{"id":20178,"date":"2025-03-25T11:09:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T15:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.publiccounsel.net\/?p=20178"},"modified":"2025-03-25T11:09:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T15:09:28","slug":"mhld-appellate-certification-training-spring-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.publiccounsel.net\/ar\/mhld-appellate-certification-training-spring-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"MHLD Appellate Certification Training Spring 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Mental Health Litigation Division (MHLD) of the Committee for Public Counsel Services is now accepting applications for its Spring 2025 Appellate\u00a0Certification\u00a0Training. \u00a0Successful completion of this training and participation in our appellate mentorship program qualifies attorneys to receive appointments for mental health appeals.\u00a0 The current hourly rate for appeals is 85.00\/hour.<\/p>\n<p>Mental health appellate practice is an exciting and developing area of the law, with the potential to be involved in cases of first impression while being a voice for clients whose voices are often ignored.\u00a0 Our clients have been deprived of their liberty by virtue of having been civilly committed, deprived of the ability to make their own treatment decisions, placed under guardianship or all of the above. \u00a0You will gain client contact, appellate experience, and the satisfaction of providing zealous, client-centered advocacy for some of the most marginalized people in the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Application Submission<\/strong>: Admission to the MHLD appellate panel is by application only. All attorneys who accept CPCS assignments are required to maintain professional liability insurance. The priority deadline to submit completed applications is <strong>Friday, April 18, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For full announcement and application, please click here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publiccounsel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CPCS-Mental-Health-Appellate-Panel-Training-Announcement-and-Application-2025.doc\">https:\/\/www.publiccounsel.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CPCS-Mental-Health-Appellate-Panel-Training-Announcement-and-Application-2025.doc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For questions and further information, please contact Director of Mental Health Appeals, Karen Owen Talley at <a href=\"mailto:ktalley@publiccounsel.net\">ktalley@publiccounsel.net<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mental Health Litigation Division (MHLD) of the Committee for Public Counsel Services is now accepting applications for its Spring 2025 Appellate\u00a0Certification\u00a0Training. \u00a0Successful completion of this training and participation in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[311],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mh"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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