Deadline to Register: October 23, 2019
Join us for a day of education and
networking!
8:00 am - Registration and
Breakfast
8:30 am - Minnesota Supreme Court Update
Presenter: Justice Margaret Chutich, Minnesota Supreme
Court
9:30 am - Hot Topics
Discussion
10:30 am - Break
10:45 am - MSBA Health Insurance
Update
11:00 am - Update on Rules of Professional
Responsibility
Nicholas M. Ryan | Law Office of Eric
T. Cooperstein
12:00 pm - Lunch
12:30 pm - An Update on the State's Treatment
Court System
Abby Kuschel,
State Treatment Court Coordinator
Abby Kuschel is the State Treatment
Court Coordinator for the Minnesota Judicial Branch. She provides
statewide program support, technical assistance and information to District
courts and State Court Administration. This includes formulating and
implementing Minnesota Judicial Branch strategic initiatives, integrating a
judicial treatment court approach into court operations for cases involving
offenders with substance use disorders and mental health issues, and offenders
who are veterans. She previously worked with drug/DWI Courts in rural,
Northern Minnesota for 10 years as the Treatment Courts Supervisor for the Ninth
Judicial District and coordinated the Itasca County Wellness Court and the Beltrami
County DWI Court.
1:30 pm - District Court Judges Panel -
Courtroom Practice Pointers
Discussion led by First Judicial
District Assistant Chief Judge David Knutson
Panelists:
Judge Eric
Braaten
Judge Colleen King
Judge
Jody Winters
2:30 pm - Break
2:45 pm - The Importance of Lawyer
Wellness
Robin
Wolpert and Joan Bibelhausen
3:00 pm - So You Want To Be
a Judge?
Our panel will be discussing the process of becoming a judge—both from
the perspective of being appointed versus being
elected.
Panelists:
Judge Arlene Ascencio Perkkio, First District
Court
Judge Lawrence
Clark, First District Court
Andrew Olson, Assistant Chief of Staff for Appointments,
Office of Gov. Tim Walz
Sarah Wheelock, Legal Counsel,
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community,
Member of the Judicial Selection Commission
Additional services
available:
Tech Appointments - would you like
to spend a little time with your MSBA online services teams to get answers to
your legal tech questions? We will have tech appointments available
throughout the day. Schedule your appointment here: https://calendly.com/mnbar/tech?month=2019-10
CLE Credit:
4.0 Standard and 1.0 Ethics CLE Credit to be Applied for | Event Code: 280547
Cost:
All
Attendees: $40.00
Remote Participation:
There is no remote participation for this event.
Sponsors:
Minnesota
State Bar Association
1st District Bar Association
8th District Bar
Association
Questions?
Program Contact:
Jennifer Carter |
612-278-6309
Registration:
Sheila Johnson |
612-752-6615
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Need to cancel? Please see our cancellation policy.