MSBA Corporate Counsel Section Presents:

3rd Annual Corporate Counsel Institute

Deadline to Register: February 7, 2017

The Corporate Counsel Institute was designed by the MSBA Corporate Counsel Section for corporate attorneys looking for a quality CLE course with topics meaningful to their practice at a reasonable cost.

Program Schedule

8-8:30  Check-in & Light Breakfast

8:30-9:30 Cybersecurity

Emily Duke
Duke Law Office and Cybersmart Law

Tris Lingren
EVP & Chief Information Security Officer
TCF Bank

Randy Romes
Principal – IT Security Practice
Clifton Larson Allen LLP

Moderated by Jonathon Heinonen
Corporate Counsel
Stratasys

9:30-9:40 Break

9:40-10:40 Hot Topics in Employment Law

Jana Bjorklund
Senior Attorney HR/Employment
Ecolab

Courtney DaCosta
Labor & Employment Counsel
3M

Jillian Kornblatt
Associate
Dorsey & Whitney

Kristin Berger Parker
Partner
Stinson Leonard Street

Moderated by Christina Sans
VP and Corporate Counsel
TCF Bank

10:40-10:50 Break

10:50-11:50 Website Accessibility Litigation Explosion:  Practical Tips from Legal and IT

Aaron Cannon
Lead Engineer and Chief Accessibilty Officer
Accessible360

Steve Helland
Internet & Technology Chair
Fredrickson & Byron

Michele Landis
Co-Founder
Accessible360

11:50-12:15 Buffet Lunch Provided

12:15-1:15 Keynote Address
Government Conflicts of Interest

Richard Painter
S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law at University of Minnesota
Chief White House Ethics Lawyer for President Bush (2005-2007)

Professor Painter will discuss how conflicts of interest apply to state and federal government employees ranging from school board member to President of the United States.

1:15-2:15 Social Media, BYOD and DTSA: Oh My!

Tina Syring
Partner
Barnes & Thornburg LLP

2:15-2:20 Break

2:20-3:20 Chronic Stress, Trauma, Mental Health and Addiction in Legal Profession (1.0 Elimination of Bias Credit)

Joan Bibelhausen, JD
Executive Director
Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers

3:20-3:30 Break

3:30-4:30 General Counsel Panel Discussion

Richard Allendorf
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
General Mills

Jill Bollettieri
Vice President and General Counsel
Post Consumer Brands, LLC

Emily Decker
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Buffalo Wild Wings

Kim Stephan
General Counsel
RedBrick Health

Moderated by Cindy Eidnes
Division Director
Beacon Hill Legal

4:30-6:00  Reception (drinks and appetizers)

CLE Credits:

5 Standard and 1 Elimination of Bias CLE Credits applied for | Event Code: TBD

Cost:

CCS Section Member:  $75.00
MSBA Member not in the section:  $100.00 OR join the CCS section for $20.00, attend the Institute for $60.00 (Must contact Shawn Carlson at scarlson@mnbar.org/612-278-6305 to join the section)
Non-MSBA Member:  $125.00
Law Student: $20.00

Remote Participation:

Teleconferencing is not available.