Minnesota Lawyer
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25
Marijuana in the Minnesota Workplace
Host: Minnesota State Bar Association
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
Location: Glacial Lakes Room, Minnesota State Bar Association, 600 Nicollet Mall, Suite 380, Minneapolis
Cost: $10 for section members, $20 for members not in the section, $35 for nonmembers, free for law students
Description: What are the implications for Minnesota employers if marijuana is legalized here in the 2020s? Find out how employers are coping five years after medical cannabis arrived in the workplace. 1.0 standard CLE credit applied for.
Register here.
OCT. 3 TO OCT. 4
2019 Bankruptcy Institute
Host: Minnesota CLE
Time: 8:45 a.m. Thursday to 4:30 p.m. Friday
Location: Minnesota CLE Conference Center, 600 Nicollet Mall, Suite 370, Minneapolis
Cost: $495 for members and paralegals, $595 standard rate
Description: This conference brings together experts to share their insights on the latest developments in bankruptcy law. It features 19 new presentations on topics including business and consumer bankruptcy, financial issues, attorney wellness, ethics, and the annual case law update. 11.0 CLE credit applied for.
Register here.
OCT. 7 TO DEC. 9
The Path to Lawyer Well-Being Group
Host: Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers
Time: Mondays, 8:45 to 10 a.m.
Location: MSBA Office, 600 Nicollet Mall, Suite 380, Minneapolis
Cost: Free
Description: The next Path to Lawyer Well-Being Group begins in October in Minneapolis. In this group experience, participants will explore and build skills for thriving in each aspect of lawyer well-being. Those dimensions include intellectual, occupational, emotional, social, physical and spiritual. Attend any or all sessions. Oct. 7 topic: Integrating well-being principles in our work and life.
Register: Email aerbst@mnlcl.org
MONDAY, OCT. 21
The 2019 Stein Lecture: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan
Host: University of Minnesota Law School
Time: 4 to 5:30 p.m.
Location: Northrop Carlson Family Stage, 84 Church St. SE, Minneapolis
Cost: Free, registration required
Description: This event will feature a conversation between Justice Elena Kagan and Professor Robert A. Stein. Justice Kagan served in the Clinton Administration as associate counsel to President Clinton and then as deputy assistant for Domestic Policy. Between 2003 and 2009, she served as dean of Harvard Law School. In 2009, President Obama nominated Kagan as the solicitor general of the United States. She was nominated to the Supreme Court in 2010.
Register here.
