Symposium: An Intentional Conversation about Conflict Resolution in Health Care

SymposiumThe American health care system affects every man, women and child in our country. It encompasses over 15% of our Gross Domestic Product. Costs of care continue to rise and insurance premiums routinely increase at double digit rates. Regulators and health care managers impose policies that affect medical decisions and access to treatment. Advertising and internet research drive patient medical requests while the threat of malpractice claims impacts physician judgment and decision-making. Ultimately, fewer Americans can afford the high price of health and many feel disengaged from crucial health and life decisions.

At the same time, we hold onto important myths about our system: that doctors and patients are still in charge of our medical decisions; that the American system promotes egalitarian principles of fairness and open access to the finest care in the world; that individual citizens have real choices about the management of their health. This intractable clash between myth and reality has consumed policy-makers and fueled conflict at many levels for years.

This clash between myth and reality is even more complex in light of our rapidly changing society. Health care decisions are influenced by different and competing value systems: an increasingly diverse and aging population of patients; a growing universe of traditional and non-traditional health care providers; the ever-expanding role of third-party payors; suppliers promoting rapidly changing technologies and marketing directly to patients; policy-makers who promote increasingly divided ideologies and regulators caught in the middle. The result is an overwhelmingly complex set of challenges that provoke conflict at all levels.

How do we move forward? How can professionals from the conflict resolution field be constructive partners with health care professionals in working through these many difficult and complex conflicts? The 2007 Symposium on Advanced Issues in Dispute Resolution addresses these two questions.

Recognizing that the system cannot be easily "fixed" or the problem "solved," the Symposium will specifically focus on how health care professionals and conflict resolvers can work together to identify essential guiding principles for addressing conflicts across the health care field. The Symposium will bring nationally recognized representatives of patients, health care providers, payors and regulators together with experienced conflict resolution professionals to identify and articulate a key set of principles for responsible decision-making in health care conflicts.


Where: St. Paul, MN
When: Nov. 8, 2007 - 1:00AM
Contact: Deb Berghoff 651-523-2946 or dberghoff@hamline.edu Top

Webcast: Advanced Fraud and Abuse Issues

Thursday, November 8, 2007, 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. CST |1.0 CLE credit |Tuition: $75

Combating fraud and abuse is a priority for federal agencies and the U.S. Attorney’s office in particular. Based on recent legislation to enhance enforcement capabilities, there is reason to expect even more government enforcement activity in the future. In this program Prof. Jesson moderates a discussion of advanced topics related to fraud and abuse.

Presented by Joan D. Humes, Ovations/United Health Group, Minnetonka, Minn., and D. Gerald Wilhelm, U.S. Attorney's Office, Minneapolis; moderated by Prof. Lucinda E. Jesson, Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul.


Register Now for Advanced Fraud and Abuse Issues

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When: Nov. 8, 2007 - 10:00AM
Contact: MN CLE 651-227-8266 Top

November Dean’s Dinner to Highlight Future of Legal Education

Dean Miles Veryl Victoria Miles, dean and professor at The Catholic University’s Columbus School of Law, is a graduate of Wells College in Aurora, New York and a law graduate of The Catholic University of America. She teaches consumer bankruptcy and several courses in commercial law. Much of her scholarship has been devoted to the subject of consumer bankruptcy law.
She has taught at the Columbus School of Law school since 1987. During the years of 1997 through 1999, Dean Miles served as the associate dean of Academic Affairs at the law school.

Prior to joining the faculty at CUA, Dean Miles was on the law faculty at George Mason University School of Law. She has also taught in the summer school program at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, Missouri, and served as an adjunct professor at the American University of Law in Washington, D.C. Dean Miles served as the Deputy Director of the Association of American Law Schools from August 2001–August 2003. She was named dean of the Columbus School of Law in 2005.

On Monday, November 12, 2007, Hamline University School of Law will present its annual Dean's Dinner in the unique surroundings of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. The 2007 Dean's Dinner keynote speakers will be Pepperdine University's School of Law Dean Kenneth Starr and Dean Veryl Miles of the Columbus School of Law in Washington, D.C. Starr and Miles have been icons in the development of law and politics, and each will bring quite different experience and perspective to a discussion on the future of law and legal education.

The November 12 Dean's Dinner will be preceded by a reception at 6:00 p.m. in the atrium adjacent to the Modern Galleries of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Dinner follows in Graves Hall at 7:15 p.m., with the keynote address at 8:30 p.m.

The Dean's Dinner symbolizes Hamline Law School's drive to transcend the norm by bringing visionary thinkers to stimulating venues in an annual event that is without equal. The 2007 Dean's Dinner is sure to meet the Hamline standard as a memorable and inspiring evening.

For information regarding table sponsorships for the 2007 Dean's Dinner or to purchase tickets, please contact Susan H. Stephan at 651-523-2338 or by e-mail at sstephan01@hamline.edu.

Dean Kenn Starr Kenneth Starr, dean and professor at Pepperdine University School of Law, is admitted to practice in California, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Supreme Court. In the 1970's, he clerked for The Honorable David W. Dyer of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, and for U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren E. Burger.

While in private practice, he was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. In addition to working in the private sector, he has served as Counselor to U.S. Attorney General William French Smith, Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, Solicitor General of the United States, and Independent Counsel on the Whitewater matter. As Solicitor General, he argued twenty-five cases before the Supreme Court involving a wide range of governmental regulatory and constitutional issues of commercial importance.

Dean Starr is a member of numerous professional organizations and boards, including the American Law Institute, the Supreme Court Historical Society, and the American Inns of Court. Starr's areas of expertise are antitrust, federal courts and federal jurisdiction, and constitutional law. He teaches Current Constitutional Issues. He earned an M.A. from Brown University, and a J.D. from Duke University, 1973. He has served as dean of the Pepperdine School of Law since 2004.


Where: Minneapolis Art Institute
When: Nov. 12, 2007 - 7:00PM
Contact: Susan H. Stephan (651-523-2338) or Anne M. Markus (651-523-2943) Top

Law & Leadership Series Welcomes Dean Veryl Miles

Dean Miles' address will focus on the importance of educating law students about their pro bono commitment in law school and beyond, and the impact pro bono opportunities can have in forming the service leadership we hope our students will assume as practitioners.
Where: Hamline University School of Law Annette K. Levine Moot Court Room
When: Feb. 28, 2008 - 12:00PM
Contact: Questions can be directed to Deb Lange at 651-523-2122 Top

2007-08 Alumni CLE Luncheons

November 20, 2007: Invigorating Minnesota Filmmaking

Local entertainment lawyers will present a panel discussion on the role of attorneys in Minnesota 's film business. Panelists include Dean Jon Garon, Hamline University School of Law; Dan Satorius, Lommen, Abdo, Cole, King & Stageberg, P.A.; and John Stout, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. Co-sponsored by the MSBA's Art & Entertainment Section. One hour of standard CLE credit applied for.
Date: Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Time: 12 noon - 1:30 p.m.
Location: Sorin Hall A/B, Hamline University
Cost including lunch: $15; Hamline law alumni and A&E Section members: $10

Please feel free to register by e-mail at lawalum@hamline.edu or by calling 651-523-2338. You can pay the $10 registration fee by check or credit card at the event, by credit card over the phone, or by sending a check to the following address:

Law Alumni Relations Office
1536 Hewitt Ave
MS-D2005
Saint Paul, MN 55104

By way of a CLE overview for the spring, the dates of our 2008 CLE luncheons are: February 21, March 18 and April 17, and our full-day spring Alumni Day CLE will take place on March 7, 2008, on campus at Klas Center.

 


Where: Sorin Hall A/B, Hamline University
When: Nov. 20, 2007 - 1:00PM
Contact: lawalum@hamline.edu or 651-523-2338 Top

Webcast: Designing a Wellness Plan - Legal and Practical Hurdles

Thursday, December 13, 2007, 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. CST |1.0 CLE credit |Tuition: $75

With health care costs increasing, the value of keeping people healthy with wellness plans is evident. In this installment, Prof. Jesson and the panel will discuss advanced topics related to the legal and practical hurdles when creating wellness plans.

Presented by A. Melinda Maher, Oppenheimer Wolff and Donnelly LLP, Minneapolis, and Kristyn M. W. Mullin, Director of Benefits, Allina Health System, Minneapolis; moderated by Prof. Lucinda E. Jesson, Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul.

Register Now for Designing a Wellness Plan - Legal and Practical Hurdles

Full registration link to copy and paste in your browser: http://www.minncle.org/AABuy0.asp?ITEMTYPE=S&ITEMNMBR=124990801
Where: To register for the webcasts visit Minnesota CLE
When: Dec. 13, 2007 - 10:00AM
Contact: MN CLE 651-227-8266 Top

Law Alumni Breakfast New York City

New York City Alumni Breakfast- January 3, 2008 from 7:30 - 8:30 a.m.

Hamline University School of Law is hosting an alumni breakfast in New York City in conjunction with the annual Association of American Law Schools (AALS) conference.

Lincoln Suite, Fourth Floor, Hilton New York, 1335 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019


Where: Lincoln Suite, Fourth Floor, Hilton New York, 1335 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019
When: Jan. 3, 2008 - 8:30AM
Contact: Anne M. Markus, 651-523-2943 Top

Webcast: Update on Non-Profit Governance ...

Update on Non-Profit Governance , the Redesigned 990, Community Benefits and Beyond
Thursday, January 10, 2008, 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. CST |1.0 CLE credit |Tuition: $75

Health care organizations have particular rules, regulations, and requirements for non-profit governance and retaining tax-exempt status. In the final program in the series, Prof. Jesson and her guests will cover advanced topics related to non-profit governance, the redesigned IRS Form 990, community benefits and other issues.

Presented by Paul M. Torgerson, Dorsey and Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, and Gina M. Kastel, Faegre and Benson LLP, Minneapolis; moderated by Prof. Lucinda E. Jesson, Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul.

Register Now for Update on Non-Profit Governance, the Redesigned 990, Community Benefits and Beyond

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Where:

To register for the webcast please visit MNCLE.org


When: Jan. 10, 2008 - 10:00AM
Contact: MN CLE 651-227-8266 Top