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    • 10/02/2025
    • 8:00 AM
    • 10/04/2025
    • 3:00 PM
    • Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • 32
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    Registration for the Cooperative Professionals Guild's 2025 Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota from Oct. 2nd to Oct. 4th is now open! If you have not visited the 2025 Conference page on our website, link to it here: https://coopguild.wildapricot.org/2025CPGconference

    Please visit the 2025 Conference page regularly for updates!

    Join us for an in-person opportunity to share, learn, and strategize together in support of a healthy and thriving cooperative ecosystem! If you cannot attend in person, we have a virtual option that will include most sessions of the conference.

    This is the only national conference that brings together lawyers, accountants, paraprofessionals, students of those professions, and others working in support of cooperatives. We really hope to see you there!

    Members and Subscribers of CPG may register for the Member ticket rate and Non-members are welcome to register at the Non-member ticket rate. Some scholarships are available! Keep reading...

    Link to Request a Scholarship. If you would like to apply for a full or partial scholarship, please DO NOT REGISTER NOW and fill out the linked application below. If you are a law or accounting student; another type of student; or a professional in need of financial assistance to attend the conference, please apply by filling out the linked Google form application below:

    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfHLSA6PssSJ7Yp0KeAMdfNCs0nSO6z_wARPsp_EQL0UqYWqw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=114265954679510644154   If approved, you will receive a registration link and a code to register for the conference that will apply the scholarship award.

    Link to Register for Dinner and a Discussion at Owamni on Thursday Night. This is a reserved group dinner and presentation at Owamni by the Sioux Chef (https://owamni.com/). The presentation with conference participants will be about Native American sustainable foods & food systems. There is a limit in the number of people who can register for this dinner, and participants will each purchase their own meal for this event. Owamni registration here: Owamni Dinner Registration (O) - Conference 2025

    Link to register for the Co-op Tour. The tour will be on Saturday, Oct.4th from approximately 11:00 to 3:00 pm and will include visits with four local cooperatives in the Twin Cities area. Bus transportation will be provided. Tour registration here: Twin Cities Co-op Tour Registration

    Thank you for attending and sharing space with us to learn, share, and strategize on how we can help cooperatives build a better world!


Past events

08/22/2025 August Coffee Chat
08/14/2025 Mutualistic Funds for the US Cooperative Movement: A New Model of Cooperative Financing in the US?
07/25/2025 July Coffee Chat
07/24/2025 "Slouching Toward Democracy: Operationalizing Sociocracy On The Fly"
06/27/2025 June Coffee Chat
06/19/2025 Organizing Food Hubs as Cooperatives, Local Food Grounded in Community
05/23/2025 May Coffee Chat
05/15/2025 A Reset Moment — Generational Fundamental Cooperatives
04/18/2025 April Coffee Chat
03/21/2025 March Coffee Chat
02/20/2025 Beyond DIY and Non-Attorney TA: Why Competent Legal Expertise Matters With Jenny Kassan and Jason Wiener
01/24/2025 January Coffee Chat
12/19/2024 ICA Group’s Survey of Worker Cooperative Bylaws and Operating Agreements With Mike Sandmel and Khalif Nunnally-Rivera
12/12/2024 Cooperative Professionals Guild 2024 Annual Members Meeting
12/06/2024 December Coffee Chat
11/14/2024 Creating Sustainable Jobs Through Union Co-ops With Rob Witherell
10/31/2024 When Nature Goes to Court: Rights of Nature and Their Alignment With Cooperatives With Cheryl Markham
10/25/2024 October Coffee Chat
09/27/2024 September Coffee Chat
09/19/2024 Co-op Legal and Tax Update With Rebecca Thoune and Todd Hoppe
07/25/2024 Examples of Cooperative Development Policy Agenda & Achievements from British Columbia, Canada
06/20/2024 Movement Lawyering in Multi-Jurisdictions: Revisiting Rule 5.5, the Unauthorized Practice of Law With Pacyinz Lyfoung
05/30/2024 Building Decolonized Legal Frameworks for Communal Living-Working-Governing through Dine (Navajo) Fundamental Law
04/26/2024 April Coffee Chat: Being a Rebel Cooperative Professional
04/25/2024 Employment Law Fundamentals for Co-ops with Wilder Clements
03/29/2024 March Coffee Chat
02/29/2024 Cooperatives and Antitrust With Lucy Clippinger
02/23/2024 February Coffee Chat: Running our businesses
01/26/2024 January Coffee Chat: Chart CPG's course for 2024 (Part 2/2)
01/11/2024 (Almost) Everything a Cooperative Attorney Needs to Know About Plant Patents
12/08/2023 December Coffee Chat: Chart CPG's course for 2024
12/07/2023 Co-op "Beneficial Owner" Reporting Under Corporate Transparency Act With Alix Devendra
11/02/2023 Cooperative Professionals Guild 2023 Annual Conference
10/13/2023 2023 Board Elections Q&A Coffee Chat
09/28/2023 Cooperative Formation in Indian Country with Eva Seidelman, Aaron Sims, and Bijiibah Begaye
09/21/2023 Cheryl and Tom's Excellent Adventures in International Co-op Law
08/24/2023 Union Co-ops II With Ariana Levinson
07/27/2023 Trademark Basics for Rural Cooperative Businesses With Jason Lott
07/21/2023 July 21 Members+Subscribers Coffee Chat
06/30/2023 June 30 Members' Coffee Chat
06/15/2023 Introduction to Housing Cooperatives Featuring Terry Lewis, David Rosebud Sparer, and Jerome Hughes
05/25/2023 What Your Co-op Bylaws Need With CPA David Antoni and Attorney Todd Eskelsen
05/12/2023 Meet Co-op Accountants May 12 at Guild Members' Coffee Chat hosted by the Cooperative Professionals Guild
05/05/2023 Co-op Professionals Guild Members Coffee Chat: The Academic Edit, Fri. May 5, 2023
04/27/2023 Allocating Patronage: Accounting and Legal Considerations With Preston Cardinet of CliftonLarsonAllen
03/31/2023 Co-op Professionals Guild Members Coffee Chat Fri. Mar 31
03/23/2023 Update on Diné Nihi Kéyah Project: Toward a Navajo Vision for Land Use Featuring Josey Foo
02/24/2023 How to provide or receive mentoring or of-counsel practice support - Join our Friday Feb. 24 Member Coffee Chat to discuss
02/23/2023 Cooperative Entity Choice Deep Dive: IRC Subchapter T, K, or S?
01/26/2023 Basic Cooperative Taxation Featuring Teree Castanias and Brett Huston, CPAs
12/08/2022 Conversation With Dr. Karama Neal, USDA Rural Business Cooperative Service Administrator
11/18/2022 Cooperative Professionals Guild Nov. 18 Members Coffee Chat
11/17/2022 Bankruptcy: an Opportunity for Cooperative Conversions?
10/27/2022 CLE on Union Co-ops and Labor Law with Ariana Levinson
09/22/2022 Discussion of Diné Nihi Kéyah Project: Mapping Navajo Nation Land History, Law and Custom
09/16/2022 Join our next Members’ Coffee Chat September 16
08/25/2022 Federation of Southern Cooperatives’ Dãnia Davy to Give Update on Farmer Debt Relief Provision in American Rescue Plan Act
08/12/2022 Join our first Members’ Coffee Chat August 12
07/21/2022 Decolonizing the Cooperative Movement: Oral Histories from CPG Members and Friends
06/16/2022 Limited Cooperative Association "Deep Dive"
05/26/2022 Conceptualizing Tribal Cooperatives in their Purest Form
04/21/2022 Ethics and Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession, Current Innovations and Limitations, Cooperatives and Just Transition Perspectives
03/17/2022 Community Land Trusts and Housing Cooperatives - CPG Webinar
02/17/2022 Platform Cooperatives: Emerging Trends, Concepts, and Best Practices
01/25/2022 Circle Members-only evaluation of association software
01/20/2022 WEBINAR - Taking Worker Cooperative Transitions to Scale with Project Equity
01/17/2022 Membership Circle Weekly Meetings
11/18/2021 New Tools to Streamline Cooperative Formation – Artisan Chocolates Case Study

The Cooperative Professionals Guild, 2024


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