April 30: St. Paul - Law Day CLE and Celebration Habeas Corpus, and the Magna Carta: Reflections on Representing Prisoners in the 21st Century

April 30: St. Paul - Law Day CLE and Celebration Habeas Corpus, and the Magna Carta: Reflections on Representing Prisoners in the 21st Century

Please join us for a free CLE, presentation of law day awards and reception
Co-sponsored by the Ramsey County Bar Association & the Ramsey County Law Library

When/Where 

Thursday, April 30, 2015

9:30 – 11:30 am
Ramsey County Courthouse, Room 40

CLE Credit
30 minutes Ethics CLE Credit and 30 minutes Standard CLE Credit applied for

Cost
FREE for RCBA members; $10 for non-members

CLE: Habeas Corpus, and the Magna Carta: Reflections on Representing Prisoners in the 21st Century
Presenter: Professor Brad Colbert, Resident Adjunct Professor at William Mitchell College of Law; Director of the Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners Clinic at William Mitchell; Assistant State Public Defender. 

Reception and Presentation of Law Day Awards
Following the CLE, join us in congratulating this year’s Law Day Award recipients:
Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award: Hon. Edward Cleary, Chief Judge, Minnesota Court of Appeals
Liberty Bell Award: Joanne Miller, Executive Director, Criminal Defense Services, Inc.

CLE Details
The idea, or maybe the myth, of the Magna Carta is that it established the principle that government is subject to the rule of law and that the rule of law protects individual liberties against excesses of government.  Perhaps the best test of whether a government is subject to the rule of law rule is how government treats people accused of breaking its laws. As Dostoevsky declared: “A society should not be judged on how it treats its outstanding citizens, but by how it treats its criminals.”

So, how’s the Magna Carta doing?  Professor Colbert will discuss this issue and what he’s learned in twenty-five years of representing people who have been accused of breaking the law. The discussion will include coverage of ethical issues faced when representing defendants, including communication (Rule 1.4) and scope of representation (Rule 1.2). 

REGISTER
If you have any questions, please email us at info@ramseybar.org or call 651-222-0846.

Before and after the event, all attendees are invited to tour the Ramsey County Law Library, on the 18th floor of the courthouse.