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Registration for the AIPG MN Section's Wednesday, March 4th, 2026, ethics talk is now open online!

The cost is $25 for members and non-members. Students may attend free of charge. 

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Ethics Training

Presented by David Schultz, Hamline University Professor and Winston Folkers Endowed Distinguished Faculty Chair

Presentation Overview

Presentation details forthcoming.

Distinguished Hamline University Professor David Schultz (https://www.hamline.edu/faculty-staff/david-schultz), has asked us to provide some industry specific content related to ethics to bolster the value of the ethics training and discussion. Do you have any ethics related questions, scenarios, or discussion points from your experience as a professional geologist that you would like to share? Anonymity will be respected.  If you wish to include your name or initials in your response, feel free to do so. 

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Biography

David Schultz is a Distinguished University Professor in the Departments of Political Science, Environmental Studies, and Legal Studies at Hamline University. He is also an adjunct professor of Law at the University of Minnesota and at the University of St. Thomas, and an affiliate faculty member at the Lithuanian Military Academy in Vilnius, Lithuania. A four-time Fulbright scholar who has taught extensively in Europe and Asia, and the winner of the Leslie A. Whittington national award for excellence in public affairs teaching, David is the author of more than 45 books and 200+ articles on various aspects of American politics, election law, and the media and politics, and he is regularly interviewed and quoted in the local, national, and international media on these subjects including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, the Economist, and National Public Radio. His most recent books are Constitutional Precedent in US Supreme Court Reasoning (2022), Handbook of Election Law (2022), and Presidential Swing States (2022). Prior to teaching, Professor Schultz served as a city director of planning, zoning and code enforcement, and as a housing and economic planner for a community action agency. David is on the ACS Minnesota Advisory Board and is former executive director of Common Cause Minnesota and a former vice-president for the Minnesota and South Texas chapters of the American Civil Liberties Union. He is licensed to practice law in Minnesota and before the US Supreme Court.