 hour CLE period for on-demand courses.
** By order of the Minnesota Supreme Court, this restriction is lifted for those attorneys reporting credits for the reporting period ending June 30, 2020.
COMPLIMENTARY- Alumni Series On Demand CLEs
2021 Hon. Steven E. Rau Memorial Lecture: Discovering and Defining Your Professional Persona
Description
Welcome by President and Dean Anthony Niedwiecki
Remarks about the Hon. Steven E. Rau by Professor Eric Janus
CLE Presentation
This CLE is the first in a series named in honor of the Honorable Steven E. Rau ‘83. Judge Rau was a trustee of the law school and beloved member of our law-school community and the legal community at large. This lecture series was named for Judge Rau by the Mitchell Hamline Alumni Board to honor his contribution to our community, and his commitment to civility and collegiality in the legal profession.
During the CLE Desiree and Toni Jaeger-Fine will discuss how to develop a strong and sustainable professional persona, focusing on foundations, self-management (professionalism from the inside), and relationships (professionalism with the outside). By building and nurturing your professional persona each of us can be more effective professionals and happier.
Desiree Jaeger-Fine, Esq. is the Director of Global Engagement and International Programs at Brooklyn Law School. She was founder and principal of Jaeger-Fine Consulting, LLC, a career consultancy and training institute for international attorneys. Desiree sold her first company, a professional online network for international law students, only two years after its launch. She is a member of the New York bar and has authored over 120 articles and four books. Desiree was ranked in the top 5% of Amazon’s Business & Money Authors. She frequently lectures across the U.S. and around the world, including in Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Mexico, and Spain.
Desiree holds law degrees from both the University of Bonn (Germany) and Fordham Law School in New York from which she graduated cum laude with a master’s degree in Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law.
Toni Jaeger-Fine is an assistant dean at Fordham Law School, where she teaches and oversees a range of degree and non-degree programs. Prior to her time at Fordham, Toni worked at NYU, where she taught Lawyering and was Associate Director of the Global Law School Program; and at Crowell & Moring, where she worked primarily on commercial and administrative litigation.
She is a member of the New Law Institute of the Bar Association of the City of New York.
Toni has written a number of articles and books on a wide range of topics, including Becoming a Lawyer: Discovering and Defining Your Professional Persona. She blogs at YourProfessionalPersona.com. Toni is a graduate of Binghamton University and Duke Law School.
Credits
This event has been approved for 1 on-demand CLE credit (code 358219) through May. 4, 2023.
Cost
This content is complimentary to Mitchell Hamline alumni.
Presenter Contact
Per Rule 6E(2) of the MN State Board of CLE regarding On Demand CLEs, attendees may contact the presenter to ask questions by emailing Toni Jaeger-Fine.
2022 Hon. Steven E. Rau Memorial Lecture: COVID’s Effect on the Courts
Description
The panel explores the impact of COVID on client experience and professionalism in the courtroom. The panelists are:
Peter Knapp, professor of law and former director of the Mitchell Hamline Clinics
Judge Becky Thorson ’95, Magistrate Judge, District of Minnesota
Danielle Shelton Walczak ’98, Executive Director of Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid
Moderated by Tom Weber
Peter B. Knapp is a Professor of Law at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, where he has taught since 1989, and served as Interim Dean and President during the 2019-2020 academic year. He teaches Evidence, Torts, Civil Advocacy Clinic, and Advocacy, the College’s required courses in basic trial and appellate skills. He and Prof. Michael Steenson serve as the co-reporters for the Minnesota Civil Jury Instruction Guide. Before joining the faculty at Mitchell Hamline, Prof. Knapp practiced law with Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly.
Danielle Shelton Walczak is the Executive Director of Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid. Prior to that she worked for the City of Minneapolis first as the Director of the Complaint Investigations Division for the Civil Rights Department. There she led a staff of attorneys who investigated discrimination claims in the areas of employment, housing, business, lending and public accommodations. She also contributed to the writing and passage of the City’s Section 8 ordinance and comprehensive update of the city’s Civil Rights ordinance. Danielle then went on to become the Director of Strategic Initiatives in the City Coordinator’s Office. There she oversaw the divisions of: Arts Culture and Creative Economy, Sustainability, the Northside Promise Zone, Human Trafficking and Race and Equity. Her primary function was to make sure the divisions’ work remained core initiatives of the City; and the divisions’ strategic goals aligned with that of the larger enterprise goals. While the Director of Strategic Initiatives she contributed to the drafting and passage of multiple housing ordinances and the creation of the Arts and Cultural Affairs Department. Danielle lives in Minneapolis with her husband and her Westie, Finni.
United States Magistrate Judge Becky R. Thorson was appointed to the bench in 2014. Prior to her appointment, she was a partner at Robins Kaplan Miller and Ciresi, and before that at Greene Espel. Judge Thorson graduated summa cum laude from William Mitchell College of Law—now Mitchell Hamline—and has been an adjunct professor at the law school at various times since 1997. She currently serves on the Board of Mitchell Hamline School of Law and its IP Advisory Committee. Judge Thorson has been active in the Federal Bar Association, serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Federal Lawyer from 2012 to 2015 and as Chapter president in 2005-2006. She currently co-chairs the Chapter’s Mass Tort and Class Action Committee. She was appointed to the Federal Practice Committee, District of Minnesota, in 2008, and was appointed Chair in 2014. She is engaged in legal education as a presenter or teacher locally and abroad, most recently assisting judges in Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Georgia, and Kazakhstan.
Tom Weber is assistant director of marketing at Mitchell Hamline. He’s a longtime journalist, most recently with Minnesota Public Radio news and author of “Minneapolis: An Urban Biography.”
Credits
This event has been approved for 1 Standard CLE credit. The code 457510 is valid through May 26, 2024.
Cost
This content is complimentary to Mitchell Hamline alumni.
Presenter Contact
Per Rule 6E(2) of the MN State Board of CLE regarding On Demand CLEs, attendees may contact the presenter to ask questions by emailing Prof. Peter Knapp.
Black Families and Child Welfare in Minnesota
Description
Panel speakers will share diverse perspectives and experiences from working within and / or from being impacted by the child welfare system in Minnesota. Speakers will speak more broadly about the function of child welfare, how it disproportionately impacts Black and Indigenous children and families, and what is currently being done to address and mitigate harm implicated by the system at large. Additionally, guests from Mitchell Hamline’s Institute to Transform Child Protection will share more about the work they are doing to shift the landscape of child welfare as we know it.
Speakers
Kelis Houston
Latonia Rolbiecki
Husniyah Dent Bradley (Mitchell Hamline School of Law), Program Administrator, Career and Professional Development
Moderator
Cierra Buckner, LSW
Credits
This event has been approved for 1.25 Standard CLE credit. The code 384734 is valid through July 16, 2023.
Cost
This content is complimentary to Mitchell Hamline alumni.
Presenter Contact
Per Rule 6E(2) of the MN State Board of CLE regarding On Demand CLEs, attendees may contact the presenter to ask questions by emailing Husniyah Bradley.
Civil Liberties in the Biden Era: National and Local Priorities
Description
The dramatic events of 2020-21 following the murder of George Floyd, the exposure of inequalities during the pandemic, and the presidential transition usher in a new era for civil liberties – challenges thereto — in the United States. Deborah Archer, the new president of the American Civil Liberties Union, will give an overview of the most critical civil liberties issues facing the United States. A panel of four local human rights activists will join her to provide their perspectives on the issues facing Minnesota in the next several years. A question-and-answer session will follow, with MHSL students invited to submit questions for Professor Archer and the panel.
Introduction of Program – Dean Anthony Niedwiecki, MHSL
Civil Liberties in America 2021 – Deborah Archer, ACLU
Panel Discussion (moderated by Professor Raleigh Levine)
- Terri Nelson, ACLU of Minnesota
- Jaylani Hussein, CAIR
- Nekima Levy Armstrong, Wayfinder Foundation
Question and Answer (moderated by Deanie Hatch, president of MHSL ACLU)
Presenter Biographies
Deborah Archer is the Jacob K. Javits Professor and Co-Faculty Director of the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law at New York University School of Law. Deborah is also the President of the American Civil Liberties Union and a nationally recognized expert on civil rights and racial justice. She is also an award-winning scholar and her scholarship has appeared in leading law reviews, including the Michigan Law Review, Vanderbilt Law Review, and the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review. Prior to fulltime teaching, Deborah worked as an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., where she litigated in the areas of voting rights, employment discrimination, and school desegregation. Deborah previously served as Chair of the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board, the nation’s oldest and largest police oversight agency.
Nekima Levy Armstrong is a renowned civil rights attorney, ordained Reverend, former law professor, freedom fighter, legal scholar, blogger, and national expert on issues at the intersections of race, public policy, economic justice, public education, juvenile justice, and the criminal justice system. She is the author of several articles and essays focused on racial justice, poverty, incarceration, and the War on Drugs. Her work has been featured in The Associated Press, The Crisis Magazine, Huffington Post, and the Star Tribune, to name a few. She has appeared on national news outlets such as CNN, PBS, Al Jazeera America, News One, Democracy Now, and HuffPost Live.utho
Deanie Hatch is a second-year student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, where she serves as the President of the ALCU Student Chapter and Vice President of the Latino Law Student Association. Ms. Hatch also works as a law clerk in the adult prosecution division at the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office. In 2019, she was awarded a National Creditors Bar Association scholarship for her essay on responsible credit habits for student loan borrowers. Ms. Hatch holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in criminal justice with a minor in psychology from Bemidji State University and served as the co-captain of a program record-breaking tennis team.
Jaylani Hussein worked as the Community Liaison Officer at Metro State University and as a Planner for the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. He received conflict resolution training from Volunteers of America and worked with juvenile treatment centers. In 2013, he created Zeila Consultants to develop and offer cross-cultural training workshops on East African cultures. Hussein has been active with various community organizations, including the Islamic Cultural Center of Minnesota Board of Directors, Wilder Foundation Advisory Board, Muslim Youth of Minnesota Advisory Board, Islamic Resource Group Speakers Bureau, and ARAHA Board of Directors. He has traveled to the Horn of Africa twice on behalf of ARAHA, to open a regional field office and oversee large-scale humanitarian projects during the Somali Famine of 2011. Hussein’s family emigrated from Somalia to Minnesota in 1993 and he is trilingual (English, Somali, Arabic). Hussein holds degrees in Community Development and City Planning from St. Cloud State University and Political Science from North Dakota State University.
Professor Raleigh Levine’s academic interests focus on the First Amendment rights of freedom of speech and press. Her passion for First Amendment rights stems from her pre-law school experience as a news editor and producer for CNN Headline News. After graduating with honors from Stanford Law School and clerking for the Ninth Circuit, she spent the first years of her legal career as a litigator specializing in speech and press issues, serving as an attorney for the Southern California ACLU and other public interest-oriented law firms. Her practice also involved significant litigation in Election Law, and her interest in that field, particularly in electoral speech issues, has heightened since she entered the legal academy. In addition to teaching, writing, and submitting amicus curiae briefs on First Amendment and Election Law topics on behalf of high-profile public interest organizations, she frequently serves as an expert on those issues for both local and national news media.
Teresa Nelson is Legal Director of the ACLU of Minnesota where she leads the organization’s constitutional law litigation program and engages in non-litigation legal advocacy to advance civil liberties in Minnesota. Nelson is a 1996 graduate of Hamline University School of Law. She has been with the ACLU-MN since 1996, having previously served as Legal Assistant and Assistant Legal Counsel. She is a frequent Continuing Legal Education presenter, currently, serves on the State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and is a member of the Advisory Board for the Minneapolis-St. Paul Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society (ACS).
Credits
This event has been approved for 1.5 standard CLE credit (code 362902) through May 20, 2023.
Cost
This content is complimentary to Mitchell Hamline alumni.
Presenter Contact
Per Rule 6E(2) of the MN State Board of CLE regarding On Demand CLEs, attendees may contact the presenter to ask questions by emailing Carolyn Grose.
Counseling Executives and Key Employees About Employment Agreements
Description
Employment contracts for key employees are often considerably more complicated than for most workers. There can be unusual terms for pay and bonuses. Employers may also offer deferred compensation or various types of equity participation, such as stock options. And restrictive noncompete and nonsolicitation terms can sometimes have long-term career impacts. Learn how to navigate these complex agreements and advise key employees about their risks and bargaining leverage.
Presenter Scott Moriarity litigates complex employment and class action disputes throughout the United States, helping clients vindicate their rights against large, well-funded adversaries. He has formulated winning strategies in major employment and products liability litigation and achieved lasting results for his clients. Scott also handles ERISA benefit disputes and advises key employees about their executive compensation and benefits.
Scott graduated cum laude from William Mitchell College of Law in 2002 and was a staff editor and editorial board member of the William Mitchell Law Review. He is an active member of the Federal Bar Association and the Minnesota State Bar Association, supports numerous community organizations, and volunteers for Cancer Legal Care, the League of Women Voters, and In the Heart of the Beast Mask and Puppet Theater. Scott can also be found playing jazz trombone at local clubs and festivals.
Credits
This event has been approved for 1 on-demand CLE credit (code 414592) through Sept. 28, 2023.
Cost
This content is complimentary to Mitchell Hamline alumni.
Presenter Contact
Per Rule 6E(2) of the MN State Board of CLE regarding On Demand CLEs, attendees may contact the presenter to ask questions by emailing Scott Moriarity or calling 612-252-3570.
Criminal Record Expungements: What Are They, and How Do I Get One?
Description
An introduction level discussion about criminal record expungements in Minnesota. We will discuss the purpose and scope of expungements, both statutory under Minn. Stat. 609A, and inherent authority. We will discuss how to determine eligibility under the Statute, as well as what criteria are used in determining if an expungement should be granted. Finally, we will do a walkthrough of the process and answer some of the FAQs.
Speaker
Landon Ascheman is a criminal defense attorney who has been handling criminal expungements for over a decade across the State of Minnesota. He has served in a variety of capacities relating to public records with both the Bar Associations and the Courts. In addition to his private practice at Ascheman Law, he provides expungement assistance through a variety of clinics, including: Mitchell Hamline Self-Help Clinic, Minnesota Adult & Teen Challenge Legal Clinic, and Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ascheman/
Credits
This event has been approved for 1 Standard CLE credit. The code 426642 is valid through Dec. 17, 2023.
Cost
This content is complimentary to Mitchell Hamline alumni.
Presenter Contact
Per Rule 6E(2) of the MN State Board of CLE regarding On Demand CLEs, attendees may contact the presenter to ask questions by emailing Landon Ascheman.
Materials
eDiscovery Essentials – Practical Tips to Plan and Control Costs and Risks
Description
This continuing legal education program will provide attendees with information on how to plan for eDiscovery, including some key stages of litigation where seemingly minor decisions can have a significant impact on discovery costs and risks. You’ll learn some steps you can take early to minimize unpleasant surprises, and what document review approaches may best balance the needs and financial goals for your matters.
Who should attend? Everyone is welcome! This presentation is particularly geared toward anyone who:
- Controls and evaluates eDiscovery risks and costs
- Manages or handles legal matters involving Electronically Stored Information
- Drafts and implements litigation holds
Presenter Biographies
Karen D. Olson
Karen D. Olson is Of Counsel with Spencer Fane in the Minneapolis office. Ms. Olson is an experienced litigator and previously served as a Deputy Attorney General for the State of Minnesota and was responsible for many high profile and complex cases on behalf of the State as well as while in private practice. Ms. Olson has also engaged in large scale document reviews and productions for both the public and private sectors.
Cynthia Rowe
Cynthia Rowe is eDiscovery Counsel for Spencer Fane and co-leads the eDiscovery and Data Management team. She advises clients on strategic objectives, risk mitigation, and cost-savings opportunities throughout the litigation lifecycle. Ms. Rowe has extensive experience with large-scale and complex litigation, legal technology, strategic planning, and vendor selection and management. She also provides advisory services on organizational records and information management policies and practices, litigation readiness programs, and data privacy issues.
Leslie Witterschein
Leslie Witterschein is eDiscovery Counsel for Spencer Fane and co-leads the eDiscovery and Data Management team. She has worked with eDiscovery matters over the past 12 years, either as lead counsel or as a key member of a complex litigation team, including advising and coordinating the eDiscovery teams for federal court matters. Based on her experience has helped develop Spencer Fane’s current in-house discovery team.
Credits
This event has been approved for 1 standard CLE credit (code 376332) through June 18, 2023.
Cost
This content is complimentary to Mitchell Hamline alumni.
Presenter Contact
Per Rule 6E(2) of the MN State Board of CLE regarding On Demand CLEs, attendees may contact the presenter to ask questions by emailing Leslie Witterschein.
Emotional Intelligence and Leadership for Lawyers
Description
Lawyer Leaders in today’s world face new challenges brought about by the pandemic, Great Resignation, global demands for social justice and the quickly evolving digital environment. As health and social concerns converge with technology advances, the demand for more sophisticated leadership skills such as adaptivity, innovation and resilience also become increasingly important. For lawyer leaders to meet these growing demands, they must first address the fundamentals of leadership. Emotional intelligence, as an evidence based and scientifically sound methodology, has proven to meet these fundamental needs while also extending into the higher, more sophisticated leadership skills required in today’s dynamic and demanding environment.
This continuing legal education course is focused on teaching the basics of emotional intelligence (“EI”) as a fundamental leadership skill. In this course, lawyer leaders will learn what EI is and what it is not, its inherent connection to effective leadership, and how they can use it in their roles to create impact through influence.
Lawyers have historically been educated and trained to leave emotions out of the law. As a result, they often ignore the tremendous impact emotions have on their ability to influence people and create bottom line results. In this course, lawyer leaders are empowered to recognize, simplify, and optimize the way they think, feel and act to successfully align people and processes to one shared vision. As a completely people centric approach, this course empowers lawyer leaders to optimize their people to realize both individual and collective goals.
This course is designed to help lawyer leaders become better influencers, coaches, mentors, communicators, collaborators, and overall performers.
Presenters
Rick Petry
Rick Petry is the Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and an adjunct professor at Mitchell Hamline. He is also the founder of the Conscious Leadership, Justice and Law Program, a certified executive coach who is also certified in Conversational Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence (EQ-I 2.0), Brian Health Coach, Success Principles Trainer and Barret Values Center Certified Consultant. Rick joined Mitchell Hamline after representing individuals and companies for over 17 years in criminal defense, personal injury, commercial litigation, and real estate matters as a trial attorney.
Jamelle Lindo
Jamelle Lindo is a certified emotional intelligence coach, trainer and speaker with 11 years of professional experience in learning and development as well as leadership. Over the course of the past decade+ he has coached, trained and spoken to thousands of business leaders, professionals and entrepreneurs across Canada through various conferences, corporate workshops and coaching sessions.
Jamelle is a member of the Forbes Coaches Council, an invitation-only organization for successful business coaches and has been featured on Forbes.com several times for his thought leadership and expert opinions. He is also the founder of The Self-Architect Program which is an experiential process for closing the gap between who you are now, and who you need to be to deliver on your personal and professional goals.
Credits
This event has been approved for 1 Standard CLE credit. The code 432790 is valid through Jan. 11, 2024.
Cost
This content is complimentary to Mitchell Hamline alumni.
Presenter Contact
Per Rule 6E(2) of the MN State Board of CLE regarding On Demand CLEs, attendees may contact the presenter to ask questions by emailing Rick Petry or Jamelle Lindo.
Ethical Pitfalls for Attorneys Representing Closely Held Companies
Description
Learn about the common ethical considerations and pitfalls that may arise under the Minnesota Rules of Professional Conduct when advising closely held companies and its owners, including proper identification of the client, handling communications, and advising the company, majority and minority owners of their rights and duties.
Presenter Biography
Allison M. Plunkett is an attorney at Henson & Efron, P.A., located in Minneapolis. Allison works with closely-held businesses on a variety of their legal needs during all life cycles of the business. Allison’s practice includes advising the business, management, or owners on matters related to entity formation, internal governance structures, and business succession planning. Allison also assists businesses and individuals with reviewing and negotiating contracts and purchase agreements.
Credits
This CLE has been approved for 1 Ethics CLE credit code 396185 through August 9, 2023.
Cost
This content is complimentary to Mitchell Hamline alumni.
Presenter Contact
Per Rule 6E(2) of the MN State Board of CLE regarding On Demand CLEs, attendees may contact the presenter to ask questions by emailing Allison Plunkett.
The Fight for Reparations in St. Paul and Beyond
Description
Panel speakers will offer education and historical context about the true meaning of reparations — and why they have dedicated their lives to fighting for it. Speakers will also share their personal experiences organizing around and advocating for reparations for American Descendants of Chattel Slavery. Examples will include work currently being done on the St. Paul city council, following the unanimously passed resolution to form the St. Paul Recovery Act Community Reparations Commission.
Speakers
Trahern Crews
Nick from Black Civic Network
Thomas from Black Civic Network
Representative Ruth Richardson
Husniyah Dent Bradley (Mitchell Hamline School of Law), Program Administrator, Career and Professional Development
Attendees will learn about chattel slavery and the impact it has and continues to have on Black Americans — especially those living in Minnesota. Attendees will receive education and historical context about reparations and the significance of financial equity in the fight for justice and equality for Black Minnesotans. Additionally, attendees will hear from lawyers and politicians about work currently being done to make reparations a reality in Minnesota. A call to action will be offered to those who are interested.
Credits
This event has been approved for 1.25 Elimination of Bias CLE credit. The code 384733 is valid through July 16, 2023.
Cost
This content is complimentary to Mitchell Hamline alumni.
Presenter Contact
Per Rule 6E(2) of the MN State Board of CLE regarding On Demand CLEs, attendees may contact the presenter to ask questions by emailing Husniyah Bradley.
From IRAC to CruPAC: Does Structure Matter in Legal Writing?
Description
Incorporating basic organizational structure into your legal writing makes it easier and more effective for others to understand and use it. Presenters will lead a discussion of the modern reader, the legal writing reader, and provide an introduction to the many organizational structures for legal writing and their shared elements.
Presenter Biographies
Melissa Bezanson Shultz
Professor Melissa Shultz has taught legal writing, family law, and a domestic violence practicum, and has participated actively in bar preparation for the past five years. In addition to founding and leading the legal writing program, Shultz chaired North Texas Dallas College of Law’s curriculum and bylaws committees and served on both the hiring and dean search committees.
Peggy Kline Kirkpatrick
Peggy received her B.A., summa cum laude, in History from Middlebury College. She also received an M.A. in American History from Northwestern University.
Peggy graduated magna cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School and was admitted into the Order of the Coif. During law school, she served as an Articles Editor on the Minnesota Law Review and received the Minnesota Law Review Volume 35 and 36 Memorial Award for “Outstanding Note or Comment Authored by a Member of the Minnesota Law Review.” Peggy’s article, “Writing Wrongs: The Common Legal Writing Mistakes of Law Students and Lawyers,” was published in September 2019 on the Mitchell Hamline Law Review’s Amicus Curiae blog.
Peggy worked in private practice for several years at Leonard, Street and Deinard (now Stinson). Her work at the firm focused primarily on environmental and land use law, although she worked on a variety of litigated matters. Part of her practice also involved negotiating on behalf of clients before state and federal administrative agencies. Peggy served on the firm’s Recruiting Committee and co-led the summer associate program one summer.
Peggy’s experience also includes a clerkship with the Honorable Matthew E. Johnson of the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
In 2010, Peggy began teaching legal writing at William Mitchell College of Law. Over the past ten years, she has taught primarily in the Legal Writing on-campus program, although she also has experience in the blended learning program.
Erica Strohl
Erica Strohl has taught in MHSL’s legal writing program for more than a decade in both the Blended and BAM programs. Earlier in her career her worked as a public defender, at a civil litigation firm, and as a clerk at the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
Credits
This event has been approved for 1 standard CLE credit (code 376334) through June 18, 2023.
Cost
This content is complimentary to Mitchell Hamline alumni.
Presenter Contact
Per Rule 6E(2) of the MN State Board of CLE regarding On Demand CLEs, attendees may contact the presenter to ask questions by emailing Erica Strohl.
Increase your Influence and Impact as In-House Counsel — Leadership Strategies for Women In-House Attorneys
Description
Do you find it difficult navigating the business’ needs with your role as in-house legal adviser? Is your advice met with negativity and you’re not taken seriously? Being an in-house attorney is tough enough. Being a woman in-house attorney adds a labyrinth of challenges. This presentation will give you the strategies needed to lead your team and the business with influence and impact while maintaining your own integrity. You’ll learn how to increase your visibility and credibility as a trusted legal adviser and business partner.
Speaker
Christina Ching is the founder and Chief Courage Engineer of Rise and Make Waves LLC, a coaching firm committed to empowering women to rise above the challenges and make waves as they stand up, speak up, and take action in their lives and careers. She’s practiced law in law firms and in-house, taught business ethics at Northern Arizona University, is certified in women’s negotiation, and is a certified mediator. But it was her years as Global Lead Commercial Counsel for a major medical products device company, that led her to leave law and become an entrepreneur. She’s also a public speaker and inclusion advocate for the AAPI community.
Christina is an alumni of Hamline University School of Law and has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University. She’s originally from Guam and currently lives in Flagstaff, AZ.
Credits
This event has been approved for 1 Standard CLE credit. The code 470421 is valid through August 19, 2024.
Cost
This content is complimentary to Mitchell Hamline alumni.
Presenter Contact
Per Rule 6E(2) of the MN State Board of CLE regarding On Demand CLEs, attendees may contact the presenter to ask questions by emailing Tina Ching.
Insurance for Non-Practitioners: A Primer on Auto, Homeowners, and Umbrellas
Description
What insurance products and coverages should you be looking for? What products protect yourself from other at-fault people? What products protect you from yourself when you are at-fault? Come learn from two personal injury lawyers about what they chose for insurance coverages and why.
Andrew J. Rorvig
Andy is a partner and a graduate of the University of Minnesota and Mitchell-Hamline College of Law. He is admitted to both the Minnesota and North Dakota state and federal courts. Prior to law school, Andy worked in government at both the Minnesota State Senate and the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office.
Since joining the firm in 2005, Andy has become known as a trial lawyer. In nearly 17 years, he’s tried dozens and dozens of jury trials all over Minnesota from Carlton to Detroit Lakes to Mankato, and back. As a result, Andy is a Certified Civil Trial Law Specialist, by the Minnesota State Bar Association. He’s also argued in front of the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
Starting in 2008 and continuing today, Andy serves as an adjunct professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law. When not teaching students, Andy also enjoys academic writing and serves as the co-editor of the Minnesota State Bar’s ‘Minnesota Motor Vehicle Accident Deskbook.’ Due to this legal education background, he’s become a frequent speaker regarding civil litigation and insurance related topics.
Some of his professional accomplishments include being named either a Rising Star or a Super Lawyer since 2011 by Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine. In 2016, Andy was named as one of the “Attorneys of the Year” by Minnesota Lawyer for his efforts with his partner Paul McEllistrem in obtaining a $5.5 million jury verdict in Hennepin County. In 2019 he was recognized for his many trial related achievements and invited to become a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates.
Andy’s free time is spent with his family. He has a wife and two sons. The family lives in the Crocus Hill neighborhood in St. Paul. He and his wife are active in their community with Andy having served and serving on non-profit boards of directors. Andy also coaches youth sports at St. Thomas More School. He’s got a special spot for the Capitol City. Just ask him.
Racey J. Rodne
Racey has worked at McEllistrem, Fargione, Rorvig, and Moe P.A. since 2018. Since then, he has brought multiple cases to jury verdict, including a fully zoom jury trial, and has argued in front of the Court of appeals. Racey is a proud graduate of Hamline University and Mitchell Hamline School of Law. Racey’s practice focuses on all types of personal injury cases including: car accidents, slip and falls, dog bites, sexual assaults, burns, and other injury/insurance disputes.
Racey is also heavily involved with the Ramsey County Bar Association serving in multiple roles on the RCBA Board, Diversity Committee, and New Lawyers Section. He is married to his high school sweetheart and is currently holding out on getting a dog… against his wife’s interests. In his free time, he likes to consider himself a classic Minnesota boy and get outside as much as possible to fish, hunt, hike, canoe, and play in adult sports leagues.
Credits
This event has been approved for 1 Standard CLE credit. The code 457457 is valid through May 24, 2024.
Cost
This content is complimentary to Mitchell Hamline alumni.
Presenter Contact
Per Rule 6E(2) of the MN State Board of CLE regarding On Demand CLEs, attendees may contact the presenter to ask questions by emailing Andy J. Rorvig or Racey J. Rodne.
Juneteenth Week Panel- Nothing to Lose but Our Chains: Addressing Mass Incarceration and Wrongful Convictions in the Black Community
Description
Panel speakers will share diverse perspectives and experiences from working within and / or from being impacted by the carceral system in Minnesota. Speakers will discuss more broadly the function of the carceral system, how it disproportionately impacts Black communities, and what is currently being done to address and mitigate harm implicated by the system at large. Additionally, Mitchell Hamline President and Dean, Anthony Niedwiecki, will share more about the law school’s latest efforts to expand access to legal education to those currently incarcerated.
Speakers-
Noelle Faye
Richard McLemore II
Anthony Niedwiecki, JD
Moderator-
Deanna Burns, MBA, MM Associate Director of Intellectual Property Institute & Patent Law-Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Credits
This event has been approved for 1 Standard CLE credit. The code 467128 is valid through July 11, 2024.
Cost
This content is complimentary to Mitchell Hamline alumni.
Presenter Contact
Per Rule 6E(2) of the MN State Board of CLE regarding On Demand CLEs, attendees may contact the presenter to ask questions by emailing Deanna Burns.
Juneteenth Week Panel- One Year Later: The Fight for Reparations in St. Paul and Beyond
Description
Speakers will offer education and historical context about the true meaning of reparations — and why they have dedicated their lives to fighting for it. Speakers will also share their personal experiences organizing around and advocating for reparations for American Descendants of Chattel Slavery. Examples will include work currently being done in St. Paul, MN on the Reparations Legislative Advisory Committee.
This panel is an update and continuation of a conversation held during Juneteenth week in 2021.
Speakers-
Trahern Crews, Black Lives Matter Minnesota
Nick Muhammad, Black Civic Network
Amber Jones, former political advisor to Governor Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan
Moderator-
Husniyah Bradley, Assistant Director Law Career & Professional Development- Mitchell Hamline School
Credits
This event has been approved for 1 Elimination of Bias CLE credit. The code 467129 is valid through July 1, 2024.
Cost
This content is complimentary to Mitchell Hamline alumni.
Presenter Contact
Per Rule 6E(2) of the MN State Board of CLE regarding On Demand CLEs, attendees may contact the presenter to ask questions by emailing Husniyah Bradley.
Mediation Tips and Observations Spanning Over 3 Decades
Description
Please join Steve Kirsch as he discusses mediation tips and observations spanning over 3 decades.
Speaker-
Steve Kirsch, a partner with Larson • King, practices in the areas of products liability and toxic torts. Steve is a member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, and has a substantial alternative dispute resolution practice: over the past 25 years, he has handled close to 1,500 mediations and arbitrations. Steve is one of only six mediators involved with resolving vaccine court cases from the Federal Claims Court of Washington, D.C., under the P-100 program.
Steve joined Larson • King from a large Minneapolis-based firm and prior to that, Steve practiced at the St. Paul firm of Murnane Brandt for almost 40 years.
During the course of his distinguished career, Steve has served as local and national counsel defending clients against product liability claims related to pharmaceuticals, diet supplements, asbestos, and flammable fabrics. In the area of flammable fabrics litigation, Steve is recognized as one of the nation’s most experienced lawyers, as he has handled hundreds of these cases, and represented clients from several industries, including manufacturers and excess carriers.
LAW SCHOOL
Hamline University School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 1976 (now Mitchell Hamline School of Law)
Silver Gavel Society
Credits
This event has been approved for 1 Standard CLE credit. The code 470420 is valid through August 19, 2024.
Cost
This content is complimentary to Mitchell Hamline alumni.
Presenter Contact
Per Rule 6E(2) of the MN State Board of CLE regarding On Demand CLEs, attendees may contact the presenter to ask questions by emailing Steve Kirsch.
Negotiation Skills: De-Escalating Conflict
Description
From high-profile criminal investigations to managing client expectations and settlement discussions, every attorney must understand and deal with conflict. While disagreements and conflict allow us an opportunity to see issues from a different perspective and create space for growth, unmanaged conflict can cloud our rational decision making, making it easy to lose focus on our goals of the negotiation.
Join Steve Shleicher ‘95 and Molly Tyroler ‘10 for critical examination of the role of conflict in negotiations. Shleicher, a renowned trial attorney and most recently part of the prosecution team at the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, and Tyroler, a full time mediator, will dive into real examples of how conflict escalates, its effect on negotiations, and strategies to de-escalate conflict to enhance outcomes.
Presenter Biographies
Molly Tyroler
Molly (Bloom) Tyroler provides mediation and arbitration services primarily to parties of workers’ compensation and personal injury matters. She is dedicated to working collaboratively with parties to resolve complex disputes and settle cases. Molly started her career litigating workers’ compensation cases before shifting to her work as a mediator/arbitrator at the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry. In 2018, she opened Tyroler Law & Mediation and is so excited to see the ways in which her practice continues to grow. Molly enjoys being a frequent speaker at seminars, conferences, and CLEs and has trained mediators and judges across the country in advanced mediation concepts and strategies.
Steve Schleicher
Steve is a renowned trial lawyer with deep experience in high profile cases. He concentrates his work on high stakes criminal and civil litigation, government and internal investigations, and appellate practice—and leads Maslon’s Government & Internal Investigations Group.
Steve’s extraordinary trial skills are well known throughout the United States and the world. Most recently, he has been recognized for his role as a Special Prosecutor in the internationally televised homicide trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. Steve received high praise for his prominent role conducting jury selection and witness examination. His devastating cross-examination of the defense use-of-force expert received national acclaim, and his powerful closing was viewed as a pivotal factor in the trial verdict.
In his white collar criminal defense practice, Steve represents individuals accused of financial crimes involving health care, agriculture, and corporate embezzlement. As a business litigator, Steve served as liaison defense counsel for a leading corn seed developer in a consolidated action involving over 65,000 plaintiffs, and he has represented a leading medical device manufacturer in product liability lawsuits in numerous state and federal courts across the country.
Steve’s investigations practice has included a high profile investigation of a private security company holding a contract at a major NFL venue that resulted in its termination; a data security breach and IP theft conspiracy at a major automobile manufacturer; and internal investigations and government compliance on behalf of health care providers, including hospital systems and physicians. Across all, he leverages deep experience and an acute skillset honed through both public service and private practice.
A former federal prosecutor, Steve worked for 13 years in the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota, serving as the Deputy Criminal Chief of the Special Prosecution Section (2014-2016) and as the St. Paul Branch Chief. Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, he was a prosecutor at the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office and the Winona County Attorney’s Office. Steve also has experience in military courts, having served as a JAG Corps Officer in the United States Army Reserve for 10 years.
Throughout his career, Steve has tried a diverse variety of criminal cases, including homicide, criminal sexual conduct, armed robbery, assault, and other violent crime; complex narcotics conspiracies; racketeering; organized crime; fraud; money laundering; and civil rights violations. He has had numerous jury trials and has conducted hundreds of investigations.
In 2016, Steve served as a prosecutor on the Jacob Wetterling case, prosecuting Danny Heinrich on federal child pornography charges that led to his confession to Jacob’s kidnapping and murder as well as the recovery of his remains. Steve was recognized as an “Attorney of the Year” by Minnesota Lawyer for his dedicated work.
Steve is often interviewed by the media for insight and commentary relating to high profile litigation matters. He served as an on-air commentator during the internationally watched trial of Mohamed Noor, the former Minneapolis police officer who was prosecuted for murder in connection with the on-duty shooting death of Justine Ruszczyk Damond.
Credits
This event has been approved for 1 standard CLE credit code 391251 through July 22, 2023.
Cost
This content is complimentary to Mitchell Hamline alumni.
Presenter Contact
Per Rule 6E(2) of the MN State Board of CLE regarding On Demand CLEs, attendees may contact the presenter to ask questions by emailing Molly Tyroler.
The Next Step for the ERA: SCOTUS, Congress, or Starting Over?
Description
Speaker:
Danaya Wright, Clarence J. TeSelle Endowed Professor at the University of Florida, Levin College of Law.
Comment & Moderator:
Joanna Woolman is an Associate Professor of Law and the Director of the Institute for Children, Families and Communities at Mitchell Hamline School of Law.
The ERA was first proposed in Congress in 1923, but did not successfully emerge until 49 years later, in 1972, when it was sent to the states for ratification. Saddled with a 7-year deadline for state ratification, it ran into opposition from a conservative coalition that objected to women’s equality and feared the loss of women’s privileges. Forty-eight years later, however, in 2020 it received ratification by the 38th state, Virginia, queueing up a series of unprecedented constitutional questions. Does Congress have Article V power to impose a ratification deadline on the states? May the states rescind their ratifications before the necessary 3/4ths of ratifications? May the National Archivist, who is taxed with publishing the amendment, defer to the executive branch Justice Department in determining whether to publish or not? May Congress waive or remove the deadline, or vote to accept the ERA? The lean 70 words of Article V governing constitutional amendments provide little guidance on these issues which are currently in the federal courts. With a conservative majority on SCOTUS, and a bare democratic majority in Congress, what is likely to happen now that we have our first female vice president who has announced that the ERA is high priority? This presentation will explore those issues and the legal and political landscape for what could be our Twenty-Eighth Amendment.
Professor Joanna Woolman will moderate this event and comment on Prof. Wright’s presentation.
About the Speakers:
Danaya Wright is the Clarence J. TeSelle Endowed Professor at the University of Florida, Levin College of Law. She has taught in law schools at Arizona State, Indiana University-Indianapolis, and Georgetown. She teaches Property, Constitutional Law, Trusts and Estates, Legal History, and the History of Women in the Law. She has authored dozens of articles and book chapters on such diverse subjects as English family law, American property law involving railroads and utilities, the Constitutional Law of Takings, and on the Equal Rights Amendment. Professor Wright holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Johns Hopkins and a J.D. from Cornell University, as well as master’s degrees in English literature from the University of Arizona and from St. John’s College in Liberal Education. She has been working closely with the State of Virginia and Equality Now on amicus briefs in the ERA litigation and has blogged and spoken on the subject at events around the country.
Joanna Woolman is an Associate Professor of Law and the Director of the Institute for Children, Families and Communities at Mitchell Hamline School of Law. Professor Woolman researches, writes, and presents about women’s experiences in the child protection system and criminal justice system. She is a member of the Minnesota Supreme Court’s Juvenile Protection and Adoption Rules Committee. She has been a public defender, directed MHSL’s Re-entry Clinic, and taught in its Child Protection Program and legal skills programs. She holds the J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law.
Credits
This event has been approved for 1 on-demand CLE credit (code 360532) through May. 12, 2023.
Cost
This content is complimentary to Mitchell Hamline alumni.
Presenter Contact
Per Rule 6E(2) of the MN State Board of CLE regarding On Demand CLEs, attendees may contact the presenter to ask questions by emailing Joanna Woolman.
Pathways to the Bench
Description
The panel presents on the pathways to the judiciary, including the personal experiences of several of the panelists.
Hon. Michael Burns was appointed to the bench in the 4th district in 2016. Prior to his appointment, he was an assistant county attorney, an attorney in private practice, an assistant attorney general, and a probation officer.
Hon. Sarah McBroom was appointed to the bench in the 9th district in 2018. She was a staff attorney at Legal Aid Service of Northeast Minnesota for 10 years before becoming a judge.
Adam Miller is the Deputy General Counsel and Director of Judicial Appointments for the Office of Governor Walz and Lt. Governor Flanagan. In addition to his legal responsibilities, Adam is responsible for overseeing the entire judicial appointments process for the office. Adam was previously an Assistant Hennepin County Attorney in the Juvenile Prosecution Division and an attorney for Hennepin County Adult Representation Services. Adam also served as the Director of the Justice for Families Program for the Fourth Judicial District, which was an initiative through the Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women to help improve outcomes for victims and families of domestic abuse. Adam began his legal career as a law clerk for the Honorable Mary Madden in the Fourth Judicial District.
Hon. Peter Reyes was appointed to the Court of Appeals in 2014. Before becoming a judge, Peter worked private practice, in a corporate setting, as a law clerk, and a scientist.
Erin Sindberg Porter is a partner in the Business and Tort Litigation group at Jones Day in Minneapolis. She represents clients in complex business litigation and in civil and criminal investigations. Ms. Sindberg Porter has extensive experience in multidistrict litigation and coordinated actions, working on matters involving business torts, fraud, contract disputes across the health care, agriculture, manufacturing, and financial services industries. A dedicated volunteer, Ms. Sindberg Porter has worked with the Children’s Law Center since 2011 to represent youth in foster care. She also provides pro bono representation to low-income Minnesotans through Volunteer Lawyers Network. Ms. Sindberg Porter has been recognized in Best Lawyers in the field of White-Collar Criminal Defense and in Minnesota Super Lawyers in the category of Top Women Lawyers in Minnesota. She was recently honored as a Minnesota Attorney of the Year for her pro bono work. Ms. Sindberg Porter began her legal career as a law clerk for the Honorable Kevin Ross on the Minnesota Court of Appeals. In 2020, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz appointed Erin as chair of Minnesota’s Commission on Judicial Selection, a 49-member commission of attorney and non-attorney members who solicit, evaluate, and recommend to the governor judicial candidates for state district court vacancies.
Credits
This event has been approved for 1 Standard CLE credit. The code 450848 is valid through April 15, 2024.
Cost
This content is complimentary to Mitchell Hamline alumni.
Presenter Contact
Per Rule 6E(2) of the MN State Board of CLE regarding On Demand CLEs, attendees may contact the presenter to ask questions by emailing Dean Anthony Niedwiecki.
Police Officers on Trial
Description
The Department of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion will be hosting a series of three panel discussions regarding the trials of four Minneapolis police officers who have been charged with criminal offenses relating to the death of George Floyd. These discussions will focus on the legal and practical issues that arise when police officers are charged with committing crimes. This program is the first in that series.
The first panel will be moderated by Rick Petry and will feature Thomas Heffelfinger, former United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota, Professor Joanna Wolman, and criminal defense attorney Ryan Pacyga ’02.
Presenter Biographies
Thomas Heffelfinger
Thomas B. Heffelfinger is an attorney in private practice at the Best and Flannigan law firm in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was the U.S. Attorney for Minnesota from 1991 to 1993 and from 2001 to 2006. He served as assistant U.S. Attorney from 1982 to 1988 and assistant Hennepin County Attorney from 1976 to 1982.
Joanna Woolman
Joanna Woolman is an Associate Professor of Law and the Director of the Institute for Children, Families and Communities at Mitchell Hamline School of Law. Professor Woolman researches, writes, and presents about women’s experiences in the child protection system and criminal justice system. Joanna is a member of the State Supreme Court Juvenile and Adoption Rules Committee. She also regularly presents locally and nationally at trainings focused on parent advocacy, system reform, and trauma informed practice. She teaches Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, and Feminist Jurisprudence. Prior to that she worked as a public defender in Minnesota
Ryan Pacyga
Ryan Pacyga represents people accused of serious crimes including murder, assault, fraud, criminal sexual conduct, firearms and drug trafficking in state and federal courts across the nation. His victories include not guilty verdicts and dismissals in criminal sexual conduct, murder, assault, burglary, controlled substance/drugs, robbery, firearm possession, prostitution and DWI cases. Ryan strives not only to get the best results in court for his clients, but to improve their lives as well by helping with any underlying issues that may exist such as addiction/alcoholism, anxiety, depression, anger management and a host of other issues that commonly plague defendants in the criminal justice system.
Ryan is also on the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and a Life Member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Rick Petry
Rick is an adjunct professor and a Program Manger of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at MHSL. Rick joined Mitchell Hamline after representing individuals and companies for nearly 20 years in criminal defense, personal injury, commercial litigation, and real estate matters as a trial attorney.
Credits
This event is approved for 1.5 on-demand CLE standard credits (code 354615) through April 22, 2023.
Cost
This content is complimentary to Mitchell Hamline alumni.
Presenter Contact
Per Rule 6E(2) of the MN State Board of CLE regarding On Demand CLEs, attendees may contact the presenter to ask questions by emailing Rick Petry
The Post-Dobbs Implications for Abortion Regulation
Description
A panel discussion of the post-Dobbs implications of rational basis review and what state interests will justify further abortion regulations. Where are we in abortion law, how did we get here, and where do we go from here?
Speakers
Hetal Dalal
Hetal Dalal is an assistant professor in Legal Writing at Mitchell Hamline in St. Paul, Minnesota. Dalal has wide-ranging expertise in non-profit, tax, labor and employment, campaign finance, corporate governance, and public interest law as well as associated litigation and transactional skills. She has a longstanding interest in the link between rhetorical skills and the preservation of democratic values and a well-informed citizenry. Dalal has served as in-house counsel for The Center for Popular Democracy (CPD) and its predecessor organization, which she co-founded, since 2010. This organization—which has 100 staff members, a $30 million budget, and affiliated community organizations with 600,000 members in 35 states—is one of the country’s leading organizations advocating for racial equality and economic justice. Dalal worked in-house at ACORN, developed an independent immigration practice representing businesses and employees, and served as an Associate Attorney at Fulbright & Jaworski. Dalal graduated magna cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School, where she was a board member of the Minnesota Justice Foundation, participated in the Immigration Law Clinic and the Criminal Defense Clinic, as well as the student run Asylum Law Project. She clerked for the Honorable Kathleen A. Blatz, then Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court.
Laura Hermer
Laura Hermer is a professor of law at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota. Her current research focuses on access to health coverage and care in the United States, with a particular focus on underserved populations and population health. A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Faculty Fellow in the Future of Public Health Law Teaching, she founded and obtained funding for Mitchell Hamline School of Law’s medical-legal partnership with United Family Medicine, and directs Mitchell Hamline’s JD/MPH joint degree program.
Prior to her appointment at Mitchell Hamline, Hermer was an assistant professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health and a member of the Institute for the Medical Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. There, among other work, she developed and directed the School of Medicine’s curriculum in health economics and policy, was the principal investigator on a multi-year grant from the Texas Department of State Health Services to track and study secondhand smoke ordinances in the state, and directed the Graduate School of Biomedical Science’s intensive, required course in scientific integrity.
Courses taught include Torts: The Common Law Process; Health Law: Organization and Finance; Seminar: Reproductive Rights; Community Health and Vulnerable Populations; Seminar: Current Topics in Bioethics; and Public Health under the Trump Administration. Recent invited and colloquium articles include Covid-19, Abortion, and Public Health in the Culture Wars (an invited article for the Mitchell Hamline Law Review); Skirting the Law: Medicaid Block Grants and Per Capita Caps in a Pandemic (a colloquium article for the Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law and Policy); and The Means and Ends of Wellness Programs (a colloquium article for the Journal of Health Law and Policy).
Mike Steenson
Professor Mike Steenson is the Bell Distinguished Professor of Law at Mitchell Hamline School of Law. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and the University of Iowa School of law. Professor Steenson is a member of the American Law Institute and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Along with Professor Peter Knapp, he is a co-reporter for the Minnesota Civil Jury Instruction Guides. He teaches in the areas of Torts, Constitutional Law, and American Legal History.
Credits
This event has been approved for 1 Standard CLE credit. The code 472502 is valid through Sept. 27, 2024.
Cost
This content is complimentary to Mitchell Hamline alumni.
Presenter Contact
Per Rule 6E(2) of the MN State Board of CLE regarding On Demand CLEs, attendees may contact the presenter to ask questions by emailing Mike Steenson.
Prof. Ken Port Memorial Lecture-Content Moderation Legislation: The Attempts to “Fix” the Internet
Description
This course will analyze pending and enacted content moderation laws in the United States, Europe, Australia, and more. Driven by the desire to “fix” what these jurisdictions think is most harmful about the internet, laws mandating (and prohibiting) content moderation, or demanding granular visibility to companies’ moderation practices, are often written far more broadly than they appear and can have an unexpected effect on companies. In many cases, they are at odds even with one another. We will explore the most significant of these laws; discuss key features like risk assessments, complaint handling, and transparency reporting; explain important similarities and differences; and provide some practical tips lawyers can pass along to their business clients.
Speaker
Kristine Dorrain is a corporate and policy lawyer with a focus on internet law. She is currently Senior Corporate Counsel at Amazon where she serves as a subject matter expert, advising internal global clients on issues related to online content policy and content moderation. She serves on the Board of the Technology Coalition, a group of companies working to end online child sexual abuse, and is Amazon’s representative to the WeProtect Global Alliance.
Previously, Ms. Dorrain supported the launch and policy development for Amazon’s 76 top-level domain registries, including its multistakeholder work to acquire the .AMAZON top-level domain. She also led Amazon’s registry operator policy engagement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). During this time she also led Amazon’s domain name team, which is responsible for advising on, acquiring and managing domain names as part of Amazon’s IP strategy.
Before joining Amazon, Ms. Dorrain was Director of Arbitration and Legal Counsel for Forum, where she managed Forum’s arbitration and mediation programs, particularly those associated with ICANN’s various policies, such as UDRP and URS. During this time, she spoke and wrote extensively on internet law issues through her engagement with both ICANN and the American Bar Association’s Section of Business Law: Cyberspace Law Committee. Her CV includes over a dozen works of sole and joint authorship on intellectual property, domain names, and internet law, and many speaking and panel presentations the same topics.
Ms. Dorrain was an adjunct professor at Mitchell Hamline College of Law and, together with Dr. James A. Baker, created and taught the Intellectual Property Appellate Practice class from 2005-2015. Students from the class were selected to participate in IP moot courts and during that time, Kristine coached dozens of moot court students, focusing on the Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court competition and the Cardozo BMI Entertainment and Media Law Moot Court competition. She is a 2003 graduate of William Mitchell College of Law, where she focused her studies on intellectual property law.
Credits
This event has been approved for 1 Standard CLE credit. The code 480717 is valid through Feb. 23, 2025.
Cost
This content is complimentary to Mitchell Hamline alumni.
Presenter Contact
Per Rule 6E(2) of the MN State Board of CLE regarding On Demand CLEs, attendees may contact the presenter to ask questions by emailing Deanna Burns.
The Requirements of the Judiciary towards attorneys and patrons of the court under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Description
For far too long the requirements of the judiciary towards its uniquely abled citizens who have the need to access its services, including the uniquely abled attorneys representing those citizens, have flown under the radar. In fact, except with regard to issues of public access and employment, the issue of accommodations under the ADA seldom arises in our courts.
Although the judiciary does not qualify as a ‘covered entity’ under HIPAA (because attorneys are not employees of the judiciary), the judiciary is nevertheless required to respectfully and appropriately respond to ADA requests to access public services offered by the Minnesota Judicial Branch by all persons (or patrons) including attorneys. This is not an aspirational goal but a requirement under federal and state law.
In this presentation, we will discuss what the requirements of the ADA consist of, in what proceedings those requirements are most often overlooked, and how the court’s willingness to embrace its duties towards this diverse population serves to enrich and strengthen our commitment to diversity and inclusion.
Speaker-
Geri C. Sjoquist graduated from Hamline University School of Law in January 2002. She is currently employed as an Adjunct at Mitchell Hamline in the Hybrid program. Geri is also a member of the Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board. In addition to advocating for the uniquely abled and neurodiverse, she focuses her practice on all issues of civil rights and public interest, particularly with regard to distributive access to justice in rural areas.
Credits
This event has been approved for 1 Standard CLE credit. The code 466993 is valid through July 8, 2024.
Cost
This content is complimentary to Mitchell Hamline alumni.
Presenter Contact
Per Rule 6E(2) of the MN State Board of CLE regarding On Demand CLEs, attendees may contact the presenter to ask questions by emailing Geri Sjoquist.
Trauma 101 for Lawyers and Leaders
Description
The first session in this CLE series of three will provide the necessary foundation on trauma for lawyers and leaders who strive to be trauma informed. It seeks to reduce bias and stigma surrounding negative effects of trauma and vicarious trauma. This presentation will define trauma and explore its impact on the brain and body. It will discuss underlying causes of trauma including adverse childhood and community experiences. It further explores different types of trauma including simple, complex, developmental, generational, and historical trauma. It will include discussion on how legal systems traumatize and retraumatize people who interact with them. This presentation will then turn to concrete tools and techniques for working with people who struggle to emotionally regulate due to trauma histories.
Speakers
Miriam Itzkowitz
Miriam Itzkowitz is the Director of Trauma-Informed Care for the Institute for Children, Families and Communities at Mitchell Hamline School of Law. In her role she develops and implements trauma-informed education and programming in the child welfare system. She also serves as the social work supervisor in the Child Protection Clinic working with graduate social work students to link theory and practice and to serve the clients represented in the Child Protection Clinic. Miriam’s clinical experience is in counseling adults and adolescents in clinical, home, and school settings. In her work at her private practice, Miriam use an eclectic approach to individual, couples, and group therapy, incorporating cognitive, creative and holistic techniques to assist clients in sustaining authentic identities, coping with difficulties and overcoming trauma. Miriam is also an adjunct faculty member at the University of St. Thomas School of Social Work.
Miriam received her BA from Grinnell College and her MSW from the University of Minnesota School of Social Work.
Natalie Netzel
Natalie Netzel is an Assistant Professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law where she serves as the Co-Director of the MHSL Clinical Program and the Advocacy and Education Director for the Institute to Transform Child Protection. She supervises law students and social work students who represent parents and kin in all stages of child welfare proceedings. Prior to joining the law school Natalie was a judicial law clerk for the Minnesota Court of Appeals and federal judicial extern in the U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota. She also holds an M.S.E. in Counseling. Her academic interests include trauma-informed lawyering and resilient practice
Rick Petry
Rick Petry is the Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and an adjunct professor at Mitchell Hamline. He is also the founder of the Conscious Leadership, Justice and Law Program, a certified executive coach who is also certified in Cultural Intelligence, Conversational Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence (EQ-I 2.0), Brian Health Coach, Success Principles Trainer and Barret Values Center Certified Consultant. Rick joined Mitchell Hamline after representing individuals and companies for over 17 years in criminal defense, personal injury, commercial litigation, and real estate matters as a law firm partner and trial attorney.
Credits
This event has been approved for 1.5 Standard CLE credits. The code 475210 is valid through Oct. 20, 2024.
Cost
This content is complimentary to Mitchell Hamline alumni.
Presenter Contact
Per Rule 6E(2) of the MN State Board of CLE regarding On Demand CLEs, attendees may contact the presenter to ask questions by emailing Rick Petry, Natalie Netzel or Miriam Itzkowitz.
Trauma Informed Lawyering
Description
The second session in this CLE series of three courses will explore the relationship between trauma and law. It will explore the prevalence of vicarious trauma in law school and lawyering. Specifically, it aims to increase awareness and reduce stigma associated with vicarious trauma in lawyers. It will then go on to propose a framework to adopt a trauma-informed approach to lawyering based on the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s principles of trauma-informed care (safety, trust and transparency, peer support and mutual self-help, collaboration and mutuality, empowerment, voice, and choice, and recognition of cultural, historical, and gender issues). Finally, it will answer the questions: What is trauma-informed lawyering?; Who does it help?; and What does it look like in action?
Speakers
Miriam Itzkowitz
Miriam Itzkowitz is the Director of Trauma-Informed Care for the Institute for Children, Families and Communities at Mitchell Hamline School of Law. In her role she develops and implements trauma-informed education and programming in the child welfare system. She also serves as the social work supervisor in the Child Protection Clinic working with graduate social work students to link theory and practice and to serve the clients represented in the Child Protection Clinic. Miriam’s clinical experience is in counseling adults and adolescents in clinical, home, and school settings. In her work at her private practice, Miriam use an eclectic approach to individual, couples, and group therapy, incorporating cognitive, creative and holistic techniques to assist clients in sustaining authentic identities, coping with difficulties and overcoming trauma. Miriam is also an adjunct faculty member at the University of St. Thomas School of Social Work.
Miriam received her BA from Grinnell College and her MSW from the University of Minnesota School of Social Work.
Natalie Netzel
Natalie Netzel is an Assistant Professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law where she serves as the Co-Director of the MHSL Clinical Program and the Advocacy and Education Director for the Institute to Transform Child Protection. She supervises law students and social work students who represent parents and kin in all stages of child welfare proceedings. Prior to joining the law school Natalie was a judicial law clerk for the Minnesota Court of Appeals and federal judicial extern in the U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota. She also holds an M.S.E. in Counseling. Her academic interests include trauma-informed lawyering and resilient practice
Rick Petry
Rick Petry is the Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and an adjunct professor at Mitchell Hamline. He is also the founder of the Conscious Leadership, Justice and Law Program, a certified executive coach who is also certified in Cultural Intelligence, Conversational Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence (EQ-I 2.0), Brian Health Coach, Success Principles Trainer and Barret Values Center Certified Consultant. Rick joined Mitchell Hamline after representing individuals and companies for over 17 years in criminal defense, personal injury, commercial litigation, and real estate matters as a law firm partner and trial attorney.
Credits
This event has been approved for 1.5 Standard CLE credits. The code 476173 is valid through Nov. 15, 2024.
Cost
This content is complimentary to Mitchell Hamline alumni.
Presenter Contact
Per Rule 6E(2) of the MN State Board of CLE regarding On Demand CLEs, attendees may contact the presenter to ask questions by emailing Rick Petry, Natalie Netzel or Miriam Itzkowitz.
Trauma Informed Leadership
Description
The third CLE in the series of three will address the urgent need for people who serve in in leadership positions and other who have people including clients and others placed in their care to develop an understanding of trauma and employ a trauma-informed approach as a matter of universal precaution. It will explore the neurobiology of human performance and ways lawyers as leaders can further efforts to reduce the occurrence of trauma, encourage others to become trauma-responsive, and build communities of mutual care to alleviate unnecessary suffering in silence. It will empower participants to view themselves as leaders in the movement to create more just and trauma-informed systems.
Speakers
Miriam Itzkowitz
Miriam Itzkowitz is the Director of Trauma-Informed Care for the Institute for Children, Families and Communities at Mitchell Hamline School of Law. In her role she develops and implements trauma-informed education and programming in the child welfare system. She also serves as the social work supervisor in the Child Protection Clinic working with graduate social work students to link theory and practice and to serve the clients represented in the Child Protection Clinic. Miriam’s clinical experience is in counseling adults and adolescents in clinical, home, and school settings. In her work at her private practice, Miriam use an eclectic approach to individual, couples, and group therapy, incorporating cognitive, creative and holistic techniques to assist clients in sustaining authentic identities, coping with difficulties and overcoming trauma. Miriam is also an adjunct faculty member at the University of St. Thomas School of Social Work.
Miriam received her BA from Grinnell College and her MSW from the University of Minnesota School of Social Work.
Natalie Netzel
Natalie Netzel is an Assistant Professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law where she serves as the Co-Director of the MHSL Clinical Program and the Advocacy and Education Director for the Institute to Transform Child Protection. She supervises law students and social work students who represent parents and kin in all stages of child welfare proceedings. Prior to joining the law school Natalie was a judicial law clerk for the Minnesota Court of Appeals and federal judicial extern in the U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota. She also holds an M.S.E. in Counseling. Her academic interests include trauma-informed lawyering and resilient practice
Rick Petry
Rick Petry is the Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and an adjunct professor at Mitchell Hamline. He is also the founder of the Conscious Leadership, Justice and Law Program, a certified executive coach who is also certified in Cultural Intelligence, Conversational Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence (EQ-I 2.0), Brian Health Coach, Success Principles Trainer and Barret Values Center Certified Consultant. Rick joined Mitchell Hamline after representing individuals and companies for over 17 years in criminal defense, personal injury, commercial litigation, and real estate matters as a law firm partner and trial attorney.
Credits
This event has been approved for 1.5 Standard CLE credits. The code 477615 is valid through Dec. 7, 2024.
Cost
This content is complimentary to Mitchell Hamline alumni.
Presenter Contact
Per Rule 6E(2) of the MN State Board of CLE regarding On Demand CLEs, attendees may contact the presenter to ask questions by emailing Rick Petry, Natalie Netzel or Miriam Itzkowitz.
U.S. Supreme Court Review 2021
Description
This CLE will provide a review of the Supreme Court’s constitutional decisions from October Term 2020-21.
Speakers
Professor Mike Steenson, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Professor Mehmet Konar-Steenberg, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Professor Engy Abdelkader, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Credits
This event has been approved for 1 Standard CLE credit. The code 425481 is valid through Dec. 15, 2023.
Cost
This content is complimentary to Mitchell Hamline alumni.
Presenter Contact
Per Rule 6E(2) of the MN State Board of CLE regarding On Demand CLEs, attendees may contact the presenter to ask questions by emailing Prof. Mike Steenson, Prof. Mehmet Konar-Steenberg or Prof. Engy Abdelkader.
U.S. Supreme Court Review 2022
Description
This CLE will provide a review of the Supreme Court’s constitutional decisions from October Term 2021-22.
Speakers
Professor Mike Steenson, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Professor Mehmet Konar-Steenberg, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Credits
This event has been approved for 1 Standard CLE credit. The code 476171 is valid through Nov. 15, 2024.
Cost
This content is complimentary to Mitchell Hamline alumni.
Presenter Contact
Per Rule 6E(2) of the MN State Board of CLE regarding On Demand CLEs, attendees may contact the presenter to ask questions by emailing Prof. Mike Steenson or Prof. Mehmet Konar-Steenberg.
Voting Rights Act: Past, Present, Future
Presenters:
Speaker:
Raleigh Levine, Professor of Law and James E. Kelley Chair in Tort Law, Mitchell Hamline School of Law.
Moderator:
Aretha Haynes, President, Black Law Student Association, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Description:
The Voting Rights Act, passed in 1965, was groundbreaking civil rights legislation. The VRA’s purpose was to overcome the obstacles that states, counties, and cities put in place to keep Black Americans from exercising their right to vote, guaranteed by the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. What are the events that led to its passage? How did it try to end voting discrimination against voters in racial and language minority groups? What difference has it made, including in the 2020 election? And what does the future hold now that the U.S. Supreme Court has decided that some of its provisions are unconstitutional? Mitchell Hamline Law Professor Raleigh Levine’s presentation will examine the VRA, describe its history, and consider where it stands today and what might be next. Mitchell Hamline’s BLSA President, Aretha Haynes, will moderate a discussion following Prof. Levine’s talk.
About the Speakers:
Professor Raleigh Levine’s academic interests focus on the First Amendment rights of freedom of speech and press. Her passion for First Amendment rights stems from her pre-law school experience as a news editor and producer for CNN Headline News. After graduating with honors from Stanford Law School and clerking for the Ninth Circuit, she spent the first years of her legal career as a litigator specializing in speech and press issues, serving as an attorney for the Southern California ACLU and other public interest-oriented law firms. Her practice also involved significant litigation in Election Law, and her interest in that field, particularly in electoral speech issues, has heightened since she entered the legal academy. In addition to teaching, writing, and submitting amicus curiae briefs on First Amendment and Election Law topics on behalf of high-profile public interest organizations, she frequently serves as an expert on those issues for both local and national news media.
About the Moderator:
Aretha Haynes is the current President of the Mitchell Hamline Black Law Student Association (BLSA). A winter 2021 graduate of the law school, Ms. Haynes is studying for the Georgia Bar examination even as she continues to serve as a volunteer on multiple boards and committees. Through her law school journey, she made the Dean’s List, participated in mock trial/moot court competitions, received the CALI award in family law, and won several scholarships. She is most proud of her volunteerism and, one day, plans to create her own Mobile Law Office to bring legal representation to underrepresented and marginalized communities.
Credits:
This event has been approved for 1 on-demand CLE credit (code 360536) through May. 12, 2023.
Cost:
This content is complimentary to Mitchell Hamline alumni.
Presenter Contact:
Per Rule 6E(2) of the MN State Board of CLE regarding On Demand CLEs, attendees may contact the presenter to ask questions by emailing Marie Failinger.
Additional CLE Content from Mitchell Hamline
The courses below were hosted by the Health Law Institute and are available as on-demand CLEs for alumni at no cost. Please click the links for more information and reach out to Andrea Nadeau at Andrea.Nadeau@mitchellhamline.edu to register.
Food Traceability: Definition and Challenges from Farm to Fork and Back
LGBTQ+ Health Equity and the Law
Theranos: When High Tech Meets Health Care