2020 Minnesota TZD Webinar Series

COVID, Court Decisions, and Challenges: Legal and Legislative Updates Affecting Traffic Safety

Tuesday, October 20, 2020
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Central Time

About the Webinar

During this webinar, you will learn about new legislative changes, including changes to Minnesota Statute 169, new court decisions from both the United States Supreme Court and Minnesota Supreme Court, and updates and legal challenges regarding source code of breath test devices and how COVID-19 is affecting court cases. You won't want to miss this update on changes to laws related to traffic safety.

Moderator

Lisa Kons, Traffic Safety Programs Manager, Minnesota Safety Council

Speakers

David Bernstein is a prosecutor with the Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office who specializes in DWI and traffic cases. He attended the full two-week DRE school and handles both alcohol and drug-impaired DWI cases in Hennepin County District Court and the Minnesota appellate courts. Mr. Bernstein regularly presents DWI-related CLEs and law enforcement trainings across the state. He is also the chair of Minnesota’s DWI Task Force, through which he drafts, advocates, and testifies about proposed DWI legislative changes.

Amy J. Tripp-Steiner is a prosecutor for the City of Minneapolis, where she prosecutes both alcohol and drug-impaired driving cases. She attended the full two-week DRE School and has applied that training in the courtroom as well as being a presenter at educational seminars to attorneys and law enforcement around the State of Minnesota. Ms. Tripp-Steiner previously worked as an assistant attorney general for the State of Minnesota litigating implied consent cases.

Bill Lemons joined the Minnesota County Attorneys Association in 2008 and currently serves as the traffic safety resource prosecutor for the State of Minnesota. In 2007, this was a new program in the state, and Mr. Lemons was responsible for its creation and development. In this position, he provides training, research, technical assistance, and support to Minnesota’s prosecutors, law enforcement and other traffic safety partners. The program is funded through a federal grant from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and is administered by the Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety. Mr. Lemons has extensive jury trial experience in the DWI area and is a frequent presenter at CLE seminars.

Registration

This webinar is free to attend, but registration is required. Once you have registered, you will receive an email confirmation with a Zoom link. The link should not be shared with others; it is unique to you.

Attendance at the live webinar broadcast is limited to the first 1,000 registrants, so early registration is encouraged.

If you're unable to join us for the live broadcast, a recording of the webinar will be available here after the event.

• Register for the live broadcast

Webinar Access

This webinar will be hosted using Zoom. We recommend that all registrants test their connection prior to the workshop using Zoom’s test meeting. If you are new to Zoom, we recommend viewing the Zoom Tips for Joining and Participating in Webinars tutorial page.

Credit

1.0 Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit, 1.0 POST credit, and 1.0 Professional Development Hour (PDH) are pending.

More Information

For more information about the webinar, please contact Linda Dolan at ldolan@umn.edu. With questions about registration, please contact Abigayle O'Keefe at ccapsconf5@umn.edu.

Sponsors

The webinar is offered by the Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths Program and the Minnesota Departments of Health, Public Safety, and Transportation, with funding from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The webinar is hosted by the University of Minnesota's Center for Transportation Studies and facilitated by the College of Continuing and Professional Studies.