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Please join 1996 U of M Law alumna, Michele Garnett McKenzie, from The Advocates for Human Rights and other distinguished panelists as they discuss the ethical rules and standards of the legal profession and how they apply in the pro bono context.

In baseball, if the runner touches the base at the same time as the baseman catches the ball or tags the runner, the runner is safe. In other words, a tie goes to the runner. State and federal tax controversies also can involve close calls, either because the facts supporting the two sides are balanced or because the law is unsettled.  When that happens, when the case is close, should the court hold for the taxpayer or the revenue bureau? Courts have answered this question differently in different eras and in different jurisdictions.

The Minnesota Chapter of the FBA Diversity Committee and the FBA University of Minnesota Law School Student Division are pleased to host a CLE event with an esteemed panel of speakers to discuss the topic of sex trafficking of people with disabilities both nationally and in the State of Minnesota. The diverse panel will share their personal experiences, examine the history and evolving legal landscape of sex trafficking, legal rights, remedies, victim advocacy, prevention, and other recommendations provided from different perspectives.

The workshop will cover the major areas of International Humanitarian Law: legal classifications of types of armed conflict, Geneva Convention and Additional Protocols, fundamental principles and protections afforded by international law, distinction between combatants and civilians, civilian and direct participations in hostilities, role of the Red Cross and other humanitarian actors in armed conflict. 

This one-day instructor-led workshop was designed to train Red Cross personnel and now is made available to all interested professionals. 

Leading speakers will analyze approaches to seeking consent from adults with diminished capacity; community-based participatory research; and pediatric assent and guardian permission.

This national conference will bring together renowned speakers from a variety of disciplines who will address how informed consent ethics and policy have developed over the past century, and what tools are needed to improve patient and research participant protections going forward.

The James H Binger Center for New Americans will host a half-day CLE conference titled "Developments in Immigration Law: Executive Orders, Trafficking, and Federal Litigation" on Friday, March 31, 2017. Students from each of the Center's three clinics will present on developments in immigration law related to their practice areas. 

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