Fortnight for Freedom 2012: Religious Liberty, Conscience Rights, and Participation of Faith Communities in the Public Square

A Continuing Legal Education Program (CLE)

(Open to Attorneys and Non-Attorneys)

Thursday, June 28, 2012

8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

University of St. Thomas Law School
1000 LaSalle Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55403

“(A)ll men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of Religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities . . . if any act shall be hereafter passed to repeal the present or to narrow its operation, such act will be an infringement of natural right.” (Thomas Jefferson: Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom, 1779)

The Prolife Center at the University of St. Thomas and the Minnesota Catholic Conference are sponsoring a CLE on “Religious Liberty, Conscience Rights, and Participation of Faith Communities in the Public Square.”

This is an all-day CLE which has been approved for 6.75 hours of CLE credit including two hours elimination of bias and one hour of ethics. Lunch and two refreshment breaks are included. The cost is $20 for general attendance and $75 for those who wish to receive CLE credit. The MN CLE Course # is 168110.

Faculty will include the following:
Jason Adkins, executive director of the Minnesota Catholic Conference
Fr. Daniel Griffith, faculty fellow of law, University of St. Thomas Law School
Andy Eisenzimmer, chancellor for civil affairs for the Archdiocese of St. Paul- Minneapolis
Eric Magnuson, shareholder at Briggs and Morgan, P.A.
Richard W. Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, University of Minnesota
Teresa S. Collett, professor of law and director of the Prolife Center at the University of St. Thomas
William Lemire, shareholder at Arthur Chapman Kettering Smetak & Pikala, P.A.
Roger Magnuson, partner at Dorsey & Whitney

Co-sponsored by the Prolife Center at the University of St. Thomas and the Minnesota Catholic Conference.

This is an MCC First Freedom Project event, and part of a series of Minnesota-based USCCB Fortnight of Freedom educational and catechetical events.