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Bias CLE 599 to 1
Sunday, February 22, 2004
 
MILE MARKER: "Rest in Peace"
The Minnesota Institute of Legal Education (MILE) has announced that it will no longer sponsor courses. MILE and the various arms of the Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA) combined to sponsor about half of the courses approved for Elimination of Bias credit in Minnesota.

Although MILE has never offered a significant ideological alternative to the MSBA's Elimination of Bias courses, this strengthening of the MSBA market control is troubling. For offerings outside the Twin Cities, the MSBA has a near monopoly. Frank Harris, who coordinates most of the bar association's CLE offerings, has said that he did not present conservative opinions because he did not believe that there was a market for it. This is not surprising, since the bar association sponsored the 1994 petition to implement the Elimination of Bias requirement.

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