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MLRI: Income Maximization for the Working Poor
2022-03-24 09:15 - 15:00 UTC
This event is not sponsored by CPCS. Please contact MCLE with any questions or concerns.
MLRI: Income Maximization for the Working Poor
live webcast March 1, 2022, 9:15-3:00; recorded webcast March 16, 2020, 9:15-3:00 & March 24, 2022, 9:15-3:00; 5 CAFL Credits

Litigating Why Race Matters Speaker Series
2022-03-24 13:00 - 16:00
More information will follow
March 10, 2022
March 24, 2022
April 7, 2022
April 28, 2022

Why Race Matters: Racial Trauma: Clients, Court and Conversations
2022-03-24 13:00 - 16:00
Why Race Matters // March 24Racial Trauma: Clients, Court and Conversations
Speakers: Dr. Steven Kniffley and La Mer Kyle-Griffiths
Thursday March 24, 1:00pm – 4:00pm
In this session, participants will leave with a better understanding of racial trauma and race-related stress as well as the psychological and physical impact on their clients. We will explore how to assess these impacts on our client and gather the building blocks of a rich story of our client’s experience. Participants will learn some of the flaws that can appear in evaluations and assessments by other players in the legal systems impacting our clients. Finally, we will build skills and tools to mindfully discuss these experiences with our clients and other witnesses and to bring these stories to life at every stage of the case.
To register:
Sign up at https://whyracematters22.eventbrite.com
To join the webinar:
Go to the Online Event page (Online Event Page | Eventbrite ) and click ‘Join Now’ or ‘Open in Zoom.
You can also join using the Zoom link in the confirmation & reminder emails from Zoom.

Judge William G. Young on Using the Rules of Evidence to Persuade
2022-03-24 16:30 - 18:30, 2022-03-31 16:30 - 18:30
This event is not sponsored by CPCS. Please reach out to the organizer listed below with any questions.
Join Judge William G. Young of the U.S. District Court for this popular series on evidence and trial practice. Using the Rules of Evidence to Persuade takes you through the essentials of discovery, motion practice and trial. Don’t miss this unique opportunity!
Live webcast March 15, 24, & 31, 2022, 4:30-6:30pm;
Recorded webcast March 31, April 7, & April 14, 2022, 12:00-2:00 &
April 8, April 15, & April 29, 2022, 9:00-11:00;
6 CAFL Credits

Making Objections Workshop 2022
2022-03-25 12:30 - 16:30
This event is not sponsored by CPCS. Please contact MCLE with any questions or concerns.
Making Objections Workshop 2022
in person March 25, 2022, 12:30-4:30pm; live webcast March 25, 2022, 12:30-4:30; recorded webcast April 11, 2022, 12:30-4:30 & April 19, 2022, 9:30-1:30; 4 CAFL Credits

MLRI: Unemployment Insurance
2022-03-25 13:00 - 16:30, 2022-04-04 13:00 - 16:30
This event is not sponsored by CPCS. Please contact MCLE with any questions or concerns.
MLRI: Unemployment Insurance
live webcast March 10, 2022, 1:00-4:30; recorded webcast March 25, 2022 & April 4, 2022, 1:00-4:30; 3.5 CAFL Credits

CPCS Bar Advocate Training - Zealous Advocacy in the District Courts
2022-03-25 15:00 - 16:30, 2022-04-05 13:00 - 16:00
Certification Training program for attorneys seeking to accept criminal cases in the District Courts. The course is a combination of on your own, self directed work using our online learning platform Talent LMS in addition to three live zoom sessions per week to practice skills exercises. The course runs over six weeks. To apply, please complete the application and send a copy to both CPCS Training Department and to the county bar advocate program that you want to practice from. In order to be placed into the training program, your application must first be approved/accepted by a County Bar Advocate Program. Link to Application below
CPCS Bar Advocate Training Application
The cost for the training program is $175.00. More details and registration information will be sent to accepted applicants.
The dates of the training program are as follows
March 25th 3pm to 4:30 pm – Introduction/Welcome Day
March 28-April 1 – Self directed work on your own
April 5 – May 5, 2022 (Mondays Tuesdays and Wednesdays 1pm to 4pm on Zoom) (some days may run until 4:30 pm)

Vinfen: 15th Annual Moving Images Film Festival
2022-03-26 09:00 - 17:00
This program is hosted by Vinfen (www.vinfen.org). Any questions or issues regarding this program should be directed there. (info@vinfen.org). This event is being listed for informational purposes only. CPCS staff cannot assist with, or solve, registration issues.
4 MHLD CLEs for the entire day
VINFEN’S 15TH ANNUAL MOVING IMAGES FILM FESTIVAL
When a Whisper Becomes a Roar: The Power of You
Saturday, March 26 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST
REGISTER HERE

CAFL Trial Panel Training (March 17- May 3rd)
2022-03-28 08:30 - 12:30, 2022-03-31 08:30 - 12:30, 2022-04-04 08:30 - 12:30
CPCS is now accepting applications for its Spring 2022 CAFL Trial Panel Certification Training to represent children and parents in care and protection/termination of parental rights cases. The on line training includes a mix of substantial self-directed learning and live Zoom sessions two mornings a week for four weeks. The training concludes with two half-days in the morning. Preference will be given to attorneys who submit applications by January 28th and who commit to accepting cases in central and western Massachusetts, where we currently have an attorney shortage. The agency actively seeks to diversify its private attorney panel membership.
For more information about the training and to download the application download the following: Training Notice and Application.
** Please note that as of July 1, 2021, the rate of payment for work billed on CAFL cases (excluding Child Requiring Assistance cases) has been increased to $75/hr.

MHLD Guardianship Certification - MOCK TRIALS
2022-03-28 09:00 - 17:00, 2022-03-29 09:00 - 17:00, 2022-03-30 09:00 - 17:00, 2022-03-31 09:00 - 17:00
The Guardianship Mock Trials are part of the MHLD Guardianship Certification Course which is by application only. See below for description and application
MHLD Online Guardianship 2022 Announcement Final

The Role of Gender and Poverty in Incarceration
2022-03-28 14:00 - 15:30
This program is hosted by Women’s Bar Association and Families for Justice As Healing. Any questions or issues regarding this program should be directed here: (lremy@womensbar.org) This event is being listed for informational purposes only. CPCS staff cannot assist with, or solve, registration issues.
Women’s Bar Association and Families for Justice As Healing Present: The Role of Gender and Poverty in Incarceration.
March 28, 20222
2pm to 3:30 pm
On Zoom
REGISTER HERE: https://wbawbf.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=475
This program qualifies for 1.5 CLE on the CPCS Adult Criminal Panel

Establishing Parentage for LGBTQ Parents
2022-03-28 14:00 - 16:00
This event is not sponsored by CPCS. Please contact MCLE with any questions or concerns.
Establishing Parentage for LGBTQ Parents
live webcast March 28, 2022, 2:00-4:00; recorded webcast April 12, 2022, 9:30-11:30 & April 20, 2022, 12:00–2:00; 2 CAFL Credits

Protecting the educational rights of court-involved youth: Free EdLaw Training for Juvenile Court Attorneys & Social Workers
2022-03-28 15:00 - 16:30
Pulling it all together: Practical Advocacy Tips and Special Education Advocacy in the Courtroom
The final session will build upon and utilize everything that has
been learned in the prior sessions to give the juvenile attorney
the practical advocacy tips they needs to support their clients
and explain how to employ this advocacy to get better
outcomes for the case in chief. The attorneys will learn how to
use education advocacy to get CRAs dismissed, to craft
conditions of release and conditions of probation, to confront
charges of probation violation, to understand competency and
get a competency evaluation, in disposition arguments, and
with specific intent crimes.
Register Here

THAT’S NOT DANGEROUS! Sharpening 58A Skills to Keep Our Clients Free
2022-03-29 13:00 - 16:00
THAT’S NOT DANGEROUS! Sharpening 58A Skills to Keep Our Clients Free
March 22nd and 29th, 1-4pm each day. Please register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/thats-not-dangerous-sharpening-58a-skills-to-keep-our-clients-free-tickets-271281188337
This program will take place virtually via Zoom and you will receive a zoom link to join a few days before the first class.
This program has been approved for 3 CLE credit for each day attended on the following panel(s):
Adult Criminal, Criminal Appeals, YAD, YAD Appeals
Please join us for a two (half) day training on litigating 58A hearings. These hearings have been commonplace in some counties for years and in others there has been a dramatic recent increase in attempts to cage our clients without bail pre-trial. Please only sign up if you can come to both sessions, and they build on each other.
This training will include:
Pre-work: A few pre-recorded lectures on tips for litigating 58A hearings.
Day One: On the first afternoon we will have four live mini-lectures on topics like preserving testimony, discovery cross, documenting why conditions of release will work and dealing with priors. We will also work in small groups to brainstorm ways to apply these tools in our cases. Between Session One and Session Two you will prep for your portion of a mock 58A hearing.
Day Two: The second afternoon will be on your feet time. You will practice putting these tools to work for your client’s benefit in a mock 58A hearing. We will also have a mini-lecture on appealing a 58A.
We will have to limit space to make sure the small group workshop time is the most productive, so please sign up soon!

CAFL 101: What Every Public Defender in Every Division Needs to Know About a C&P Case.
2022-03-29 14:00 - 15:30
Learn about the life of a Care and Protection case and how it impacts our clients. This training will highlight not only what happens in a C&P case, but how it impacts your criminal, delinquency, or mental health case.
Faculty:
Brian DeMott, PDD Worcester (former CAFL attorney) & Garrett Marshall, YAD Worcester (former CAFL attorney)
Register Here
1.5 CLE YAD Trial Panel, YAD Appeals, CAFL. Criminal Appeals, Mental Health

Ins and Outs of Restraining Orders
2022-03-30 10:00 - 11:00
This event is not sponsored by CPCS. Please contact MCLE with any questions or concerns.
Ins and Outs of Restraining Orders
live webcast March 15, 2022, 1:00-2:00; recorded webcast March 30, 2022, 10:00-11:00 & April 7, 2022, 12:00-1:00; 1 CAFL Credit

CAFL follow up to Why Race Matters #2 – Racial Trauma
2022-03-30 15:00 - 16:30
March 30, 3:00-4:30pm. Racial Trauma and Race Related Stress in CAFL Cases: In this session we will discuss the psychological and physical impacts of racial trauma on our CAFL clients and learn some skills and best practices we can use in addressing these issues.

Register Here

Civil Depositions Practice
2022-03-31 09:30 - 16:30
This event is not sponsored by CPCS. Please contact MCLE with any questions or concerns.
Civil Depositions Practice
live webcast March 8, 2022, 9:30-4:30; recorded webcast March 23, 2022, 9:30-4:30 & March 31, 2022, 9:30-4:30; 6 CAFL Credits

Mock Trial of an Eviction Action in Housing Court
2022-03-31 13:00 - 16:00
This event is not sponsored by CPCS. Please contact MCLE with any questions or concerns.
Mock Trial of an Eviction Action in Housing Court
live webcast March 8, 2022, 2:00-5:00; recorded webcast March 23, 2022, 9:00-12:00 & March 31, 2022, 1:00-4:00; 3 CAFL Credits

Y.O. Sentencing 101
2022-03-31 15:00 - 16:30
(1.5 CLE YAD Trial Panel & YAD Appeals)
Are you confused by the Y.O. sentencing options? Need a refresher? What to review strategies for getting the best sentence?
Join us on March 31st from 3-4:30pm as we review how this unique sentencing structure works!
Faculty:
Dana Sargent (Juvenile Supervising Attorney Bristol County) &
Holly Smith (Attorney-in-Charge YAD Malden)
Register here

Gender Identity and Affirming Care Training: 3 Part Series
2022-04-05 14:00 - 16:00
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: April 5, 2022 from 2:00-4:00pm
Learn about the unique healthcare needs of transgender and nonbinary children, including gender affirming medications.
Jessica Kremen, MD & Francie Mandel, MSW, LICSW
Gender Multispecialty Service (GeMS) at Boston Children’s Hospital
Approved for 2 CAFL CLEs
Part 2: May 3, 2022 from 2:00-4:00pm
Learn about DCF’s Gender Affirming Medication Consent Policy, practical issues, and strategies to hold DCF to task.
Danny Flynn, Amy Karp, Katy Krywonis
Approved for 2 CAFL CLEs
Part 3: May 17, 2022 from 2:00-4:00pm
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.
Connor Barusch, Katy Krywonis, Skailer Qvistgaard
Approved for 2 CAFL CLEs
Register in advance 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.
As always, if you have any questions about this training program, please email us at cafltraining@localhost/cpcs.

22nd Annual School Law Conference 2022
2022-04-06 09:30 - 16:00
This event is not sponsored by CPCS. Please contact MCLE with any questions or concerns.
22nd Annual School Law Conference 2022
in person April 6, 2022, 9:30-4:00; live webcast April 6, 2022, 9:30-4:00; recorded webcast April 6, 2022, 9:30-4:00 & April 21, 2022, 9:30-4:00; 5.5 CAFL Credits
