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Accreditation and CLE Rules for Minnesota
National Academy of Continuing Legal Education is an approved Sponsor (10551) of CLE, recognized by the Minnesota Board of Continuing Legal Education.
Minnesota attorneys are required to take 45 credit hours every 3 years including 3 credit hours of Ethics, 2 credit hours of Elimination of Bias and 1 credit hour of Mental Health/Substance Use.
Effective January 1, 2024, there is no limit to the number of on-demand CLE credits a Minnesota lawyer may report towards their three-year reporting period. Approved courses viewed after January 1, 2024, towards the 2024 reporting period (or later) are not subject to a credit cap.
Beginning July 1, 2024, MN attorneys are required to take 1 credit in Mental Health/Substance Use. Category 2 lawyers due to report in 2025 will be the first group of lawyers subject to this requirement.
Minnesota attorneys can earn all 45 CLE credit hours with us including 3 credit hours of Ethics, 2 credit hours of Elimination of Bias and 1 credit hour of Mental Health/Substance Use using our Online & iOS/Android App courses.
All Minnesota licensed attorneys are assigned to one of three reporting groups for CLE purposes. Attorneys can find their assigned reporting group in the upper left-hand corner of their wallet licenses.
Category 1: July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2021 & July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024
Category 2: July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2022 & July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025
Category 3: July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2023 & July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026
Minnesota Board of Continuing Legal Education
Lawyer Registration Office
180 East 5th Street, Suite 950
St. Paul, MN 55101
651-297-7100
Drafting Stronger Patents: A Practical Project Management-Based Framework for Surviving Alice
CLE Courses Available Online and with iOS/Android App!
General Credits
1
$50
About This Course
In this CLE program, a patent attorney and former USPTO examiner from the Business Methods Technology Center 3600 introduces a project management–inspired framework for drafting patent applications that satisfy 35 U.S.C. § 101. Attendees will learn practical, prosecution-ready strategies informed by the latest USPTO developments, including the August 2025 memo to the examining corps, Director Squires’ precedential decision in Ex parte Desjardins, and recent USPTO hour updates.
In a landscape where patent eligibility standards continue to evolve, this course provides a structured method to help practitioners draft more resilient applications, anticipate examiner challenges, and effectively navigate and overcome § 101 rejections
