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John Grisham Headlines Innocence Project Event in October
Join the Innocence Project of Minnesota on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 for its annual benefit dinner, program and live auction. Bestselling author and attorney John Grisham is the featured guest speaker. The event, to be held at The Depot in Minneapolis, begins at 5:30 with cocktails and a silent auction. The formal program begins at 7 p.m. with dinner to be followed by the keynote address by Grisham. For tickets, contact Erika Applebaum at 651-523-3152 or eapplebaum@ipmn.org.
The Innocence Project of Minnesota (IPMN) mission is simple: striving to keep innocent people from being convicted and to free people imprisoned for crimes they didn't commit. Nationwide, due to the efforts of the Innocence Network, more than 200 innocent people have been released from prison after serving an average of 12 years for crimes they did not commit. To learn more, visit ipmn.org.
Hamline Offers Midwest's only Accredited Health Care Corporate Compliance Certificate Program
Hamline's Health Law Institute to offer one of only four certified programs in the nation"Shape and Quality of our Common Life" Topic of Upcoming Symposium
Emerging and distinguished scholars from around the globe will participate in the symposium, which coincides with the 25th anniversary of the Journal of Law and Religion, on Oct. 23-25 at Hamline University
As Americans grapple today with questions about how closely religious principles should be tied to society's secular institutions, the Journal of Law and Religion has been exploring these thorny issues for the past 25 years and is considered an international leader in this arena. An upcoming symposium sponsored by the Journal, "Speaking of Law and Religion," will feature presentations from national and international scholars from many religious traditions.
The symposium will be held October 23-25 at Hamline University in St. Paul and is funded, in part, with the generous support of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory Law School. More information is available about the "Speaking of Law and Religion" symposium at www.hamline.edu/law/jlr or by contacting Linda Berglin at lberglin@hamline.edu.
"The conversation is no longer simply an American conversation," noted Journal Editor-in-Chief and Hamline University School of Law Associate Dean Marie Failinger. "Increasingly it is an international conversation that embraces many religious traditions. We're particularly excited about the upcoming symposium, which is bringing together both emerging and distinguished scholars who will discuss what the next generation of law and religion is going to look like."
Mary Foarde: HLI Practitioner in Residence
Mary Foarde has been named Practitioner in Residence for the winter and spring of 2009 by the Hamline Health Law Institute. Foarde has been practicing health law for 28 years. She currently serves as General Counsel of Allina. In addition to her ongoing role at Allina, Foarde will teach "Health Care Reform and the Legislative Process" in spring 2009 and will work with Institute students on related matters. The legislative course will examine efforts to improve health care systems through legislation with a particular focus on actions of the Minnesota legislature and gubernatorial administrations during the past 20 years. She also will work with students on key areas the Health Law Institute is focusing on for the coming year: governance of health care institutions, legislation surrounding health care reform, and practical legal counseling and leadership.
Learning Outcomes Adopted by Law School
Professor Sharon Sandeen recently presented an "Introduction to Learning Outcomes," to students. She explained that Hamline law professors adopted the learning outcomes on May 12, 2008, just days before the ABA published similar goals for law school learning. The three key goals of the program are to instill in students knowledge, skills and professionalism. The knowledge component encompasses competence and knowledge of foundational areas of the law, as well as structures of the U.S. legal system and operative law in a global context. The focus of the skills component is to allow students to learn, practice, and apply the skills and methods essential for effective lawyering. Comprehension and synthesis of the reasoning behind rules and legal authorities with be the focus of this component during the first year of law school. Finally, the professionalism component emphasizes the attributes, attitudes, and practices that are befitting of the honorable and respected profession of law.
