Registration Opens Today for the Legal Services Statewide Conference

Legal Services State Support is excited to announce that registration opens today for the 2024 Statewide Conference — Bridging Worlds: Community, Culture, and the Work of Legal Aid. The conference will be held from Wednesday, November 6 to Friday, November 8 at Madden's on Gull Lake in Brainerd, MN.

This year's conference plenaries bring the community together to learn about how to connect with and serve Native clients dealing with our legal system, the challenges we face in our community-centered work and how to respond with hope, possibility, and interdependence, and tech topics with the power to amplify legal aid's impact. We'll also welcome State Representative and attorney Jamie Becker-Finn, who will share insights about the historic increase in state funding for civil legal services and public defense, the importance of the People of Color & Indigenous Caucus and Queer Caucus in Minnesota's legislature and the need for more people to engage in the legislative process.

Conference-goers will learn about substantive law updates, hone their legal skills, explore ethical issues unique to legal aid and choose from break-out sessions on cultural competency, conflicts of interest for support staff, embracing neurodiversity, immigration relief, orders for protection hearings, and more. Attendees can earn up to 12.75 CLE credits over the course of the conference from 30.75 available credit hours. CLE credits include Standard (23.25 hours), Elimination of Bias (3.5 hours), Ethics (3 hours) and the new Mental Health requirement (1 hour).

To register for the conference and find out more about breakout sessions, speakers, and social activities, visit the Conference Schedule page. Once there, click on How to Register for an easy step-by-step guide. For frequently asked questions about fees, lodging, and resort policies, see the FAQs page for answers. See you at Madden’s!