Monthly CAFL Race Equity Drop-In
2024-01-31 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | Zoom
Join us for our next monthly Race Equity Drop In session on January 31, from 1-2PM as we explore different ways of building rapport and trust with clients when we don’t share an identity or don’t understand their experience. How do we bridge these gaps and overcome these barriers to develop positive working relationships with clients across differences? We hope to share challenges and brainstorm solutions. Come share your experiences, ideas, successes, or commiserate with us where we could have done better. For those that have a specific question and would like to roundtable it with colleagues (anonymously if you wish), we can do that too, just send us your question/issue in advance at cafltraining@publiccounsel.net.
NOTE: 1 CLE credit for each webinar for attorneys on each of the following panels: CAFL, CAFL Appeals
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsdO-vrTopGd3Ms2bVKJIdSFkSXMyzKWhd

Regional Coordinator Training
2024-01-31 14:00 - 16:00
MOVIE – CRAZYWISE
DISCUSSION TO FOLLOW WITH CAROLINE MAZEL CARLTON,
DIRECTOR OF TRAINING FOR THE WILDFLOWER ALLIANCE AND
THE HEARING VOICES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
— CRAZYWISE “adds to the growing conversation that believes a psychological crisis can be an opportunity for growth and potentially transformational, not a disease with no cure.” This film explores how psychosis is viewed differently in other cultures as opposed to how it is defined and treated in the West.
— Caroline Mazel Carlton will discuss her work with Hearing Voices, and her passion for reclaiming cultural and spiritual wisdom traditions for navigating extreme states.

2 CLE Credits for MHLD & MHLD Appeals
REGISTER HERE
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

For more information contact:
Deborah Stevens, RC, Hampden/Berkshire – dhsesq84@comcas.net
Elaine Pourinski – RC, Franklin/Hampshire –epourinski@aol.com

Representing Survivors of Domestic Violence
2024-01-31 14:00 - 16:00
This webinar is sponsored by MCLE.
The focus of this discussion is on building the skills and capacity to provide comprehensive, trauma-informed representation for victims and survivors of intimate partner violence. The faculty discusses what domestic violence is, how it manifests, and what should be considered when representing a survivor and techniques for doing so.
This program is a must-attend for family lawyers and lawyers new to survivor work and practicing family law!
Agenda:

What Is Domestic Violence?
Who Are the Victims?
Recognizing the Signs of Domestic Violence
Understanding the Effects of Domestic Violence
How You Can Help Victims of Domestic Abuse
Techniques for Representing Domestic Abuse Victims
How to Keep Safe: Safety Measures for Your Client and Their Children
Family Law Issues and Domestic Abuse

NOTE: 2 CLE credit for each webinar for attorneys on each of the following panels: CAFL & CAFL Appeals.
Register Here

CAFL Appellate Panel Certification Training
2024-02-01 09:30 - 12:30, 2024-02-06 09:30 - 12:30, 2024-02-08 09:30 - 12:30

CRA Performance Standards
2024-02-02 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-02-14 13:00 - 15:00 | Zoom
Now, for the first time ever, CAFL is releasing performance standards for handling Child Requiring Assistance cases. The new standards will take effect February 19, 2024. They are being added to the Assigned Counsel Manual, available on CPCS’s website at Assigned Counsel Manual – CPCS Website (publiccounsel.net), and can be reviewed here. We will be offering several sessions by Zoom to guide you through the standards, which you can register for below! We also plan to make a recording available should you be unable to attend one of the sessions. Please do not hesitate to contact your AIC, mentor, Resource Attorney, or Trial Panel Support Unit liaison with any questions. Thank you for helping us advance the representation of clients in CRA cases.
February 2, 1:00-3:00 https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAocO2oqzMuE92LATrqs8l48Cdfu7FTS7N-
February 14, 1:00-3:00 https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvdu6rqz0jHdNeLKS4SzJKo9NLshJVfg9z

Potentialities, Not Promises: Parole, Good Time, and Release to Supervision Parole and Sentencing for Defense Attorneys, Pt. 2
2024-02-07 13:00 - 15:00
REGISTER HERE: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUpdOurqzkoG9aZw_cP3ef4D-Z37NulWmj4
Please join us for the second installment of our training series on Parole and Sentencing, brought to you by the Criminal Defense Trainers and the Parole Advocacy Unit.
Once a client is sentenced to a term of incarceration, in most instances an array of out-of-court mechanisms may cause them to be released from the prison or house of correction earlier than that date suggested by the maximum term of their sentence. While none of this relief is ever guaranteed, in many cases “early” release into the community becomes a reality. This training will provide attorneys with an understanding of these mechanisms so that they can evaluate potential sentences and help clients make informed decisions regarding plea offers and potential exposure after trial.
Presenters: Sentencing expert Lee Gartenberg trains judges on this and many other issues. Nicole Ouellette is a criminal defense and parole attorney on rotation with the Parole Advocacy Unit. Benjamin Selman is a Legal Training Attorney with CPCS’s Criminal Defense Trainers.
This program has been approved for 2 CLE on the following panels: Adult Criminal, Criminal Appeals, YAD Trial, YAD Appeals, Mental Health, Parole/Medical Parole

Juvenile Competency Hot Topics: Remediation
2024-02-07 14:00 - 15:00 | Zoom
How to successfully prevent a Judge from ordering that your client be remediated.
CLE: YAD 1

Immigration Law for Criminal Lawyers – What a criminal lawyer must know before representing foreign nationals in criminal courts
2024-02-08 16:00 - 18:00 | Zoom
Hosted by the Social Law Library
Monday, April 8, 2024, 4:00 – 6:00 PM ET
Online Only
Faculty: Annelise Araujo, Esq., Partner, Araujo & Fisher, LLC & Melanie Shapiro, Esq., Partner, Law Office of Melanie Shapiro
Join our expert panel and learn about representing criminal defendants who are foreign national and what a criminal lawyer needs to know about convictions and immigration law. Areas that will be covered include:

What is conviction?
Why does it matter for your client AND for you?
Types of crimes

Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude
Aggravated Felonies
Crimes of Domestic Violence
Firearms offenses

Strategies to mitigate immigration consequences.
Working with immigration attorneys
Immigration relief through criminal court – Us, Ts, and S visas

Registration coming soon.

Restorative Justice Series
2024-02-08 17:30 - 19:00
The Origins of Restorative Justice & Making the Case for Restorative Justice as an Alternate Disposition
The Massachusetts Bar Association’s Judicial Administration Section and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee (DEIC) presents a two-part program series on restorative justice. This will be a robust discussion of the restorative justice efforts that are happening within the trial courts on the state and federal level, schools, workplaces, and programs. At its core, restorative justice re-imagines the definition of “justice,” substituting “punishment” with “repair.”
To better understand this shift, the MBA invites you to engage in our upcoming two-part series.
Jan. 25, 2024: CLE Program (massbar.org)
Feb. 8, 2024: CLE Program (massbar.org)
CLE: NOTE: 1.5 CLE credit for each webinar for attorneys on each of the following panels: CAFL, CAFL Appeals.

SORB Case Crunch
2024-02-14 15:00 - 16:00
Save the date – registration TBD

Defending Health Care Proxy Affirmations
2024-02-16 13:00 - 15:00
Presenting by RC’s Debra Dow, Deborah Hill Stevens and DCC Laura Sanford.
Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAvce-rrDssE9Ljl_mg1B_z96VMbn7-IpC6

Traumatizing and Unnecessary: Ending the Practice of Juvenile Strip Searches
2024-02-21 13:00 - 14:30 | Zoom
This complimentary webinar is sponsored by the American Bar Association Litigation Section Children’s Rights Litigation Committee
Strip searches are harmful and traumatizing to children and youth, however they happen regularly in a wide-variety of settings such as jails and detention centers, residential facilities for “troubled teens,” schools, before visits to incarcerated family members in correctional facilities, and by child protective services workers as part of child welfare investigations. Speakers on this webinar<https://form.jotform.com/240106778707157> will discuss the traumatizing long-term effects of strip searches and share tips and tools that can be used to advocate against strip searches so that fewer children and youth will be subjected to this demeaning and dehumanizing practice.
Speakers:
Riya Saha Shah, Senior Managing Director, Juvenile Law Center (moderator)
Tanisha Long, Community Organizer, Abolitionist Law Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Jessica Feierman, Senior Managing Director, Juvenile Law Center, Philadelphia, PA
Amanda Simmons, Ambika Law, PC, Corona del Mar, CA
To register for this complimentary webinar, click here: 2.21.2024 Traumatizing and Unnecessary: Ending the Practice of Juvenile Strip Searches (jotform.com) Register here
NOTE: 1.5 CLE credit for each webinar for attorneys on each of the following panels: CAFL & CAFL Appeals.

CPCS Wellness Committee Mindfulness Program: Mindfulness and Resilience
2024-02-21 15:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
CPCS Wellness Committee invites BC Law Professor, Filippa Marullo Anzalone, to present: Mindfulness and Resilience
Zoom Webinar Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kmS3EGCjRceOs-uJdO4ikQ
NOTE: 1 CLE credit for each webinar for: CAFL, YAD, Adult Criminal, Post-Conviction, Mental Health Litigation, MHLD Appeals, SORB and SDP Panels,
2 CLEs for YAD Appeals

Advocacy Amplified: Leveraging Social Service Expertise in Guardianship and Commitment Matters
2024-02-22 11:00 - 13:00
Meet Olivia DuBois, the Director of Social Service Advocacy.
•Learn about the purpose and benefit for yourclients to add SSEs to their defense teams.
•Understand how SSEs are used in Mental HealthGuardianship and Commitment cases.
•Describe the mechanics of obtaining an SSE forCPCS-assigned matters.
2 CLE Mental Health & Mental Health Appeals
In person program, 75 Federal St, Boston, presented by RC Toni Hall and MHLD Director of Social Service Advocacy, Olivia Dubois
Register Here:
Advocacy Amplified: Leveraging SSEs in Mental Health Defense Matters. Tickets, Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 11:00 AM | Eventbrite

MHLD RED (Race, Equity & Diversity) Talk
2024-02-29 12:00 - 13:00
THIS PROGRAM QUALIFIES FOR 1 CLE ON THE MHLD TRIAL PANEL and MHLD APPEALS PANEL
Drop-in Lunch & Learn to build on other recent race trainings and support you in your MHLD practice!
Bring your lunch and come join your colleagues on MHLD staff and panel to talk informally and brainstorm about raising race in our cases. Do you believe that your client’s mental health treatment, admission to a facility or petition for commitment/guardianship is being impacted by racial bias? During each session we will focus on a different topic arising in our litigation. Come talk about how to tell your client’s story, develop strategy, draft cross and direct examinations, move to admit relevant studies and articles and make effective arguments to the court. This is also a chance to case crunch your cases with your colleagues over lunch!
Register Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvcumurTkoGNYKPzOOjOVnt-3uslg6iXnd

Cancelled: Monthly CAFL Race Equity Drop-In
2024-02-29 13:00 - 14:00 | Zoom
February CAFL Monthly CAFL Race Equity Drop-In has been cancelled.
CPCS is having an agencywide Black History Month Event on a very important topic that is taking place at the same time as our drop in. It is approved for 1.5 CAFL CLEs. We hope you will sign up for this instead. There are both in person and zoom options.
Please register by 2/28/2024 so we can ensure we have a zoom license large enough.
https://www.cognitoforms.com/CommitteeForPublicCounselServices/CPCSBlackHistoryMonthPresentation
As a reminder, in lieu of our March drop in, we will be presenting a training on Using Data in Litigating Race, on March 20, 2:30-4:30. You can sign up here. We also hope you will join us for our April 3 drop in where we will continue to talk about using data.
Best regards,
CAFL Training & CAFL Racial Justice Task Force

Cops Have Records Too: Using the Full Disclosure Database in Youth Defense Cases
2024-02-29 14:00 - 15:00 | Zoom
NOTE: 1 CLE credit for each webinar for attorneys on each of the following panels: YAD Trial & YAD Appeals.
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrdeugqToiHdCzI3eB0VT5aDNBXDO6b-4P

Negotiating and Litigating Meaningful Family Time
2024-03-04 13:00 - 15:30 | Zoom
Monday March 4, 2024, and Thursday March 14, 2024.
Research has shown that the frequency and quality of family time significantly impacts the chances for reunification and leads to more positive outcomes for children. This makes ensuring frequent, quality family time a cornerstone of every C&P and CRA. Over the course of two afternoons, we will provide an overview of the law of “visitation” – including DCF’s obligations, and the court’s sources of authority to enter orders. Using an interactive format, we will discuss strategies for successfully negotiating and litigating for meaningful family time and share tips for removing barriers to positive family time experiences. Some advance reading required (~1 hour), entitles practitioners to an additional CLE for a total of 6 CLE credits.
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErcuCvqzkvHdHUCisSbQRqSP9T6DjuQn9s

Zealous Advocacy in the District Courts
2024-03-05 09:30 - 16:30, 2024-03-07 09:30 - 16:30, 2024-03-12 09:30 - 16:30
CPCS Bar Advocate Training Course for District Court Certification. This course is a hybrid of self-directed work and live session meetings. In order to be placed into the training program, an attorney must submit an application to both CPCS and to the County Bar Advocate Program they wish to practice from. Acceptance into a County Bar Advocate Program does not guarantee acceptance into the CPCS Training Program. The dates for this program are as follows:
February 23, 2023 (Welcome and Introduction to the course) 3:30-5:00 pm (Zoom)
February 26-March 1 (Self directed work on your own)
Live Session Meetings (various locations TBD)
March 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28, 2024
9:30 am to 4:30 pm (with exception of 3/5 which starts at 9:00 am).
Application is below:
CPCS Bar Advocate Training Application updated 9.2023

MHLD Guardianship Certification
2024-03-05 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-03-08 13:00 - 16:00, 2024-03-12 13:00 - 16:00

Webinar on the New Family Treatment Court in Hampden County Juvenile Court
2024-03-06 13:00 - 15:30 | Zoom
Many of our clients struggle with substance use disorders. The traditional court system has historically penalized our clients for what is now known as the natural course of sobriety which includes relapse. We are excited about the new Family Treatment Court in Hampden County (“FTC”). The FTC offers our clients a path to sobriety that has the potential to speed the process of reunification in a less formal and more supportive environment while helping them pursue recovery. As anticipated, there are many questions about the FTC. Please come to a training on March 6 from 1-3:30 p.m. on Zoom to learn about how Family Treatment Court works. During the training you will have an opportunity to hear from someone with lived experience of the Family Treatment Court in Franklin County as well as court staff and CAFL. We will give a brief overview of the challenges our parent clients with substance use disorder face, discuss why FTC can be beneficial to our clients, and how it works. We will also cover advising clients about it, the role of counsel in FTC cases, and dispelling misconceptions about FTC. There will be plenty of time for questions at the end. And the training is worth 2.5 CAFL CLEs!
March 6, 1:00-3:30 PM.
Note: 2.5 CLE credit for each webinar for attorneys on each of the following panels: CAFL, CAFL Appeals.
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkfu2srT4uGdzXMJh6-jC1HqWO9-DLkL-c

Norfolk/Worcester County Regional Coordinator Training
2024-03-08 09:30 - 11:30
CPCS
Mental Health Litigation Division
2 CLE Credits for MHLD
Training Topic: Communicating with Clients
Date & Time: Friday, March 8, 2024, 9:30 pm to 11:30pm
Platform: Zoom
Meeting ID: 882 0614 0063
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Advanced registration NOT required

Presented by:
Susan O’Leary, Norfolk Regional Coordinator
Anna Lembo, Esq., Worcester County Regional Coordinator
Upon completion of this seminar, you will be able to:
– Understand Rule 1.4, Rules of Professional Conduct on client communication
-Review approaches to client interviewing
-Develop an effective approach to interviewing a client with mental illness to improve legal advocacy in mental health matters

New Staff Orientation Bring Back
2024-03-11 09:00 - 17:00 | TBD
More information coming soon.
Location TBD
