Annual Report

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Annual Report
2021-2022

 

Section Membership
As of June 15, 2022 the Section has 252 members.

Financial Status
The Section had an account balance of $9,932.39 as of April 30, 2022.

CLEs & Events
The Section hosted 7 events in fiscal year 2021-22. 

Program Title

Date

Event Code

CLE Credits

Attendees

Virtual/

In-person/

Hybrid

Tech Law Section Happy Hour

06/08/2022

N/A

N/A

10

In-person

 

How Lawyers Can Understand Cybersecurity, Technology, and Data Within the Context of the Energy Transition (co-sponsored with the Public Utilities Section)

05/23/2022

455727

4.0 Standard

73

Hybrid

 

Emerging Trends in Cryptocurrency Governance

 

05/10/2022

457483

1.0 Standard

12

Virtual

 

Online Contract Formation - What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

04/12/2022

450858

1.0 Standard

46

Virtual

Mutually Assured Destruction? Data Nationalism Picks Up

03/08/2022

447022

1.0 Standard

34

Virtual

Cell Phones Are the New DNA - The Emerging Role of Mobile Device Forensics in Wrongful Conviction Exonerations

02/08/2022

441531

1.0 Standard

31

Virtual

Where do NFTs intersect with the LAW?

11/09/2021

423457

1.0 Standard

26

Virtual

 

 


Annual Meeting and Election Results

The Section’s Annual Meeting was held on May 12, 2022 and 20 people attended.

The following council members were elected to serve on the Section’s Governing Council from 7/1/2022 to 6/30/2023:

  • Chip Brink
  • John Carney
  • Michael Cohen
  • Jon Farnsworth
  • Ann Kraemer
  • Christina Kunz
  • Keith Larson
  • Jamie Nafziger
  • Patrick Pazderka
  • Michael Remington
  • Damien Riehl
  • Sarah Sederstrom
  • Jonathan Selleys
  • Thomas Sheran
  • Nicholas Sperling
  • Andrew Taylor (Andy)
  • Brian Wallenfelt

The following officers were elected to serve on the Section’s Governing Council from 7/1/2022 to 6/30/2023:

  • Chair – Bradley Hammer
  • Vice Chair – Susan Stephan
  • Treasurer – Beth Schroeder Harper
  • Secretary – Jon Stechmann
  • Past Chair – Mathea Bulander

Other Section Accomplishments
The section donated funds to four nonprofit organizations to support technology and tech education in the community. 

-$2K to Literacy MN

-$2K to The Works

-$1K to Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers

-$1K to MSBA High School Mock Trial


Submitted By:
Mathea Bulander, Section Chair
Date June 17, 2022