Social Media Evidence: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
2021-10-07 16:00 - 18:00 UTC
This program is hosted by the The Greater Newbury Port Bar Association. Any questions or issues regarding this program should be directed there. This event is being listed for informational purposes only. CPCS staff cannot assist with, or solve, registration issues.

October 7, 4:00-6:00
Social Media Evidence: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
2 CLE: Criminal Defense, CAFL

MHLD Civil Commitment Certification Mock Trial
2021-10-12 09:00 - 17:00, 2021-10-14 09:00 - 17:00, 2021-10-15 09:00 - 12:30

Webinar on the SJC’s Game-Changing Decision in Care and Protection of Rashida
2021-10-12 15:00 - 16:30
Webinar on the SJC’s Game-Changing Decision in Care and Protection of Rashida
On the heels of the SJC’s watershed decision in Care and Protection of Walt comes what many were calling Walt II until the decision came down as Care and Protection of Rashida. After years of fighting for judges to hear reasonable efforts motions, the SJC came through for Massachusetts families and issued this game-changing decision. So what now? Come hear about Rashida and why it is game-changing from Attorneys Ann O’Connor and William Comeau, who represented Rashida and her mother in the SJC. They will review the decision and provide practical tips on how to use it to force DCF to do their job and make reasonable efforts to reunify families. They will explain how the decision builds on Ann’s success in Walt, and says that parents and children can challenge DCF’s failure to make reasonable efforts and request remedial orders any time in the case. We will learn how to frame challenges to reasonable efforts to get the most for our clients and support reunification of families.
Register

2021 Child Support Guidelines Training
2021-10-18 16:00 - 17:30
This program is hosted by Social Law. Any questions or issues regarding this program should be directed there. This event is being listed for informational purposes only. CPCS staff cannot assist with, or solve, registration issues.

2021 Child Support Guidelines Training

Event Start:

10/18/2021 4:00 PM

Event End:

10/18/2021 5:30 PM

Date & Time: Monday, October 18, 2021 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Webinar Fee: $35
This program is online only
CPCS will grant 1.5 credit hours of CLE credit for the CAFL panel.

Faculty
Hon. Katherine Field, First Justice of the Bristol Division of the Probate and Family Court
Denise M. Fitzgerald, Esq., Probate and Family Court
Mark Sarro, Ph.D., The Brattle Group
Fern Frolin, Esq., Family Law Neutral
Anna Richardson, Esq., Veterans Legal Services

New child support guidelines in Massachusetts take effect on October 4, 2021. The 2020-2021 Child Support Guidelines Task Force recommended changes to several areas of the guidelines, including income, minimum and maximum levels, adjustment factors, support for children aged 18 to 23 and contribution to post-secondary education expenses, child care, and health care. In addition, the Child Support Guidelines Worksheet has been revised. At this training, we will:

Highlight the changes in the 2021 child support guidelines from the 2018 child support guidelines
Address the interplay between alimony and child support in light of recent case law
Discuss the Rosenberg calculation and the new functionality of worksheet for this calculation
Run various child support scenarios using the worksheet

Online registration is encouraged. For assistance, questions on group discounts, accommodations requests, special billing, program content, out-of-state CLE credits, and general CLE information contact Michael Saporito by email at msaporito@socialaw.com. Registrations accepted in order of receipt. Registration fees are non-refundable. Most Social Law Library CLE events are recorded. The recording is available by digital download, generally within a week after the program date. Most downloads include print material and are $19.95 each. This product purchase is separate from CLE registration and is not included in the price of a CLE registration. CLE credit, when applicable, is only granted when the live webinar is attended.

CAFL CLE 1.5

ACLUM Public Records Requests Training
2021-10-19 16:00 - 17:00
This program is hosted by ACLU. Any questions or issues regarding this program should be directed there. (info@aclum.org). This event is being listed for informational purposes only. CPCS staff cannot assist with, or solve, registration issues.
We are writing to offer an opportunity to join the ACLU of Massachusetts on Tuesday, October 19, at 4 p.m., for a remote training on making, pursuing, and litigating requests under the Massachusetts Public Records Law.
This law is a critical tool to help people learn what their government is doing. ACLUM often sends public records requests to investigate discrete legal issues, to preserve access to a free and open government, or to aid in litigation efforts. We also receive many requests—more than we can handle ourselves—for help from people who want to submit their own public records requests, or have already done so without success. Consequently, we frequently have projects where we might need your assistance gathering records.
As part of this training, you’ll learn about:
• Crafting a request under the Massachusetts Public Records Law
• Following up with a public entity about a request
• Litigating a request when the public entity’s response is inadequate
• Evaluating and responding to the assertion of exemptions
REGISTER HERE
1 CLE – YAD, YAD APPEALS, ADULT CRIMINAL, CRIMINAL APPEALS, SORB/SDP, CAFL, Mental Health

*CANCELLED* Gender Affirming Care 3 Part Series
2021-10-25 14:00 - 16:30, 2021-11-15 14:00 - 16:30
*CANCELLED*
CAFL & GLAD are pleased to present
Gender Identity and Affirming Care:
a three-part series
A child’s gender identity impacts every aspect of their daily life, including the experiences they have within the DCF system. Join us for this important three-part training series focused on better understanding gender identity to enhance our representation of children who are transgender and nonbinary and their parents.
Part 1: October 25, 2021 from 2:00-4:30pm
Learn about the magnitude of issues transgender and nonbinary children face in the DCF system, how to talk to children about their gender identity, and how to talk to parents about their child’s gender identity.
Approved for 2.5 CAFL CLEs
Part 2: November 15, 2021 from 2:00-4:30pm
Learn about the unique healthcare needs of transgender and nonbinary children, including gender affirming medications.
Approved for 2.5 CAFL CLEs
Part 3: December 15, 2021 from 2:00-4:30pm
Learn about DCF’s new Gender Affirming Medication Consent Policy, practical issues, and strategies to hold DCF to task.
Approved for 2.5 CAFL CLEs
Register Here
This three-part series will build on the lessons from each session. Attendance at all three sessions is not required to participate, but is recommended.
We hope to record each session with the permission of our presenters, but at this time, we are only certain that Part 3 will be recorded.
As always, if you have any questions about this training program, please email us at cafltraining@localhost/cpcs.

Cross-Practice Workshop: On Your Feet with Impeachment
2021-10-26 13:00 - 16:00, 2021-10-28 13:00 - 16:00
Cross-Practice Workshop: On Your Feet with Impeachment

October 26th and 28th from 1:00-4:00pm on Zoom

6 CLE: Mental Health, Adult Criminal, YAD, CAFL

Attorneys from multiple CPCS practice areas will work together to refresh and sharpen impeachment skills. Fictional client Makayla Jones has open cases with YAD/PDD, CAFL and MH. Participants will work together to review impeachment fundamentals and develop a theory of the case for their individual practice areas. Participants will learn how to decide whether to impeach, which mode of impeachment to use, and how to impeach effectively. Participants will practice impeachment by inconsistent statement and impeachment by omission. Get ready to have some fun as we work on one of the most important and difficult skills in our trial attorney toolbox!

Please note that there are strict limits to the number of participants we can accept from each practice area. Register early if you want to be guaranteed a spot.

This is a two-day program, before registering, please be sure that you will be able to attend both dates.

Pre-register using our EventBrite Link here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cross-practice-workshop-on-your-feet-with-impeachment-tickets-163194371759

A zoom link will be sent to you after you have registered.

How We EndUp: A Future Without Family Policing Convening
2021-10-26 13:00 - 16:15, 2021-10-27 13:00 - 16:15
This program is hosted by UpEnd. Any questions or issues regarding this program should be directed there. This event is being listed for informational purposes only. CPCS staff cannot assist with, or solve, registration issues.
How We EndUp: A Future Without Family Policing Convening
The UpEnd Movement is holding its 2nd annual convening of organizers, activists, scholars, and community leaders who are committed to dismantling the family policing system, a system predicated on the subjugation, surveillance, control, and punishment of mostly poor Black and Native children and families. The conference will commence with a keynote presentation by Derecka Purnell, human rights lawyer, organizer, and author of Becoming Abolitionist, in conversation with scholar, social justice activist and author of the seminal book Shattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfare, Dorothy Roberts. It will bring these voices together to explore how we can move toward abolition of family policing—how we can dismantle harmful, racist systems and build different ways of caring for one another.
The conference will be held October 26-27 from 1:00-4:15pm Tuesday and Wednesday. It’s approved for 3 CAFL CLEs each day and you can register here.

Mass and Cass Legal: Section 35s and Beyond
2021-10-27 13:00 - 14:00
Mass and Cass Legal: Section 35, Warrants and Beyond
October 27th 2021, 1-2pm. Please register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrdOChrzsqGNRgP4jzDhQLoS6odpdT7rg0
The program has been approved for 1 CLE for Adult Criminal, Criminal Appeals, YAD and YAD Appeals and Mental Health
Please join us for a Brown Bag refresher and discussion by the Criminal Defense Training Unit about Section 35s and representing people who are being arrested in the City’s assault on the community of unhoused people in the area of Mass and Cass. We will have a presentation and discussion on strategies to zealously represent our clients, protecting both their rights and their lives, in the face of Section 35 petitions and warrant arrests. Sample motions, appealing Section 35 commitments, objections and defenses unique to this circumstance and working with medically compromised clients will also be covered.
Background: Nov 1st the Trial Court will open a “court” inside the Suffolk County House of Corrections, which will operate Mondays, Tuesday and Wednesdays. This will be used to book and process people arrested as part of the ongoing sweeps of the Mass and Cass area. We expect a substantial number of arrests over the coming weeks, and for those arrests to be used as a pretext to get people off the street and into state custody for Section 35s to be filed. Section 35s may not be medically advisable or in the best interests of our clients. See this article quoting local doctors highlight the risks associated with the city’s plan for more background: https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2021/10/21/experts-concerned-kim-janey-mass-cass-executive-order-encampments/ Bar advocates and CPCS staff will be covering duty days within this jail/court.
The choice of South Bay HOC as the location where court will be conducted and people will be held for booking is very troubling, particularly given the four people who died there between June and September, including one woman detained for a section 35.
More details are coming out every day about this plan by the city/police/courts, so our responses to protect our clients and stand against this injustice are also evolving. We will continue to monitor the developments, share information and provide support as this unfolds. Thanks for being in this fight together!

MCLE Presents: Pozner on Cross
2021-10-29 09:30 - 16:30
This program is hosted by MCLE. Any questions or issues regarding this program should be directed there. (customerservice@mcle.org). This event is being listed for informational purposes only. CPCS staff cannot assist with, or solve, registration issues.
POZNER ON CROSS: OCTOBER 29, 2021 (9:30 to 4:30) CLE: 6 MH CREDITS

POZNER ON CROSS
It’s not your strong opening argument. It’s not your skillful direct. It’s not how many of your impassioned objections the judge sustains. It’s not your confident demeanor. It’s not even how you tie your theory of the case together with a dazzling closing statement bow.
What wins your trial is your cross.
Cross-examination is the single most important element of a trial well-conducted. When you learn to do it right, Larry Pozner says, you accomplish four critical goals: (1) you amp up the witness’s voice to relate each fact of your story to the jury; (2) you break that story down into clear, veridical “chapters”—factual building blocks that trigger and channel jury cognitions; (3) you construct logical, semantic links between your opening and closing—links necessary for the jury to resonate with your theory of the case; and (4) you use witness emotion—like anxiety—to reconstruct fading memories, compel honesty, eliminate distortions, close down paths to irrational outcomes, and empower your jury to reach a clear decision.
Pozner shares signature techniques well-grounded in current thinking about the neuroscience of decision, memory, and emotion. He trains you on three tactical rules of cross-examination that have made his bestselling book, Cross-Examination: Science and Techniques (3rd Ed., LexisNexis), a wildly popular guide for courtroom lawyers. He explains how leading questions can moderate witness behavior on the stand; how simple sentence construction, fact-ordering, and the paintbrush of mental imagery can make a witness malleable; and how simple, logic-based facts can build memorable narrative, channel judge and jury cognition, and drive the engine of inference to your advantage.
Pozner calls his technique “The Chapter Method of Cross-Examination.” Learn it just once, and you can use it with spectacular results for the rest of your career. This entertaining, hands-on training offers you sample “chapters” and powerful sample scripts that you can tailor to your own facts. Let Pozner teach you how to derail your opponent and impeach the key witness—even the most evasive, memory-challenged or talkative one—in just a matter of minutes.

Instructor

Larry Pozner is a nationally recognized trial lawyer, lecturer, and author out of Denver, CO. Larry’s lectures are built around the newest tools for understanding how to motivate jurors to award us the verdict we seek, the advanced techniques of cross that can immediately result in an advantage in trial, and how we can all become quicker at crafting the cross examinations that win cases. Larry began his career in the Colorado Public Defender system. He later formed a criminal defense firm, and a subsequent firm handling both plaintiff and defense sides of document-intensive civil matters for businesses large and small, but if we are being blunt, mostly large. For many years Larry defended the Denver Broncos franchise in trials including the lawsuit challenging Pat Bowlen’s purchase of the team. Larry won, which is why he could remain in Colorado. Larry is a past-President of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America for Bet-the-Company litigation, and in Criminal Defense, both White Collar and Non-White Collar crimes. He has lectured in 48 states, throughout Canada, and strangely, Brazil. As a teacher at the University of Denver College of Law he was voted Best Professor. But that may have been due to his “nobody flunks” policy.

Materials

The materials for this program are available online only and can be downloaded via the link emailed to you upon registration.

Also, there is no need to take extensive notes. Two weeks after the live seminar, all registrants will receive a link to a verbatim transcript of this program.

Tuition (includes written materials)

$295

$265.50 MCLE Sponsor Members

$221.25 New Lawyers admitted to law practice after 2018,
Pending Admittees, Law Students, and ParalegalsTo apply for a need-based scholarship, email scholarships@mcle.org

REGISTER HERE

The Child Welfare System & The History of White Paternalism: Deconstructing Dominant Narratives
2021-11-03 15:00 - 16:30
Join Noor Toraif, a doctoral candidate at the Boston University School of Social Work and a graduate fellow at the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research, as we delve into the history of the U.S. child welfare system, its connection to white supremacyand the enduring legacy of dominant narratives on racial disparities in the child welfare system.
Register Here & Flyer
In Partnership with:
Court Improvement Program
Administrative Office of the Juvenile Court
Department of Children & Families
CPCS CAFL Racial Justice Task Force
Department of Youth Services JDAI
CPCS Training Department
Family Resource Center

Mass Bar Association 9th Annual Probate Law Conference - ABC's of Guardianship/Conservatorship
2021-11-09 11:00 - 12:30
Please note:This program is hosted by Mass Bar Association Any questions or issues regarding this program should be directed there. (617)338-0500 This event is being listed for informational purposes only. CPCS staff cannot assist with, or solve, registration issues.
The conference is scheduled for November 8-12 but only two sessions qualify for MH CLE (ABCs of Guardianship/Conservatorship (11/9) and Depostions by Zoom (11/11)

ABC’s of Guardianship/Conservatorship
November 9,2021, 11 am to 12:30 pm
1.5 MH credits
To Register: https://www.massbar.org/education/ninth-annual-probate-law-conference

Mass Bar Association 9th Annual Probate Law Conference - Depositions by Zoom
2021-11-11 09:00 - 22:30
Please note:This program is hosted by Mass Bar Association Any questions or issues regarding this program should be directed there. (617)338-0500 This event is being listed for informational purposes only. CPCS staff cannot assist with, or solve, registration issues.
The conference is scheduled for November 8-12 but only two sessions qualify for MH CLE: (ABCs of Guardianship/Conservatorship (11/9) and Depostions by Zoom (11/11)

Depositions by Zoom
November 11, 2021, 9:00 am to 10:30 am
1.5 MH credits
To Register: https://www.massbar.org/education/ninth-annual-probate-law-conference

Gender Affirming Medical Care: How Lawyers Can Support System-involved Transgender Youth
2021-11-15 14:00 - 15:30
This program is hosted by GLAD. Any questions or issues regarding this program should be directed there. This event is being listed for informational purposes only. CPCS staff cannot assist with, or solve, registration issues.

This virtual conversation for lawyers and advocates will provide the information you need to represent transgender youth in the child welfare system who are seeking gender-affirming medical care.
Learn about the essentials of gender-affirming care and how you can support system-involved transgender young people.
Featuring Dr. Mandy Coles, MD, MPH, Child and Adolescent Transgender Center for Health at Boston Medical Center and Patience Crozier, GLAD Senior Staff Attorney.
Register Here

Enhancing Legal Representation Through Social Work Intervention: A Meet and Greet
2021-11-17 13:00 - 15:00
Join us as we discuss the benefits, strategies, and “nuts and bolts” of using social workers in your CAFL cases AND meet the vendors doing the work!
This forum will allow CAFL private panel attorneys to learn how social workers can help in the holistic representation of CAFL clients as they strive to meet their legal and life goals and will give them the chance to meet private social work vendors for Barnstable, Nantucket, and Dukes Counties. The vendors will have a chance to introduce themselves with a brief overview of their areas of expertise/experience.
Presented by Meg Grant, Director of Private Social Work Services, CAFL
for CAFL private counsel practicing in Barnstable, Nantucket, and Dukes Counties

E-mail Deborah Cassell at deborahcassell_atty@hotmail.com for Zoom information

Motion in Limine practice in the Berkshires
2021-11-18 13:00 - 14:00
In this one-hour training, Emily Herder and Dorothy Storrow will discuss the ins and outs of Motion in Limine practice in the Berkshires. Participants will receive Attorney Herder’s extensively researched model motion and memo of law. These pleadings can be used as a starting point for your motions in limine. They also provide an extensive review of the evidentiary law governing admission of documentary evidence in CAFL proceedings. Learn how Attorney Herder has used this model to streamline drafting motions in limine. Hone your arguments to successfully argue for specific and timely rulings by learning why summary rulings and delayed rulings each violate your client’s due process rights. Discuss some of the critical case law and find out how the judges have been ruling on various objections. Join your peers in a discussion of winning and losing strategies. It is a lot to cover in an hour – but we will do our best to make it enjoyable (at least far more enjoyable than drafting motions in limine without this great tool). And we will do our best to answer your questions.

PLEASE REGISTER via email to: DOROTHY M. STORROW dstorrow@comcast.net
(Registration ensures you receive the program materials which will be emailed to you before the training. )

Positive Youth Development
2021-11-18 13:00 - 16:00
TBD

Franklin Family Drug Court Brown Bag Lunch & Bench/Bar
2021-11-19 13:00 - 14:00
This program is hosted by the Franklin Family Drug Court. Any questions or issues regarding this program should be directed there. This event is being listed for informational purposes only. CPCS staff cannot assist with, or solve, registration issues.

Franklin Family Drug Court
Brown Bag Lunch & Bench/Bar
UPDATE on What is NEW at FFDC
Earn ONE CLE Credit
November 19, 2021
1:00-2:00pm
ON ZOOM
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82215810641?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 822 1581 0641
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Meet with J. Sandman and MISSION Staff in an informal setting to:

Learn about the NEW Handbook
Updates to Schedule-Plans to go in person!
Ask questions about the process;
Get inspired by special guests;
Earn ONE CLE Credit; and
Find out more about the FFDC!

RSVP to Deirdre at DKimball@mass.rr.com or Kate at mary.miller@jud.state.ma.us or Just Join Us on ZOOM.

CAFL Preparing for Trial Training
2021-11-30 14:00 - 16:00
orientation

NCLER: Free Webcast: Advancing Equity for Older Adults, Part 2: Putting Strategies into Practice
2021-12-01 14:00 - 15:15
This program is hosted by National Center on Law and Elder Rights (NCLER). Any questions or issues regarding this program should be directed there (ncler@acl.hhs.gov) This event is being listed for informational purposes only. CPCS staff cannot assist with, or solve, registration issues.
NCLER: Free Webcast: Advancing Equity for Older Adults, Part 2: Putting Strategies into Practice
December 1, 2021
2pm to 3:15 pm
1 MH CLE
REGISTER HERE

NITA studio71 webcast - Expert Witnesses: 8 or 9 Things I Wish I’d Known
2021-12-02 13:00 - 14:00
This program is hosted by NITA. Any questions or issues regarding this program should be directed there (customerservice@nita.org). This event is being listed for informational purposes only. CPCS staff cannot assist with, or solve, registration issues.
This program qualifies for 1 MHLD CLE credit.
FREE WEBINAR:
Expert Witnesses: 8 or 9 Things I Wish I’d Known
December 2, 2021
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
By: Robert J. Wayne
After 45 years in practice, Seattle trial lawyer Robert Wayne has learned a few things about dealing with expert witnesses, both in the courtroom and during preparation. In this one-hour presentation, he will share with you some of the things he wished he had known from the start, including preparing the expert for deposition and trial, finalizing the expert report (FRCP 26), conducting the direct examination, and handling the cross. Mr. Wayne has served as a Program Director and Team Leader in many NITA programs, including the National Trial Skills Program in Boulder. He currently is a Team Leader for the NITA Deposition programs in Las Vegas and Phoenix.
REGISTER HERE

Everything the CAFL Trial Attorney Needs to Know About Appeals
2021-12-02 14:00 - 15:30
CAFL Training Virtual Seminar Notice
Everything the CAFL Trial Attorney Needs to Know About Appeals
December 2, 2021 02:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Eligible for 1.5 CLE Credits
Come hear from Andrew Cohen, Director of the CAFL Appellate Panel, and Ann Narris from the CAFL Appellate Panel Support Unit about protecting your client’s appellate rights. We will cover:

the rules for filing an appeal, securing a stay, and ensuring that appellate counsel is appointed
tips for working with the other attorney for your client
the division of labor between trial and appellate counsel
issue preservation, including objections, offers of proof, and other methods
the role of trial counsel and appellate counsel after the client has won or lost the appeal
and many other topics

Register in advance:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ucOygqT0jHNa77SKVS1dFzJ7j0Q9_uM7H
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

NUSL Presents: The Boston Model for Preventing the Criminalization of the Mentally Ill
2021-12-02 19:00 - 20:00
This program is hosted by [Northeastern University School of Law]. Any questions or issues regarding this program should be directed there. (barlam.j@northeastern.edu). This event is being listed for informational purposes only. CPCS staff cannot assist with, or solve, registration issues.
SEE INFORMATIONAL FLYER HERE: announcement Dr David Henderson
The Mental Health Alliance of NUSL Guest Speaker
David C. Henderson, MD
Psychiatrist-in-Chief at Boston Medical Center, and Professor and Chair of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine
REGISTER HERE

CAFL Preparing for Trial Training
2021-12-06 09:00 - 12:30

Everything the CAFL Trial Attorney Needs to Know About Appeals (Middlesex and Essex Counties)
2021-12-06 13:30 - 15:00
CAFL Training Virtual Seminar Notice
Everything the CAFL Trial Attorney Needs to Know About Appeals
December 6, 2021 1:30-3:00 PM
(Middlesex and Essex Counties)
Eligible for 1.5 CLE Credits
Come hear from Andrew Cohen, Director of the CAFL Appellate Panel, and Ann Narris from the CAFL Appellate Panel Support Unit about protecting your clients’ appellate rights. We will cover:

the rules for filing an appeal, securing a stay, and ensuring that appellate counsel is appointed
tips for working with, and the division of labor between, trial and appellate counsel
issue preservation, including objections, offers of proof, and other methods
the roles of trial and appellate counsel after the client has won or lost the appeal
and many other topics

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0scOmtrD4tGtTUswoRzQSJW9nwSukCBo5R
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Feel free to email me with any questions.
Sincerely,
Ann
