UND School of Law Annual Homecoming CLE
Please make plans to join us for an afternoon of programming presented by our outstanding faculty!
Friday, September 27, 2024
1:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Room 334 | UND School of Law
Approved for 3.0 North Dakota CLE credits
Minnesota CLE credits pending
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Schedule
1:00- 1:15 p.m. | Check in and Registration | Central Commons
1:15 p.m. | Welcome from Dean Pappas | Room 334
1:20 p.m. | Session 1 (60 minutes) | Room 334
Death, Dying, & the Limits of Rulemaking
Presented by Bradley Myers, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Randy H. Lee Professor of Law
Many areas of the law require knowing the exact time when a person transitions from being alive to be deceased. In 1981, the Uniform Law Commission adopted the Uniform Determination of Death Act, which has become the world-wide standard for determining when someone is dead. This session will review the UDDA in light of the medical, ethical and practical issues that have developed over the last four decades.
2:20 p.m. | Break
2:30 p.m. | Session 2 (75 minutes) | Room 334
Hiring & Retention in the Modern Law Firm
Presented by Kimberly Dasse, Assistant Professor of Law and Mary Feller, Director of Career Development
Join us for an engaging training session where we’ll dissect six compelling scenarios that highlight the complex ethical and interpersonal challenges in today’s hiring and retention landscape. From recruitment dilemmas to workplace dynamics and issues of bias and inclusivity, each scenario invites you to engage in meaningful discussions with colleagues about these pressing challenges. This interactive course emphasizes the importance of fostering a respectful and equitable workplace. Not your typical “talk and chalk” CLE, you’ll leave equipped with practical strategies developed collaboratively in class to address these issues in your practice. Come prepared to collaborate, reflect, and enhance your approach to ethical decision-making as we tackle these relevant topics together!
3:45 p.m. | Break
4:00 p.m. | Session 3 (60 minutes) | Room 334
Well-Being for Seasoned Legal Professionals
Presented by Julia Ernst, Floyd B. Sperry Professor of Law
This session will address strategies for legal professionals at mid-life and beyond who are seeking to develop a more sustainable, balanced, and healthy lifestyle. For several years, greater attention has spotlighted the topic of well-being for legal professionals nationally, in North Dakota, and at the UND School of Law. That said, the emphasis on lawyer well-being has centered on law students or legal professionals in general, instead of specifically including the distinctive situation of more seasoned members of the profession. By like token, much of the recent focus on senior lawyers has addressed succession planning and issues arising from cognitive decline that may accompany aging, instead of the importance of overall well-being as legal professionals approach their golden years. To help fill this gap, this presentation will provide concrete suggestions gleaned from numerous experts to enhance multifaceted components of well-being for senior members of the legal profession. Well-being encompasses flourishing within numerous aspects of life, including physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. This presentation is based on an article published in the latest issue of the North Dakota Law Review, Vol. 99, No. 3 (2024), which will be available soon.
Please plan to join us at the conclusion of the CLE for our Alumni & Friends Social in the Central Commons.
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