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Thursday, May. 6, 2010
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Individual Rights & Responsibilities open meeting; Young Lawyers Division save the date
Individual Rights &
Responsibilities open meeting
Guantanamo Bay: Opened -
Closed, Why and When
Thursday, May 27, 4-6 p.m.
MBA, 20 West St., Boston
This open meeting presentation will
explore the legal issues relating to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as well
as legal, ethical and political principles relating to
detainees.
The panel will explore 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; and
- Selected syllabus of Supreme Court decisions regarding
detainees.
Faculty:
Frank A. Smith, III, Esq., program co-chair, Law
Office of Frank A. Smith III, Boston; Jonathan Mannina,
Esq., program co-chair, Legal Assistance Corp.of Central
Mass., Worcester; Buz Eisenberg, Esq., Weinberg
& Garber PC, Northampton; Shiva Karimi, Esq.,
Karimi & Associates PC, Boston; Kevin G. Powers,
Esq., Rodgers, Powers & Schwartz LLP, Boston;
Robert Roughsedge, Esq., Lawson & Weitzen LLP,
Boston
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Save the date: Young Lawyers
Division
open meeting
Thursday, May 20, 6 p.m.
MBA 20 West St., Boston
Mark your calendar and join members of
YLD for a lively and informative panel discussion on starting and
maintaining a solo practice. Details of this event will be
forthcoming. Check the Young
Lawyer's Division Web page and the MBA's Web
calendar for updates.