Richard Clem Continuing Legal Education

Richard Clem Continuing Legal Education
High quality, reasonably priced CLE opportunities

I am a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) provider in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa. I concentrate on having lively and relevant live courses, telephone conference call courses, and Wisconsin podcast courses. My courses are affordable, are routinely approved for CLE credit, and are high-quality programs. Many live programs are scheduled on evenings and weekends. I've been in practice for over twenty years, so most of these programs come from my own experience. However, I am always looking for presenters, so if you have an idea for an interesting program, please contact me.

Here are links to upcoming programs. In many cases, I post course materials on my website prior to the program, so feel free to look them over before deciding whether to attend. Also, many of my past programs are available for free download, so feel free to listen to them before deciding to register for a course for credit.

The following live programs offer CLE credit in Minnesota, Iowa, and/or Wisconsin:

• No live programs are scheduled at this time. Please check back for details. Inexpensive programs will be offered in 2012 in various locations in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and Indiana.

The following telephone conference call CLE's are being offered for Minnesota, Wisconsin, and/or Iowa credit.

• Wisconsin conference call programs throughout January

These courses are also eligible for credit in other states, including New York, which has reciprocity with Wisconsin. If you would like to be notified when additional programs become available, please send me an e-mail.

Wisconsin attorneys may satisfy up to ten credits of their CLE requirement with internet on-demand programs. These are also eligible for credit in other states, such as New York, which has reciprocity with Wisconsin. Credit is available only during the calendar year in which the program was originally presented.

The cost of these on-demand courses is $10 per credit. No podcast programs are currently available, since all Wisconsin on-demand courses are valid only during the calendar year in which originally offered. I will be posting additional courses in 2012. For reference, the following courses were offered in 2011, and might be eligible for credit in some states:

• Proof of Foreign Law After Bodum. One credit approved, $10.
• Minnesota Supreme Court: March 2011 Decisions. One credit approved, $10.
• Ethics Refresher 2011: This is a six-part program which covers the Rules of Professional Conduct of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota. You can attend the entire program for six credits, or take any individual component for one credit each. Each program stands alone, and the programs may be taken in any order. (Note: Even though the subject of these programs is ethics, Wisconsin does not allow use of on-demand programs to satisfy the three-credit ethics requirement. Therefore, these programs may be used to satisfy your general CLE requirement, but not the ethics requirement.)
  • Ethics Refresher 2011, Part One. One Wisconsin credit approved, $10.
  • Ethics Refresher 2011, Part Two. One Wisconsin credit approved, $10.
  • Ethics Refresher 2011, Part Three. One Wisconsin credit approved, $10.
  • Ethics Refresher 2011, Part Four. One Wisconsin credit approved, $10.
  • Ethics Refresher 2011, Part Five. One Wisconsin credit approved, $10.
  • Ethics Refresher 2011, Part Six. One Wisconsin credit approved, $10.
• Early Minnesota Legal History. 1.5 Wisconsin credits approved, $15.
• Nuts and Bolts of Minnesota Appellate Practice. 2.5 Wisconsin credits approved, $25.
• Elimination of Bias: The Rules & An Ongoing Process. One Wisconsin credit approved, $10.

I'm not currently offering any free courses, although I do occasionally. When I do, they are listed on this page. I will be offering some free programs in St. Paul, Minnesota, in early January. Each program will offer 1 Wisconsin credit or .75 Minnesota credits. To receive notices of these programs, please e-mail me.

There are other providers in the Twin Cities who occasionally offer free programs, which are often quite good. Since these are a good way to finish needed credits, I have some of them listed here. These are all links to external sites:

• Washington County Law Library/Washington County Bar Assn. free lunch hour CLE

If you need information on previous programs, the information is archived at this link.

They're more expensive than my programs, but they are just as good: West Legal Ed Center.

For more details regarding CLE credit in various states and a listing of eligible courses, click on the individual state:

• Alaska
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• Colorado
• Iowa
• Maine
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nevada
• New York
• New Jersey
• North Dakota
• Virgin Islands
• Washington
• Wisconsin

If you believe that these programs might be eligible for credit in other states, please let me know. If I can make any modifications that would make the programs eligible for credit in your jurisdiction, I'm most interested in working with you to make this happen. My goal is to provide low-cost high-quality CLE for as many attorneys as possible.

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Copyright 2011, Richard P. Clem Continuing Legal Education
PO Box 14957
Minneapolis, MN 55414
612-378-7751