Annual Traveling CLE Program - Phoenix

Registration for the Friday, March 18, CLE is closed.  We hope you will travel with us next year.

If you would like to attend Thursday's reception - please email, christine.wv@marquette.edu

 

Thursday, March 17, 2022
Opening Reception
Complimentary
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
AC Hotel Phoenix Downtown | 414 North 5th Street
Phoenix, Arizona

Friday, March 18, 2022
A Day of CLE
Includes a light breakfast and lunch
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Snell & Wilmer
One Arizona Center | 400 East Van Buren Street
Phoenix, Arizona

6 Wisconsin CLE credits will be offered.

The CLE program is free for Marquette lawyers.

Friday, March 18

8:30 a.m. — Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. — Recent Developments in the Fourth Amendment Jurisprudence of the United States Supreme Court and the Wisconsin Appellate Courts
Thomas J. Hammer, L’75, Marquette University Law School

This presentation will address a number of recent appellate decisions that deal with constitutional issues in criminal investigations and prosecutions, with a special emphasis on cases involving the Fourth Amendment and its evolving meaning in the 21st century.

9:50 a.m. — Break

10:00 a.m. — Hidden Traps and Treasures in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Emily A. Constantine, L’12, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Wisconsin

This presentation will discuss provisions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that are underutilized or underappreciated.

10:50 a.m. — Break

11:00 a.m. — The Legal and Regulatory History of the NCAA
Aaron Hernandez, L’13, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University

The NCAA has been the subject of many legal challenges and structural changes recently. Particularly, the concept of “amateurism” has been at the center of a heated debate around the governance of college athletics. However, the legal underpinnings of the organization and its history as a slow-moving membership services organization are often overlooked when discussing these recent hot topics. In this session, participants will learn about the founding of the NCAA and how it has evolved into its current state and the relevance of this to today’s legal issues.

11:50 a.m. — Lunch

12:30 p.m. — Fertile Ground: Growing Workforce Challenges Presented by Cannabis Legalization
Rebeca M. López, L’12, Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.

Although cannabis is illegal under federal law, more than half of all states and the District of Columbia have legalized cannabis for medical use, and multiple states, as well as D.C., have legalized it for recreational use—a dichotomy that presents a unique and complex challenge for employers and employees. This presentation will involve federal and state marijuana laws, discuss specific aspects of the employment relationship affected by the legalization of marijuana, and provide an overview of how employers are navigating this growing area of the law.

1:20 p.m. — Break

1:30 p.m. — Defamation: Old Law Used New Ways and Possible Changes on the Horizon
Patrick J. Schott, L’88, Schott, Bublitz & Engel SC

Defamation law is well established in American jurisprudence, and many of us probably have not revisited this area of law since law school. However, recent high-profile cases have renewed interest in this area of law and demonstrated how defamation law can be used to recover traditional business losses. The question now is whether the courts will reconsider standards that have been in place for decades.

2:20 p.m. — Break

2:30 p.m. — Taxpayer Money: Must It Still Be Used to Build or Significantly Renovate Professional Sports Venues?
Nicholas J. Wood, L’82, Snell & Wilmer LLP

Support for the use of taxpayer funds to build or to significantly renovate professional sports stadiums and arenas is rapidly changing. More and more often, taxpayer advocacy groups, and even the average individual taxpayer, strongly oppose the use of taxpayer money, or even the pledge of a government authority’s full faith and credit, to build or to significantly renovate a professional sports team’s stadium or arena. Is there an alternative to either the taxpayer or a team owner writing a check for the full amount?

3:30 p.m. — Adjourn

QUESTIONS?
Contact Christine Wilczynski-Vogel, associate dean for external relations, events, and facilities, at christine.wv@marquette.edu or 414.288.3167.