Women of ABOTA High Tea and CLE (November 12, 2026)

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 19:00:00 GMT

You are invited to join the women of Minnesota ABOTA for high tea and a CLE program. This event is open to non-ABOTA members.

From High-Achieving Lawyer to Institutional Leader

How many of us have spent our careers striving to be excellent lawyers, only to realize that winning at trial is a completely different skillset than winning in your career or organization? Why do women in the corporate world often receive a clear leadership roadmap, while women attorneys are left to navigate the "unspoken rules" on their own? In this session, we will move beyond defining leadership as billable hours, business development, or even winning lawsuits.

We will explore the leadership gap in the legal profession and how to make the fundamental shift from being a high-achieving lawyer and subject matter expert to managing and influencing others. Drawing on research and strategies from the broader corporate world, we will examine three critical pillars of leadership: managing your career (becoming the architect of your own advancement), managing your team (shifting from technical oversight to empowering and developing others), and managing up (building the consensus and relationships necessary for influence). Participants will learn practical, high-impact strategies and how to leverage their existing courtroom skills such as executive presence and empathy.

Whether you are aiming for partnership, a General Counsel role, or managing your own firm, you will leave this session having taken an actionable step toward claiming your seat at the table.

Speaker:
Emily Zuckerman
Emily is an attorney, executive leader, and strategist who speaks on women’s leadership, career advancement, and the transition from high achievement to positions of influence. She holds a JD, a PhD in women’s legal and labor history, and executive training from AscentPoint Leadership.

CLE:
1.0 credit applied for

Cost:
$45 per person
includes High Tea service at Brit's Pub (assorted teas, finger sandwiches, pastries, fruit, and desserts)

Schedule:
1:00pm | High Tea Service
1:30pm | CLE Program

This program is generously sponsored by:

www.capitalplanninginc.com

MN Governmental Immunity and the Ethics of Framing the Case (November 18, 2026)

Wed, 18 Nov 2026 18:00:00 GMT

This program provides a practical roadmap to the doctrines that shield state and local government from tort liability in Minnesota, including sovereign immunity (Minn. Stat. § 3.736), municipal immunity (Minn. Stat. ch. 466), statutory discretionary-function immunity, official immunity, and vicarious official immunity.

The program will explore the ethical and professional responsibility requirements of immunity litigation, where a case's outcome often turns on how counsel characterizes the government's conduct. The discussion will focus on the tension between a lawyer's duty of zealous advocacy and the duty of candor to the tribunal under Minn. R. Prof. Conduct 3.3, and the related obligation under Rule 3.1 to assert only non-frivolous, good-faith positions. Using the plaintiff's incentive to frame conduct as "operational" or "ministerial" and the defense's incentive to frame the same conduct as discretionary "policy," the program explores where vigorous, permissible framing ends and misleading or unsupportable characterization of facts and law begins.

Speaker:
Mark Bradford, Bradford Andresen Norrie & Camarotto

1.0 Ethics Credit applied for in MN

American Board of Trial Advocates - Minnesota Chapter upcoming events

Women of ABOTA High Tea and CLE (November 12, 2026)

MN Governmental Immunity and the Ethics of Framing the Case (November 18, 2026)