Event Description
An HCBA Signature Program. Join us for the 2024 LINC 4-Part Series!
As
a cohort program, registration and participation is for all four
sessions.
Lawyers
are often called upon to serve on nonprofit boards, and while they bring strong
skills in many areas and the desire to make a difference, they often lack the
background and formal training needed to contribute effectively as nonprofit
volunteer leaders.
The Hennepin County Bar Association has developed the LINC (Leaders Impacting
the Nonprofit Community) program to provide lawyers with training in
nonprofit governance and an introduction to legal issues commonly faced by
nonprofits. The skills you acquire from LINC training will be applicable to
positions of leadership on nonprofit boards and committees, including
associations, faith communities, and community-based nonprofits. The
training will not only provide information that every person serving on a
nonprofit board should know to uphold their fiduciary duties, but also an
opportunity to focus on issues that uniquely impact lawyers serving on nonprofit
boards.
The
program was originally
created by the HCBA in 2005. It is offered every other year and over
the last 18 years LINC has been honed into an engaging, thorough four-session program. If
you have any thoughts or suggestions during or after we have completed the
program, feel free to reach out to the Co-Chairs and/or program manager.
This
experience is meant for any attorneys that are curious to explore the potential
of serving on a nonprofit board or for attorneys that already serve and would
like to expand their understanding of the nuances that can be involved when
serving as an attorney. Participants who attend all four sessions will earn a
total of 10 (9 Standard, 1 Ethics) MBCLE credits.
LINC Program Co-Chairs:
Emmett
Robertson, Rubric Legal LLC
Mackenzie
McNaughton, CliftonLarsonAllen
LLP
Times, Participation &
Location:
Sessions 1 - 4: Thursdays; 2:00 p.m. – 5:00
p.m.
Remote Zoom and In-Person at
HCBA
Dates
Schedule
& Session Topics:
Session 1: Thursday, February
15
- Nonprofit Corporate Governance/Role of a
Board Member
- Ethics of Serving on a Nonprofit
Board
Session 2: Thursday, February
29
- Restricted Gifts and
Endowments
- Overview of the Law of Tax-Exempt
Organizations
Session 3: Thursday, March 14
- Lobbying and Advocacy
- Nonprofit Financial Literacy and
Competency
Session 4: Thursday, March 28
- Employment Law for
Nonprofits
- Fundrasing
- Ask the Lawyer
Faculty:
Speakers for Session 1: Greg Larson, Lathrop GPM;
Wade Hauser, Lathrop GPM; Mackenzie McNaughton, CliftonLarsonAllen
LLP
Speakers for Session 2: Angela Fogt, Faegre Drinker
Biddle & Reath LLP; Emmett Robertson, Rubric Legal LLC
Speakers for Session 3: Marie Ellis,
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits; Maria Schwingler, Eide Bailly LLP; Hannah
Horn, Eide Bailly LLP
Speakers for Session 4: Rebecca Bernhard,
Dorsey & Whitney LLP; Heidi Christianson, Nilan Johson Lewis PA; Mackenzie
McNaughton, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP; Emmett Robertson, Rubric Legal LLC; Greg
Larson, Lathrop GPMSpeakers for Session 4: Rebecca Bernhard, Dorsey &
Whitney LLP; Heidi Christianson, Nilan Johson Lewis PA; Mackenzie McNaughton,
CliftonLarsonAllen LLP; Emmett Robertson, Rubric Legal LLC; Greg Larson, Lathrop
GPM
CLE Credits: TBD
9.00 Standard CLE
Credits applied for (approximate)
1.00 Ethics CLE
Credits applied for (approximate)
Pricing:
HCBA Members: $299.00
Non-Members:
$449.00
Registration
Deadline: February 12,
2024
Remote
Participation: Please indicate remote or in-person attendance
-
calendar invitation will be
sent for each individual session with details.
Program
Manager: Geen Mui | 612-278-6346 | gmui@mnbars.org
Payments/Cancellations: Please
register online or over the phone by credit card whenever possible. If you must
pay by check, please use this registration
form. Need to cancel? Please see our cancellation policy
.
Accommodations: We are
committed to creating an inclusive environment in which all members can
participate fully. If you need reasonable accommodations to participate in this
event, please notify the program manager with at least 72 hours notice prior to
the meeting to allow sufficient time to make arrangements for accommodations.
Thank you.