CLE Credits

Program

8:00-8:25

Continental Breakfast

8:25

Welcome by Brent Routman 

8:30

 1

Minnesota Appellate Court Case Update
Professor Peter Knapp from William Mitchell School of Law provides a timely, informative and entertaining  update on the most relevant Minnesota Supreme Court opinions from the past year

10:00

Break 

10:15

 1

Learn how to tell your client’s story with Caroline Durham, assistant federal defender
Effective persuasion in the courtroom requires, in part, your ability to know your client’s story and convey it.  In this workshop, we will address the many facets to good storytelling in the courtroom.  The process starts with knowing the client to knowing the Court.  Through thoughtful approach, these techniques will strengthen your skills at having the trier of fact understand why your client’s position should prevail.

11:15

.5

The Changing Face of the Minnesota Judiciary:  People, Projects and Priorities

Chief Justice Lorie Gildea

11:45

Passing of the Gavel  -- Outgoing MSBA President Brent Routman and Incoming MSBA President Robert Enger

12:00

Lunch
Younger Next Year:  Enjoy lunch with Chris Crowley, N.Y. Times best-selling co-author of the Younger Next Year books.  Chris presents an informative, entertaining and thought-provoking presentation on how to become functionally younger and live with vitality.

1:45

 1

EOB

Two Sides to Every Story
The MSBA Diversity and Women in the Legal Profession Committees will present 4-5 vignettes created from the MSBA’s Diversity/SAGE survey.  Performed by an acting troupe and facilitated by our own state and federal judges, you will obtain a bias CLE through a lively, entertaining and informative presentation focused on the concept that even in diversity, there are “two sides to every story.” 

2:45

break

3:00

 1.5

Lessons from Death Row
Over the past twenty-five years, a number of Minnesota law firms have represented Death Row inmates in post-conviction proceedings attacking their convictions and death sentences.  These efforts have resulted in the full range of possible outcomes—some clients have been executed; others have had their death sentences vacated and replaced with life in prison; and some have been exonerated and released following proof that they were actually innocent.  During the course of their work, these attorneys gained unique insight into the operation of the capital punishment system in the Deep South and the reasons why the commitment of the private bar in these cases is so essential to achieving justice.  John Bessler, author and professor of law, moderates a panel with attorneys Ed Cassidy, Steve Kaplan and Steve Wells.

4:30

1

Ethics

Ethics and Public Corruption: An Insider's Story
As a young staff person, Richard Juliano worked on behalf of Illinois Secretary of State and Governor George Ryan through a number of political campaigns.  At the direction of Ryan's top aide, Juliano and others participated in criminal wrongdoing associated with those campaigns, including when he was a third-year law student at the University of Chicago.  Years later Juliano decided to cooperate and plead guilty to a felony in a federal political corruption investigation of Ryan and others, which ultimately led to his disbarment and key testimony in two trials.  With former federal prosecutor Hank Shea serving as moderator, Richard Juliano will describe the path that led to his misconduct, its consequences, and the lessons to be learned from his experiences.

Law School Reception hosted by:

• Hamline University School of Law
• University of Minnesota Law School
• University of North Dakota School of Law
• University of St. Thomas School of Law
• William Mitchell College of Law

Annual MSBA Presidents' Reception (Windows on the River - 22nd floor)

This is your opportunity to recognize outgoing president Brent Routman and incoming president Robert Enger.