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 Beatriz Juarez, Division Coordinator.
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.
Zealous Advocacy in the District & Juvenile Courts Criminal Panel Certification Training - please note application requirements
Boston
8
11
MLRI Basic Public Benefits Advocacy Trainings:
"Cash Assistance for Massachusetts Families & Individuals:
TAFDC and EAEDC"
Boston
5.5
21
"Winning Your Case Before Trial"
Boston
3
25
Steve Stark on Writing to Persuade
Boston
6
28
Pozner & Dodd on "Killer" Cross-Examination
Boston
5.5
31
"Effective Appellate Advocacy"
Boston
4
February 2011
Date
Program
Location
Hours
Details
3
MLRI Basic Public Benefits Advocacy Trainings:
"Food Stamps/SNAP"
Boston
2.75
4
"Psychiatric Medications Across the Age Spectrum"
Boston
8
15
"Unlocking Massachusetts Legal Research"
Boston
4
15
"Civil Deposition Practice"
Boston
7
16
"Civil Discovery Practice"
Boston
6
March 2011
Date
Program
Location
Hours
Details
1
MLRI: Elder Benefits Programs
Boston
5.5
4
New England Elder & Disability Law Conference
Boston
6
Wednesdays
in March, April, May & June
"On Trial with Judge Young"
Boston
8
14
"Recent Developments Governing Procedure in Massachusetts Courts"
Boston
3
21
"Introducing & Excluding Evidence at Trial"
Andover
6
21
"Strategic Negotiation"
Boston
6.5
22
MLRI Basic Public Benefits Advocacy Trainings:
"Immigrants & Public Benefits"
Boston
5.5
24-25
Taking Depositions Workshop
Boston
8
28
"Introducing & Excluding Evidence at Trial"
Boston
6
30
"Traumatic Brain Injury"
Worcester
3
April 2011
Date
Program
Location
Hours
Details
6
“Children’s Testimony (the Horror!): Competency Issues, § 82 Hearings, & Other Evidentiary Problems”
Lawrence
2
8
“Getting Them In/Keeping Them Out: Documentary Evidence for CAFL Attorneys”
Lowell
2
11-15
"Mental Health Proceedings & Advocacy
for Assigned Counsel" # - see note below
Andover
8
11
New England Civil Trial Advocacy Conference
Boston
4.5
13
"Understanding the Frontal Lobes:
Emotional Regulation, Social Intelligence and Motivation"
Newport, RI
6
15
"Understanding the Frontal Lobes:
Emotional Regulation, Social Intelligence and Motivation"
Dedham
6
27
"Understanding the Frontal Lobes:
Emotional Regulation, Social Intelligence and Motivation"
Plymouth
6
27-28
Child Psychotherapy
Boston
7/single 8/both days
# - training program for mental health certification. Previously-certified mental health panelists and CAFL attorneys may attend for 8 CLE credit-hours. Application not necessary for CLE attendance, but pre-registration through MCLE suggested.
May 2011
Date
Program
Location
Hours
Details
2
"Treatment of Children with Antipsychotic Medication"
Quincy
2
3
Post-Conviction Relief & Appellate Advocacy
Boston
4
4
"Trying Your 1st (or Next) Civil Case in the Superior Court"
Boston
4
4
Elder Law: MCLE BasicsPlus!®
Andover
3
6
"Understanding the Frontal Lobes:
Emotional Regulation, Social Intelligence and Motivation"
Worcester
6
9 & 23
Mandatory Trainings for Probate & Family Court Categories E & F Fee-Generating Appointments: 2-Day Training
Boston
8
10
PreTrial Preparation
Boston
6
11
"Understanding the Frontal Lobes:
Emotional Regulation, Social Intelligence and Motivation"
Hyannis
6
11
Elder Law: MCLE BasicsPlus!®
Taunton
3
11
Annual Juvenile Delinquency & Child Welfare Law Conference
Boston
7
16
Mandatory Trainings for Probate & Family Court Categories E & F Fee-Generating Appointments: 1-Day Training
Taunton
4
16
"Ethical Issues in Representing the Impaired or the Missing Client"
Boston
1
18
"Antipsychotic Medications: An Overview"
Boston
1
18
"Hot Issues in Discovery"
& "Crafting a Winning Theme"
Boston
1.5
19
Effective Use of Evidence, Direct & Cross of Experts, Practical Advice for Litigators & Voir Dire
Boston
4.75
19
"Civil Motions Practice Workshop"
Boston
7
19
CPCS Annual Training Conference
Worcester
6
23
MCLE Basics Plus: Civil Discovery Practice
Boston
6
26
MUPC Guardianship & Conservatorship Update
Worcester
3
26
Asian American Mental Health Forum
Chelmsford
4.5
June 2011
Date
Program
Location
Hours
Details
1
MUPC Guardianship & Conservatorship Update
Boston
3
3
"Advanced Deposition Techniques & Technology"
Boston
4
1, 2, 3, 13, 14, 20, 21
“Zealous Advocacy in the District & Juvenile Courts” Criminal Panel Certification Training:
please note application requirements
Boston
8
10
"Representing Youth
with Complex Mental Health Needs"
Boston
7
28
"Freedom of Information & Public Records Law"
Boston
3
29
"Single Justice Practice"
Boston
4
July 2011
Date
Program
Location
Hours
Details
13
Steve Stark on "Public Speaking for Lawyers"
Boston
6
14
"Making Your Discovery Plan Work"
Boston
4
18-24
"Trial Advocacy Workshop"
Boston
8
21
"Screening for Brain Injury and Indications for Neuropsychological Evaluation"
Worcester
2
21
"Pretrial Preparation"
Boston
6
21
"Technology-Enhanced Trial Advocacy"
Boston
3
August 2011
Date
Program
Location
Hours
Details
2
"Handling SSI & SSDI Claims"
Boston
5.5
17
"Effective Legal Writing Strategies"
Boston
3
September 2011
Date
Program
Location
Hours
Details
Weds.
9/7-12/14
"On Trial with Judge Young"
Boston
8
19
"SSI & SSDI"
Lynn
3
21
"Elder Protective Services Law"
Worcester
2
October 2011
Date
Program
Location
Hours
Details
4
"Evidentiary Issues in Family Court Practice
and Procedure"
Boston
4
6
"Clinical Aspects of
Mental Illness
& Treatment"
Shrewsbury
8 *
13
"Making Effective Oral Arguments"
Boston
4
17 & 24
Mandatory Trainings for Probate & Family Court Categories E & F Fee-Generating Appointments: 2-Day Training
Mandatory Trainings for Probate & Family Court Categories E & F Fee-Generating Appointments: 1-Day Training
Worcester
4
20
"Evidence Problems at Trial"
Boston
4
21
"Implementation of the Uniform
Probate Code; Community Services
and MassHealth"
North
Dartmouth
3.5 **
21
"How to Win Your Next Trial
Using the Power Trial Method"
Boston
6
*The second of two courses required to obtain certification to accept mental health
assignments through CPCS.Mental health panelists may attend for 8 CLE credit-hours for FY2012.
**3.5 credit-hours for attendence at afternoon (1:00-4:30) session only.
November 2011
Date
Program
Location
Hours
Details
2
"SSI & SSDI Basics"
Boston
6.5
3
"Open Dialogue Approach:
Alternative Care for Psychosis"
Worcester
2
4
Suffolk Law School Annual Guardianship Law Conference: "Successful Strategies for Avoiding and Litigating Guardianship Disputes"
Boston
7
9
"Fundamentals of Effective Discovery"
Boston
3
9
"Cultivating Recovery and Wellness in
Behavioral Health:
A Cross-Cultural Perspective"
Dedham
3.5
10
"Cultivating Recovery and Wellness in
Behavioral Health:
A Cross-Cultural Perspective"
Worcester
3.5
10
"Psychiatry and the Law"
Worcester
4
14
Mandatory Trainings for Probate & Family Court Categories E & F Fee-Generating Appointments: 1-Day Training
Boston
4
17
"Expert Use of Experts"
Boston
2
21
"Effective Trial Presentation: Experts Discuss What Works - and What Flops - in the Courtroom"
Boston
2
December 2011
Date
Program
Location
Hours
Details
8
"Effective Appellate Advocacy"
Boston
4
14
"Preparing Witnesses"
Boston
4
15
“Psychotropic Drugs: Use Or Misuse?”
Lynn
2.5
16
"Antipsychotic Medications"
Malden
2
January 2012
Date
Program
Location
Hours
Details
3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 23, 24
Zealous Advocacy in the District & Juvenile Courts Criminal Panel Certification Training - please note application requirements
Boston
8
TBA
10
"Final Directives: Medical and Legal Perspectives on Death and Dying"
Boston
4
11
"Civil Deposition Practice"
Boston
7
13
"Internet Legal Research"
Boston
4
18
"Cash Assistance for Massachusetts Families & Individuals: TAFDC & EAEDC"
Boston
6.5
24
"Winning Your Case Before Trial"
Boston
3
25
"Drafting Effective Openings:
A Synergistic Approach"
Boston
6.5
27
Pozner & Dodd on "Killer" Cross-examination
Boston
6
February 2012
Date
Program
Location
Hours
Details
1
"Food Stamp/Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP)"
Boston
2.75
3
MHLAC: "Keeping Current in
Mental Health and the Law"
Boston
8
29
"Legal Writing & Persuasion
in the Smart Phone Age"
Boston
3
29
"Fundamentals of a Civil Jury Trial:
Courtroom Conduct and Procedures"
Andover
3
March 2012
Date
Program
Location
Hours
Details
8
"Immigrants & Public Benefits"
Boston
6.5
20
"CORI - Basics of the New Law for Legal Aid and Community Service Providers"
* Please note during registration enter "123" for license number to bypass
April 2012
Date
Program
Location
Hours
Details
4
"Health Care Access Programs"
Boston
6.5
27
"Elder & Disability Law 2012"
Boston
5.5
May 2012
Date
Program
Location
Hours
Details
4
Memory, Distortion and Deception in Family Law Cases
Weston
8
9
Presentation by Forensic Psychiatrist Robert Gardiner, M.D. (dangerousness, competency & sub. judgement treatment plans)
Northampton Courthouse
2
*
17
Annual CPCS Training Conference
Worcester
6.5
TBA
31
New MUPC Guardianship & Conservatorship Update 2012
Boston
3
*Please contact Regional Coordinator Michael Cutler at michaelcutler@aim.com
June 2012
Date
Program
Location
Hours
Details
1
MHLAC: Moving Forward in Representing Persons with Mental Health Needs
Boston
8
14
New MUPC Guardianship & Conservatorship Update 2012
Burlington
3
17
New MUPC Guardianship & Conservatorship Update 2012
Worcester
3
July 2012
Date
Program
Location
Hours
Details
August 2012
Date
Program
Location
Hours
Details
September 2012
Date
Program
Location
Hours
Details
October 2012
Date
Program
Location
Hours
Details
November 2012
Date
Program
Location
Hours
Details
December 2012
Date
Program
Location
Hours
Details
Traumatic Brain Injury
March 30, 2011
1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Worcester Public Library, Saxe Room
3 Salem Square
Worcester
Dr. Francesca LaVecchia, Chief Neuropsychologist for Mass. Rehabilitation Commission and the State Head Injury Program (SHIP), will review Traumatic Brain Injury, its impact on the brain and cognitive functioning, and treatment options.
Metered public parking is available next to the library. The training is free.
