South Dakota CLE - Litigation Courses
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The Playbook for Winning Sport Liability Cases
Drawing from three decades and over 300 cases at the intersection of sports and entertainment law, this dynamic CLE presentation reveals the strategic blueprint for winning high-stakes sport liability cases. You'll gain insider access to battle-tested techniques for identifying and leveraging expert witnesses who can make or break your case, mastering the discovery process to uncover critical evidence, and strategically establishing or dismantling standards of care. Through riveting ca... More Info
$501General Credit -
The Rise of Cannabis Personal Injury Litigation: Emerging Claims, Law, Science and Trial Strategies
The modern cannabis industry survives—and profits—by selling highly addictive THC products that are associated with significant mental and physical injuries, widespread human suffering, and substantial economic loss. These harms place a profound burden on national health care and economic systems. Evidence shows the THC industry has long been aware of these risks. Despite this knowledge, the industry has repeatedly and skillfully denied or minimized these facts to the public, government entiti... More Info
$501General Credit -
Truth, Lies and Circuit Splits: Credibility and Well-Founded Fear in Asylum Law
An asylum applicant’s credibility is the decisive issue in most cases. The REAL ID Act made the line between truth and lies more consequential. Although REAL ID establishes a uniform statutory framework, circuit courts diverge sharply on how credibility is determined—creating circuit splits that affect whether you win or lose. This CLE course examines the well-founded fear standard with a practical focus on how courts assess inconsistencies, omissions, demeanor, and plausibility under the “tot... More Info
$501General Credit -
False Claims Act: Civil & Criminal Strategies
This CLE course will address the motivation behind the government bringing False Claims Act cases. It will explore the framework to successfully defend a case and position it for a beneficial settlement. The program will also cover how to best keep a civil matter from becoming a criminal matter and will discuss the framework that has been successfully used to secure not guilty verdicts in a criminal false claims trial. More Info
$501General Credit -
Modern Criminal Law Practice: Updates and Evidentiary Challenges
This CLE program provides a practitioner focused update on modern criminal law developments across four major jurisdictions: Pennsylvania, New York, Texas, and California. Participants will explore the most significant statutory reforms of the last 2–3 years—including new criminal offenses, sentencing revision laws, expanded judicial discretion, updated bail frameworks, and evolving victims’ rights protections—alongside emerging evidentiary and search and seizure challenges shaped by digital t... More Info
$501General Credit -
Four + Ethics Challenges for Civil Litigators
This CLE course examines four of the most pressing and evolving ethical challenges confronting civil litigators today. Drawing on decades of trial experience, the faculty will analyze core ethical principles and apply them to high-risk situations that routinely arise in civil practice. The program will address ethical boundaries in preparing clients for testimony, including where effective advocacy ends and improper coaching begins. It will explore emerging professional responsibility i... More Info
$751.5Ethics Credits -
Preparing Vulnerable Witnesses for Testimony
This client-focused CLE course equips attorneys with the essential skills to confidently prepare survivors of domestic violence—and other vulnerable or anxious witnesses—for high-stakes testimony. You’ll learn how to build trust, shape persuasive narratives, and ready clients for the intensity of cross-examination, all while enhancing your own courtroom strategy and presence. For attorneys seeking to become more effective, compassionate, and trial-ready advocates, this course is an ind... More Info
$501General Credit -
Long-Term Disability Insurance Claims: From Application to Federal Court
Long-term disability (LTD) insurance claims sit at the intersection of contract law, insurance law, and—frequently—federal ERISA law. Nearly half of all LTD claims arise under employer-sponsored group policies governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), which imposes a highly restrictive administrative framework and limits litigation exclusively to federal court. Other LTD matters involve individual policies commonly purchased by professionals, as well as associati... More Info
$501General Credit -
The Evolution and Devolution of Civility
This CLE program examines the evolving role of civility in the legal profession and the increasing attention courts and regulators are paying to attorney conduct. As concerns about incivility in litigation, motion practice, discovery, and courtroom advocacy have grown, courts have turned to disciplinary authorities and professionalism rules to address conduct that undermines the administration of justice. The effectiveness of these efforts, however, has been uneven, particularly in large juris... More Info
$501Ethics Credit -
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
$501General Credit