PROGRAMS APPROVED FOR
CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION CREDITS
The following training programs have been approved for the indicated continuing legal education credit-hours. Eight (8) credit-hours per fiscal year (7/1 - 6/30) are required in order to maintain mental health certification. The Mental Health Litigation Division may be unaware of other programs conducted by organizations and schools, particularly in western Massachusetts. To seek CLE-credit approval for programs not listed below, please contact Karen Talley, Supervising Attorney.
Continuing legal education credits also will be granted to mental health attorneys who accept pro bono cases through the Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association. Three credit-hours will be allowed for each case handled through disposition - five where a case involves a mental health issue. For information, please contact the Volunteer Lawyers Project at (617) 423-0648 or visit their website.
Please Note:
Unless otherwise specified, "webcasts" are NOT approved for CLE credits.
2013
January 2013
Date
Program
Location
Hours
Details
16
Guardianship Seminar
Plymouth
3
22
Trying Your First (or Next) Civil Case in the Superior Court
Boston
4
24
Winning Your Case Before Trial
Boston
3
25
Writing to Win with Judge Getner
Boston
3
25
Pozner & Dodd on "Killer" Cross- Examination
Boston
6
31
Alzheimer's Association Massachusetts
Watertown
3
February 2013
Date
Program
Location
Hours
Details
1
Innovative Concept and Strategies to Enhance Representation
of Persons with Mental Health Needs
Boston
8
7
State & Federal Veterans Benefits
Boston
2.75
7
Dr. Rudolph Discusses "Hot Topics"
Canton
2
13
Advising Elder Clients in Crisis
Boston
3
15
Religious objections to forced treatment:
Jehovah's Witnesses Practices
Newton
2
20
Dr. Fabian Saleh MD will answer all you questions about ECT
Worcester
1
22
Dr. Rudolph On Medications, etc
Plymouth
3
27
Advising Elder Clients in Crisis
Newton
3
27
Elder Benefits Programs
Boston
6.5
March 2013
Date
Program
Location
Hours
Details
6
Immigrants & Public Benefits
Boston
3.5
6
Advising Elder Clients in Crisis
Taunton
3
12
Introducing & Excluding Evidence at Trial
Boston
3
25
Probate & Family Court Lawyer for the Day Training
Worcester
6
April 2013
Date
Program
Location
Hours
Details
4
Health Care Access in Changing Times
Boston
6.5
4
Decoding the New MUPC- One Year Later
Worcester
4
5
Decoding the New MUPC- One Year Later
Springfield
4
23
Brown Bag Lunch with Dr. Thomas Perls, board certified in Geriatric Medicine, and Director of the New England Centenarian Study at Boston Medical Center
Boston
1.5
23
Whole Health Integration: Bridging a Path to Wellness
Sturbridge
3.5
24
Whole Health Integration: Bridging a Path to Wellness
Dedham
3.5
May 2013
Date
Program
Location
Hours
Details
1
Living with Bipolar Disorder
Belmont
2
1
Living with Bipolar Disorder
Gardner
2
2
Living with Bipolar Disorder
Pittsfield
2
3
Decoding the New MUPC- One Year Later
Boston
4
3-4
2nd Annual Conference on Haitian Mental Health
Weathering the Storm like Bamboo: Rethinking the Concept of "Resilence" in the Haitian Community
Newton
12
8
Suicide Prevention- Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained: Therapeutic Risk-Taking with Clients with High Risk Behaviors
Natick
7
8
B.A.T.T.L.E.M.I.N.D
Transitioning from Combat to Home
Presented by Kevin Lambert, Department of Veteran Services Statewide Advocacy for Veterans Empowerment (SAVE)
Boston
2
9
Pretrial & Witness Preparation with Judge Chernoff
Boston
6
15
14th Annual Conference Elder & Disability Law
Boston
5.5
16
Decoding the New MUPC- One Year Later
Plymouth
4
16
Annual CPCS Training Conference
Worcester
6
17
Trauma Therapy in Context: The Science and Craft Evidence-Based Practice
Newton
6
17
4th Annual Asian American & Pacific Islander Mental Health Forum "Making the Invisible Visible: How do we educate, engage, empower, and enable consumers and their families?"
Boston
8
23
Living with Bipolar Disorder
Springfield
2
29
New MUPC Guardianship & Conservatorship Update 2013
Boston
3
31
Decision Making Capacity and Current Topics in Guardianship and Mental Health Law
Dartmouth
2
June 2013
Date
Program
Location
Hours
Details
3
Litigating Guardianships: Focus of Uniform Probate Code Procedure and Process
Lynn
2
7
Representing Children with Behavioral Needs
Boston
8
14
Cultural Perspective and Spiritual Meaning:
Shaping Helping Interventions
