Lawyers e-Journal
Thursday, Mar. 11, 2010
MBA section news
Criminal Justice Section Council open meeting; Civil Litigation evening roundtable; Individual Rights & Responsibilities open meeting; How to Represent Claimants (employees) at Unemployment Insurance Hearings
Criminal Justice Section Council
open meeting
Tuesday, March 16, 5:30-7
p.m.
MBA, 20 West St., Boston
The Criminal Justice Section
Council's guest speaker at the March 16 open meeting will
be Parole Board Chairman Mark Conrad. All
section members are invited to attend.
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Civil Litigation evening
roundtable
Mediation Advocacy Tips,
Tactics and Techniques
Thursday, March 25, 5-7 p.m.
MBA, 20 West St., Boston
As more civil disputes are now
resolved through ADR than trials, civil litigators must learn how
to use case presentation skills to maximize the prospect for
favorable results in mediation. Topics include:
- How to prepare your case for mediation;
- How to use body language to enhance advocacy; and
- How to use trial techniques in ADR to support your case
presentation.
Co-sponsors:
Federal Bar Association, Massachusetts Defense Lawyers
Association; MBA Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee
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Individual Rights &
Responsibilities open meeting
Guantanamo Bay: Opened -
Closed, Why and When
Thursday, April 8, 4-6 p.m.
MBA, 20 West St., Boston
This open meeting presentation will
explore the legal issues relating to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - whether
and to what extent Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should be opened or
closed, and the faculty will suggest what role citizens and legal
practitioners can have as to the legal and political process.
Topics include:
- Representation of detainees;
- The legal, ethical and political issues involved in
representation of detainees;
- The role of citizens and lawyers as to Guantanamo Bay;
- Selected syllabus of Supreme Court decisions regarding
detainees;
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How to Represent Claimants (employees) at Unemployment
Insurance Hearings
Thursday, April 8, noon-3
p.m.
MBA, 20 West St., Boston
The Labor & Employment, Civil
Litigation and Access to Justice sections and Young Lawyers
Division are proud to co-sponsor a training seminar on How to
Represent Claimants (employees) at Unemployment Insurance
Hearings. This seminar will be provided by Greater Boston
Legal Service's Employment Law Unit and the Volunteer Lawyers
Project.
The program is free of charge, however, all attendees are strongly
encouraged to become a member of the Volunteer Lawyers Project pro
bono panel and agree to take one pro bono unemployment insurance
case over the next year. Given the current economic climate, there
is an enormous need for claimant representation at unemployment
hearings. Legal Services, however, cannot not meet the demand for
representation therefore we urge all attendees to volunteer to be
part of VLP's pro-bono panel. All volunteers must be licensed to
practice law in Massachusetts. Training topics will include:
- How to represent a claimant at an unemployment hearing;
- Basic procedures for initial unemployment determinations;
and
- Practical information about conducting direct and cross
examination and witness preparation.