North Dakota (ND) Military Law CLE Course Catalog

This program focuses on legal issues for military families with special needs. You will learn about common educational and school related issues that military families with special needs face. You will also learn about special needs planning for military families, concentrating on special needs trusts, guardianship issues, and public benefits. This program is designed for military attorneys working in legal assistance, as well as civilian lawyers whose practices involve military-connected clients or issues.

From this program, you will learn about key aspects of immigration law for members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their families, focusing on some of the unique immigration challenges and benefits, along with exploring new policy developments in immigration effecting the military. This program is designed for military attorneys working in legal assistance as well as civilian lawyers whose practices involve military-connected clients or issues.

From this program, you will learn about the National Guard duty statuses and how various federal laws and protections - such as the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA), and other federal laws - apply to National Guard members in each duty status. You will also learn how to better identify and apply appropriate actions for violations of USERRA, focusing on the statute’s reemployment, discrimination, and pension related provisions. This program is designed for military attorneys working in legal assistance as well as civilian lawyers whose practices involve military-connected clients or issues.

Dishonorably discharged personnel suffer the loss of a wide variety of benefits, but legal remedies through discharge upgrade boards may be available. Learn all about these boards and appeals to them, including best practice tips for brief writing and the type of evidence to include with an application.

Every attorney and judge needs to be aware of the implications of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) for their clients. Whatever your practice, if you have a civil case that may involve at least one party who is a military member or dependent there are special rights and privileges of which you must be aware. From litigation, debt collections, mortgage payments, taxation, lease enforcement, and to most other civil matters, the involvement of servicemembers means you need to brush up on your SCRA - join us and do just that!