Continuing Legal Education

​​​The Dakota County Law Library currently offers one monthly Continuing Legal Education session via Zoom. The Zoom presentation will require you to pre-register. If you are interested in attending the session, please contact the law library at least 24 hours ahead of the program. We cannot guarantee that you will receive a response to your email if it is received after that time frame.

If you are interested in attending future CLEs, please indicate this as well and your name will be placed on a list to receive monthly notifications about upcoming CLEs.

If you only contact the law library asking for information to attend a specific CLE, you will not be placed on the email notification list.

Upcoming sessions

An introductory level discussion about criminal record expungements in Minnesota. We will discuss the purpose and scope of expungements, both statutory under Minnesota Statute 609A, and inherent authority. We will discuss how to determine eligibility under the statute as well as what criteria are used in determining if an expungement should be granted. Finally, we will do a walkthrough of the process and answer some of the frequently asked questions.

Presenters
Landon Ascheman is a criminal defense attorney who has been handling criminal expungements for over a decade across Minnesota. He has served in a variety of capacities relating to public records with both the bar associations and the courts. In addition to his private practice at Ascheman Law, he provides expungement assistance through a variety of clinics, including Mitchell Hamline Self-Help Clinic, Minnesota Adult & Teen Challenge Legal Clinic, and Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services.