Minnesota CLE - Constitutional Law Courses

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  • Firefighters and the Fourth Amendment: Search, Seizure, and Emergency Response

    This CLE course will provide an overview of how firefighters' duties intersect with search and seizure law under the Fourth Amendment. As first responders, firefighters are in a unique position in American society to enter private spaces if life and property are threatened. This course will review how the law balances safety with the reasonable expectation of privacy and aim to clarify misconceptions about what the fire service does when called to an emergency. More Info

    $50
    1General Credit

  • Litigating Federal Civil Rights Claims Against Law Enforcement: Excessive Force and Beyond

    This CLE course provides a comprehensive examination of the legal and practical issues that arise in litigating federal claims against law enforcement officers involving allegations of excessive force and related misconduct. The course will explore the constitutional foundations of these actions, the range of potential claims that may be asserted, and the defenses most commonly raised—including qualified immunity and other threshold barriers to liability. In addition, the program will o... More Info

    $100
    2General Credits

  • Crimmigration: Avoid Giving Bad Advice to Immigrant Defendants

    This CLE course focuses on how criminal proceedings can directly affect a non-citizen’s immigration status and long-term ability to remain in the United States. By exploring the overlap between criminal defense and immigration law, the program provides practical guidance for identifying issues that may trigger adverse immigration outcomes. Participants will learn how to provide accurate, legally sound advice to immigrant clients, minimize avoidable mistakes, and uphold the ethical and... More Info

    $50
    1General Credit

  • Projecting the Future of Cannabis Law: Policy, Market, and Compliance Impacts

    This CLE program explores the legal contradictions and policy shifts that have defined cannabis regulation in the United States for more than half a century. Although cannabis was once a commonly used agricultural and medicinal product, federal law dramatically changed course in 1970 when the Controlled Substances Act classified it as a Schedule I substance—effectively criminalizing most uses, restricting scientific research, and declaring it to have no accepted medical value. Despite t... More Info

    $50
    1General Credit

  • Putting It All Together: Practice in Integrated Domestic Violence Parts of the Unified Court System

    This CLE course offers a practical overview of practice in the Integrated Domestic Violence (IDV) Parts, where criminal, family, and civil matters involving the same family are heard together under the “One Family, One Judge” model. The course addresses the structure and rules governing IDV Parts, jurisdictional and ethical considerations, orders of protection, motion practice, conferences, hearings, and trial scheduling, as well as strategic challenges faced by attorneys representing pe... More Info

    $50
    1General Credit

  • Injustice on Trial: The Scottsboro Boys and the Struggle Against Jim Crow

    In 1931, in the depths of the Great Depression, when thousands of Americans “hopped boxcars,” and rode the freight rails around the county in search of work, camping in “hobo jungles” that grew up around railroad yards, nine black teenagers, mostly in their late teens, one only thirteen years old, found themselves accused of a crime that later trials would show beyond a shadow of a doubt had never occurred. The case was no doubt similar to many others that took place in the Jim Crow South, som... More Info

    $75
    1.5General Credits

  • Service, Therapy, Emotional Support, and Courtroom Animals: Laws, Practices, and Policies

    Animals provide humans with a variety of support. Some of the most common are service animals, therapy animals, emotional support animals, and courtroom animals. Each of these are separate and distinct both in terms of the services they provide and the laws and regulations that apply. The purpose of this CLE program is to identify each of the types of animals that provide support, the laws and regulations that apply, common practices in the use of these services, and public policy cons... More Info

    $50
    1General Credit

  • Constitutional Law: The Consent Search

    This CLE program delves into the constitutional foundations and evolving case law governing consent searches. Designed for attorneys working in criminal law, civil rights, or related fields, the course unpacks the legal standards that define voluntary consent under the Fourth Amendment and examines the procedural safeguards that must be observed during such searches. Participants will explore key judicial precedents, the nuances of what constitutes valid consent, and the practical impli... More Info

    $50
    1General Credit

  • Bad Bets: Examining the Recent Crisis in Sports Betting Integrity & Professional Sports

    For more than 100 years fear of professional athletes fixing games was the existential fear of all professional sports leagues. Indeed it was 1919's Black Sox scandal in baseball that led to the creation of the office of Commissioner and most of the administrative structures of each of America's sports leagues grew up to prevent a loss of public trust. However, in 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal statute- Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 sometimes called... More Info

    $50
    1General Credit

  • Introduction to Special Education Law

    This CLE program introduces attorneys to the essentials of special education law. Participants will gain an understanding of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and how it is implemented under New York State Education Law and Part 200 of the Commissioner’s Regulations. The program also reviews key court decisions and offers practical guidance for practitioners. Designed for those new to this practice area, the course bl... More Info

    $50
    1General Credit

  • Navigating the Policy Process: A Legal Approach to Legislative Advocacy

    Corporations, public interest groups, governmental entities and other clients frequently seek advice on legislative matters. Lawyers need to know how to access and communicate legislative information. Lawyers should be knowledgeable about legislative processes and trained in effective advocacy techniques in order to competently present legislative matters to policy makers. This CLE course is designed to provide practicing attorneys strategies for collecting, analyzing, assimilating... More Info

    $50
    1General Credit

  • Fundamentals of Special Education Law: Rights, Responsibilities, and Procedures

    This CLE program offers a practical overview of special education law for attorneys seeking to understand how schools and families navigate the rights of students with disabilities. The course will examine the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, highlighting their key distinctions and how they shape obligations to provide a free appropriate public education (FAPE). Topics include referrals, evaluations, eligibility, leas... More Info

    $50
    1General Credit

  • Religious Head Coverings in Court: Legal and Jewish Law Perspectives

    The tension between religious expression (e.g., wearing a yarmulke) and courtroom decorum raises First Amendment and practical questions for lawyers. This CLE presentation examines U.S. case law and Jewish law (Halacha) to address whether a lawyer must wear a yarmulke in court. Learning Objectives: Understand the constitutional framework for religious head coverings in U.S. courtrooms Analyze key case law addressing religious attire in judicial settings Explore Jewish legal (Halac... More Info

    $50
    1General Credit

  • Local Government Law 101: Foundations for Legal Practice

    Many lawyers and most laypeople take for granted the services provided and regulations imposed by their “home town”. But they rarely think about why and how those services and regulations come to be. Local taxes may raise their ire and land use decisions may cause them distress, but their usual reaction is that the local authorities have somehow got it wrong. This CLE course will explain the framework of municipalities, school districts and municipal authorities, the extent of their... More Info

    $50
    1General Credit

  • Behind Bars, Before the Bench: How Incarcerated Defendants Navigate the Legal System

    This CLE course offers an in-depth exploration of how incarcerated individuals access the court system and defend themselves against criminal charges while behind bars. Participants will gain a clear understanding of how criminal charges are applied, the function and purpose of bail, and the legal distinctions between jails and prisons. We will examine the practical realities incarcerated defendants face, including how they attend court hearings, obtain access to legal materials, and co... More Info

    $50
    1General Credit

  • Constitutional Policing: Bridging the Legitimacy Gap

    In this CLE presentation, a retired FLETC Senior Legal Instructor will take a deep dive into the concept of Constitutional Policing. The session will begin with a historical look at the development of Constitutional Policing, followed by an exploration of constitutional legality, an introduction to the notion of constitutional legitimacy, and a discussion of the most significant obstacles to Constitutional Policing. More Info

    $100
    2General Credits

  • Employment Accommodations for Women with Children in the Workplace

    This CLE program will examine the principal laws protecting parents who are pregnant or with children in the workplace. There are numerous protections regarding various aspects of pregnancy and child birth. The laws covering a parents need to care for themselves and others will be discussed. And protections against discrimination based on gender, particularly in terms of pay, will be considered. The course will also cover some basic employment law principals for litigating t... More Info

    $50
    1General Credit

  • Criminal Procedure: The 4th, 5th and 6th Amendments

    This CLE lecture will cover issues such as what is a search and what is a seizure under the fourth amendment; search warrants, their issuance as well as their execution; exceptions to the search warrant requirement; stop and frisk; the exclusionary rule and exceptions to it; Miranda and the 5th amendment, and 14th amendment voluntariness of statements; as well as more briefly than other topics, the 6th amendment and the right to counsel. More Info

    $100
    2General Credits

  • No Mercy: Presenting a Successful Justification Defense

    This innovative CLE takes you through the concepts and practice of presenting the defense of self-defense, or justification, at trial. Whether you are advanced practitioner looking to hone your skills, or just trying to learn basics, this lecture will cover all the steps involved in a successful justification defense, including the burden of proof; the reasonableness standard; discovery and investigation; voir dire; and the preparation and presentation of defense witnesses and evidence.... More Info

    $50
    1General Credit

  • Conducting Police Internal Affairs Investigations

    This CLE course is designed to provide government lawyers and others practical knowledge and sample policies on how to conduct effective police internal affairs investigations. The presenter has decades of experience representing police and local government officials in connection with internal affairs investigations, civil rights lawsuits, labor & employment disputes, policy drafting & workforce training. The course includes the following topics: The roles of solicitors,... More Info

    $75
    1.5General Credits

  • Campus Civil Rights: The Tension Between The First Amendment and Hostile Environment Proscriptions

    Free expression or the exchange of ideas has been a hallmark of American education. Yet, whether protection of free expression is obligated by the Constitution is a more complicated question and the answer may vary from public to private institution or programs within each institution. But even where the Constitution does apply, speech is not absolute. Universities are workplaces, places of public accommodation, healthcare providers and learning centers. A myriad of laws regulate spee... More Info

    $50
    1General Credit

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Elimination of BiasElimination Bias
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Mental Health/Substance UseMental Health/Abuse
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