Olmsted County Law Library

Olmsted County Public Law Library - Rochester, Minnesota

Olmsted County Government Center
151 4th St SE, 5th Floor
Rochester, MN 55904
Phone: 507 218-3778
Email the Librarian

Hours of Operation:
8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Monday – Friday
Closed on County Holidays
Olmsted County, MN

CLEs

The Olmsted County Law Library offers three days of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) programing each year.  These are Free CLEs programs, and our goal is always the same – to provide 5 credits at each day-long event, with at least one credit each in Ethics and Elimination of Bias.

Please contact the Law Library if you have any questions about our CLE programming by phone 507-218-3778, or via email.

And if you would like to be a speaker – PLEASE CONTACT THE LAW LIBRARIANS by phone 507-218-3778, or via email !!!!!

Friday June 15, 2018 CLEs are now on the Past Programs page.

Friday, July 13, 2018 – Friday the 13th!!!

8:30 am   Bruce Cameron, “Legal Tech Review: What’s Hot for 2018.” 1 Standard CLE credit has been approved; event code 258825.
Handout for 8:30 program  (PDF: 4.83 MB)          PPT as handout for 8:30 program   (PDF:  15.37 MB)
9:45 am   Jim McGeeney,  “Bail & Bail Bonding.” 1 Standard CLE credit has been requested; event code 259262.
11 am        Stacy Harper, “Data Privacy and Security: Ethical Obligations and the Protection of Client Data.”  1 Ethics CLE credit has been approved; event code 258840.
Lunch break at noon
12:45 pm  Joan Bibelhausen, “The Path to Lawyer Well-Being: Breaking the Stigma about Mental Health.”  1 EOB CLE credit has been approved; event code 259066.
2 pm          Joan Bibelhausen, “The Path to Lawyer Well-Being: A Lawyer’s Duty of Competence.” 1 Ethics CLE credit has been approved; event code 259067.

Friday, September 21, 2018 – International Day of Peace, aka World Peace Day!!!
8:30 am  Bruce Cameron, “The Backfire Effect: How the Monkey Brain Reacts to Persuasion.” 1 Standard CLE credit will be requested.
9:45 am   Bruce Cameron, “Being Clued in: Why you Should Consider the Monkey Brain When Starting a Law Practice.” 1 Standard CLE credit will be requested.
11 am        Ryan Sharp, “The Business of IP.”  1 Standard CLE credit will be requested.
Lunch break at noon
12:45 pm Marshall Tanick, “Tanick’s Top 10.”  (A review of significant U.S. Supreme Court cases from the 2017-18 term)  1 Standard CLE credit will be requested.
2 pm         Marshall Tanick, “Happy Birthday, Privacy.”  1 Standard CLE credit will be requested.

Past Programs

MN State Law Library Free CLEs (including On-Demand credits!)

Minnesota State Board of CLE (for reporting credits)

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  1. Law Library staff are not employed as attorneys or advocates, nor does the Law Library provide attorneys to represent any library user. The Law Library and its staff do not provide legal advice, opinion or interpretation. Law Library staff are neutral, and may provide services to more than one party in a case. Law Library staff are not responsible for the outcome of any case.
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