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The Ramsey County Law Library currently hosts one virtual continuing legal education (CLE) course on the second Wednesday of each month. For April 2024 our presenter will be Marshall Tanick of Meyer Njus Tanick. He will present on the topic: The (Updated) Law & Lore of Baseball in Minnesota. Please note that this month’s CLE will be hosted via Zoom.
CLE Details & Registration info:
Sign up for this CLE (one standard credit pending) using the registration link below.
04/10/2024, 12:00 PM – 04/10/2024, 1:00 PM Time zone: (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
Please register and join this event. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Presentation title: The (Updated) Law & Lore of Baseball in Minnesota
Speaker biography:
Marshall H. Tanick is a Twin Cities Constitutional law attorney with the law firm of MEYER NJUS TANICK with offices in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and St. Louis Park as well as other Upper Midwest cities. He is a graduate of Stanford Law School and Certified as a Senior Civil Trial Specialist. He writes and speaks frequently on a variety of legal topics as well as annual Supreme Court reviews and previews.
If you have questions about the session, please contact the law library at 651-266-8391.
The Ramsey County Law Library currently hosts one virtual continuing legal education (CLE) course on the second Wednesday of each month. For March 2024, our presenters will be Jon Tynjala & Judith Rush from Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers. They will present on the topic: Ethical Dangers of Isolation in the Legal Profession. Please note that this month’s CLE will be hosted via Zoom.
CLE Details & Registration info:
Sign up for this CLE (one Ethics credit pending) using the registration link below.
03/13/2024, 12:00 PM – 03/13/2024, 1:00 PM Time zone: (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
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Presentation title: “Ethical Dangers of Isolation in the Legal Profession”
Presentation description: Loneliness and isolation present an urgent public health challenge, prompting the U.S. Surgeon General to issue a public health advisory to urge the nation’s immediate awareness and action. As lawyers, we have been identified as the loneliest workers in America, and our isolation presents a significant risk to our mental and physical health and our ability to conform to our professional obligations. This program explores some of the causes and effects of isolation, the impact on our professional responsibilities, and ways we can address both causes and effects of isolation by building a culture of connection and mutual care in the legal profession.
Speaker biographies:
Jon Tynjala, Esq., joined Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers(LCL) as a Case Manager in 2022. Jon received his B.A. in Business Administration from the College of St. Thomas in 1989, and his J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1995. Prior to his affiliation with LCL, Jon was engaged in private practice serving businesses and their owners at larger and medium sized law firms in Minnesota, and, most recently, at a two-person firm in Maple Grove.
Judith (Judie) Rush joined LCL as Outreach Manager in 2022 following a legal career practicing law, teaching, and serving the legal and broader community doing volunteer work focused on ethics and professional responsibility, legal education, and helping lawyers and law students enjoy happy, healthy & ethical lives. Prior to joining LCL, Judie served as the Director of Mentor Externship at University of St. Thomas School of Law, where she continues to build relationships with mentors and mentor students. She has enjoyed a successful solo practice and teaching as an adjunct at Hamline University School of Law and William Mitchell College of Law, teaching professional responsibility and legal advocacy. Judith served as a volunteer in Minnesota’s discipline process for 18 years, including six years as Chair of the Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board. She has also served as Co-Chair of the ABA Co-LAP’s Law Student Services Committee, Chair of Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers and the MSBA Life & the Law Committee and served on the Minnesota Supreme Court Advisory Committee to Review the Discipline System. Judie earned her undergraduate degree, magna cum laude from Hamline University and her J.D. magna cum laude from William Mitchell College of Law.
If you have questions about the session, please contact the law library at 651-266-8391.
The Ramsey County Law Library currently hosts one virtual continuing legal education (CLE) course on the second Wednesday of each month. For February 2024, our presenter will be John Carney of Carney Forensics. He will present on the topic: How Evolving Everyday Technology is Impacting Civil and Criminal Litigation. Please note that this month’s CLE will be hosted via Zoom.
CLE Details & Registration info:
Sign up for this CLE (one standard credit pending) using the registration link below.
02/14/2024, 12:00 PM – 02/14/2024, 1:00 PM Time zone: (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
Please register and join this event. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Presentation title: “How Evolving Everyday Technology is Impacting Civil and Criminal Litigation”
Speaker biography:
John Carney is the owner, Chief Technology Officer, and lead digital forensic examiner of Carney Forensics. He earned his JD in law and dispute resolution from Mitchell Hamline School of Law, and is a licensed attorney in both federal and state courts in Minnesota. He is also an expert witness who testifies regularly in federal and state courts nationwide. John is proud to provide pro bono digital forensic services to the Great North Innocence Project, where he assists their staff and volunteer attorneys with exonerations of wrongful convictions in Minnesota, North and South Dakota.
If you have questions about the session, please contact the law library at 651-266-8391.
The Ramsey County Law Library currently hosts one virtual continuing legal education (CLE) course on the second Wednesday of each month. For January 2024 our presenter will be Marshall Tanick of Meyer Njus Tanick. He will present on the topic: The JFK Assassination & Minnesota-Where were you?. Please note that this month’s CLE will be hosted via Zoom.
CLE Details & Registration info:
Sign up for this CLE (one standard credit pending) using the registration link below.
01/10/2024, 12:00 PM – 01/10/2024, 1:00 PM Time zone: (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
Please register and join this event. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Presentation title: The JFK Assassination & Minnesota-Where were you?
Speaker biography:
Marshall H. Tanick is a Twin Cities Constitutional law attorney with the law firm of MEYER NJUS TANICK with offices in Minneapolis, St. Paul, and St. Louis Park as well as other Upper Midwest cities. He is a graduate of Stanford Law School and Certified as a Senior Civil Trial Specialist. He writes and speaks frequently on a variety of legal topics as well as annual Supreme Court reviews and previews.
If you have questions about the session, please contact the law library at 651-266-8391.
The Ramsey County Law Library currently hosts one virtual continuing legal education (CLE) course each month. For December 2023 our presenter will be Matt Eichenlaub of HOME Line. He will present an on the topic of Changes to Landlord/Tenant Laws in Minnesota. Please note that this month’s CLE will be hosted via Zoom.
CLE Details & Registration info:
Sign up for this CLE (one standard credit pending) using the registration link below.
12/13/2023, 12:00 PM – 12/13/2023, 1:00 PM Time zone: (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
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Presentation title: Changes to Landlord/Tenant Laws
Presentation description: 2023 saw some of the most comprehensive changes in Minnesota’s Landlord Tenant Law in over two decades. The changes touch privacy, security deposits, evictions, emergency repairs and cannabis use. This CLE presentation will be a summary of some of the larger changes.
Speaker biography: Matt Eichenlaub is an attorney at HOME Line. He began with HOME Line in April of 2008. Matt worked as a debt collection attorney prior to working at HOME Line. Matt graduated from Hamline University School of Law in 2004.
Matt’s work has focused on foreclosure law as it relates to tenants. He has advised over 3,500 tenants whose landlords are in foreclosure. It is likely that he has advised more tenants in foreclosure than any other attorney in the State of Minnesota. In addition to his foreclosure work, Matt advises tenants about their rights regarding evictions, security deposit disputes, and repairs, amongst other topics. He has advised over 19,500 Minnesota renter households. He has given over 190 speeches to the high school students, landlords, and tenants.
If you have questions about the session, please contact the law library at 651-266-8391.
The Ramsey County Law Library currently hosts one virtual continuing legal education (CLE) course each month. For November 2023 our presenter will be Deanna Natoli from the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility. She will present on the topic: Public Discipline (so far) in 2023. Please note that this month’s CLE will be hosted via Zoom.
CLE Details & Registration info:
Sign up for this CLE (one EOB credit pending) using the registration link below.
11/8/2023, 12:00 PM – 11/8/2023, 1:00 PM Time zone: (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
Please register and join this event. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Presentation title: Public Discipline (so far) in 2023
Speaker biography:
Deanna Natoli joined the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility in November 2021 after spending over 11 years as a criminal prosecutor in both Minnesota (Dakota and Isanti counties) and Michigan (Eaton County). Deanna received her J.D. from Western Michigan University Cooley School of Law and two Bachelor of Arts degrees from Michigan State University. Deanna is a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association and has volunteered as an MSBA Mock Trial judge. Deanna previously served on the Minnesota County Attorney Association’s Appellate and Diversity committees.
If you have questions about the session, please contact the law library at 651-266-8391.
On 10.02.23, In CLE, Legal News, By The Law Librarian
Credit: Fred Schilling, Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States.
The Ramsey County Law Library currently hosts one virtual continuing legal education (CLE) course each month. The presentation scheduled for October 11, 2023 is titled: Nine for Nine Supreme Court Review, 2022-23. Please note that this month’s CLE will be hosted via Zoom starting at 1:00pm.
CLE Details & Registration info:
Sign up for this CLE (one standard credit pending) using the registration link below.
Presented by David Schultz, Distinguished University Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies at Hamline University and a Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School, and Constitutional law attorney Marshall Tanick of the Twin Cities law firm of MEYER NJUS TANICK.
The Ramsey County Law Library currently hosts one virtual continuing legal education (CLE) course each month via Teams. For September 2023 our presenter will be Naomi Gaines-Young, who is a Post Release Specialist with Minnesota Freedom Fund. She will present on the topic: A Case Study of the Criminalization of Poverty, Culture, and Mental Illness.
Sign up for this CLE (one EOB credit pending) using the registration link below.
CLE Details:
9/13/2023, 12:00 PM – 9/13/2023, 1:00 PM Time zone: (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
Presentation Title: A Case Study of the Criminalization of Poverty, Culture, and Mental Illness
Presentation Description:
We all remember where we were when 9/11 happened. For a young mother by the name of Naomi Gaines, it turned out, 9/11 was the beginning of the end of her sanity. What happens when the unthinkable occurs and a mother ends the life of her child? We often rush to judgement without the compassion to ask why. Naomi will share in this presentation her tragic story of what happens when we ignore mental illness in our community, in our families, and in ourselves. Often people of color are reluctant to seek help, and when we do how the system responds can sometimes exacerbate an already difficult state of mind. Naomi will share how she overcame the odds and is challenging what it means to be given mental health care and support vs. criminalization and punishment. Naomi, now a successful activist, author, and business owner, is spreading her message of awareness. She demonstrates how a transformation of her ‘inner’ world and self-expression through Hip-hop became a catalyst for self-healing and allows Naomi to perform healing work in her community.
Speaker biography:
Naomi Gaines-Young, aka N.G. Young, is an independent Hip-hop Artist, Published Author, Motivational Speaker, Mental Health Activist, Organizer and Hip-hop Scholar. She is also the owner of Love Must Be Entertainment, LLC, a Motivational Hip-hop Lessons and Media Company. N.G. lives her life in service to the many who suffer in silence as she once did, especially within the African American community. She seeks to end the cycle of guilt and shame, associated with having both a criminal history and a diagnosed mental illness. N.G. speaks openly and honestly about the loss and pain in her past while moving forward in her future. Her work includes being a keynote speaker at state universities, mental health panels, various non-profits, and annual state conferences. She’s a Certified Peer Support Specialist, and also works as a Post Release Support Specialist and Organizer for Minnesota Freedom Fund that assists individuals recently released from custody and supports those who believe stability in communities depends on the health and well-being of the individuals, families, and institutions within their communities.
If you have questions about the session, please contact the law library at 651-266-8391.
On 07.31.23, In CLE, Legal News, By The Law Librarian
Governor Tim Walz signs House File 100 into law to legalize recreational cannabis in Minnesota. He is joined at the ceremony by Jesse Ventura, Minnesota governor from 1999 to 2003.
On May 30th, Governor Walz signed the cannabis finance and policy bill (HF 100) into law, which made Minnesota the 23rd state in the country to legalize adult use of recreational cannabis. Starting on Tuesday, August 1st people in Minnesota aged 21 and over will be permitted to possess, consume, and grow their own cannabis for personal use. The bill also establishes a new state agency, called the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) to oversee the new recreational market, including business licenses; the OCM will also oversee the existing medical cannabis and hemp-derived markets.
Notable provisions include:
Legalizing the possession of up to 2 oz. of cannabis in public and 2 lbs. at home
Legalizing the use, possession, and transportation of cannabis paraphernalia
Legalizing the home cultivation of up to 8 cannabis plants (only 4 may be mature)
Creation of Cannabis Expungement Board tasked with possible expungement of felony offenses
Creation of the Office of Cannabis Management tasked with overseeing cannabis marketplace
The Ramsey County Law Library will be offering a CLE on the topic of Cannabis Law and Policy in Minnesota on Wednesday, August 9th from noon-1pm. Jason Tarasek, a long-time cannabis attorney with Vicente LLP, will discuss the evolution of cannabis law and policy throughout Minnesota and the United States. Jason will address the history of cannabis prohibition and the new legality of hemp, hemp derivatives, medical cannabis and adult-use cannabis. Please sign up here if you are interested in learning more about the legalization of recreational cannabis in Minnesota.
Starting in August the Ramsey County Law Library will be hosting virtual CLEs once a month. Our first CLE is a follow-up to the presentation from our 2022 Law Day CLE. The same two speakers, Christy Hall, Senior Staff Attorney at Gender Justice and Michael Steenson, Bell Distinguished Professor of Law at Mitchell Hamline Law School will continue their conversation and analysis of Dobbs v. Jackson. They will also discuss the local Ramsey County order that struck down some of the state abortion restrictions.
Sign up for this CLE (one standard CLE credit pending) using the link below.
CLE Details:
Ramsey County Law Library CLE: Revisiting the Legacy of Roe v. Wade, Dobbs v. Jackson, and recent MN district court decision dealing with issues around the abortion debate
8/10/2022, 12:00 PM – 8/10/2022, 1:00 PM Time zone: (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
Christy Hall Senior Staff Attorney at Gender Justice Christy represents clients dealing with gender discrimination and practices in both state and federal courts. She has argued before the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals as well as the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Christy litigates cases involving discrimination in employment, housing, health care and education. She is proud of her ground-breaking work on transgender rights in the Affordable Care Act and the Minnesota Human Rights Act.
Michael Steenson Bell Distinguished Professor of Law at Mitchell Hamline Law School Professor Steenson currently teaches at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in the areas of Torts, Constitutional Law and American Legal History. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin as well as the University of Iowa School of Law. Also, a member of the American Law Institute and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Along with Professor Peter Knapp, he is the co-reporter for the Minnesota Civil Instruction Guides.
If you have questions about the session, please contact the law library at 651-266-8391.
