Divorce Law: MCLE BasicsPlus!®
Take control of your divorce practice!
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If you want to launch a successful divorce practice, here’s your chance. In this popular BasicsPlus!® program, the best divorce counsel in Massachusetts provide hands-on workshops, demonstrations, interactive dialogue and information-packed lectures—all designed to teach you the fundamental skills critical to representing your clients. This two-day immersion features hours of training; get your questions answered!
Begin with a fast-moving presentation of core concepts, statutory authority, significant cases, and a review of procedural rules you need to know to navigate divorce litigation. Then it’s time for live demos on conducting client interviews, preparing financial statements, arguing motions before a judge, and negotiating and settling the terms of separation agreements to obtain the very best outcome for your client. Your takeaways from this extraordinary two-day experience? New procedural and strategic knowledge, new understanding of the law of divorce, and a new confidence to jumpstart your career as a divorce lawyer.
You will learn…
- How to establish and maintain a solid working relationship with your client
- What it takes to make your practice impeccably professional, civil, and ethical
- How to conduct an exhaustive intake and critically assess your client’s end game and chances for success
- How to negotiate the most advantageous custody and visitation arrangement for your client
- What tax consequences to anticipate in the division of assets, and how to know when to call in an expert
Special interactive sessions
- Fee Arrangements, Jurisdiction and Venue Issues, Effective Economical Case Management, Client Billing and How to Collect Your Fees
- The Financial Statement, The Mandatory Disclosure of Documents, Asset-Related Restraining Orders to Protect Your Client’s Financial Wellbeing
- Getting Your Client Relief with Temporary Orders, Gleaning Facts Through Well-Conducted Depositions, Interacting Successfully with Probation Officers of the Probate and Family Court
- Negotiating Optimal Settlements and Managing Clients and Opposing Counsel in Four-Way Conferences, Working Ethically and Productively with the Pro-Se Opponent
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Agenda & Materials
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9:00 am - 9:02 am
Welcome and Introduction
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10:58 am - 11:23 am
ADR, Collaborative Law, and Mediation in a Divorce Matter
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9:02 am - 09:26 am
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11:23 am - 11:43 am
Break
Hon. Omar Hernández, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
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09:26 am - 10:00 am
Workers' Compensation: Types of Benefits Under MGL Ch.152
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10:00 am - 10:28 am
Workers' Compensation: Representing Claimant from Initial Intake Through Conciliation
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11:43 am - 12:35 pm
Contempts and Modifications with Discussion in a Divorce Matter
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12:35 pm - 1:35 pm
Lunch
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10:30 am - 10:35 am
Stretch Break
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1:35 pm - 2:32 pm
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10:35 am - 11:03 am
Investigative Representing the Insurer in the Initial Stages of Workers' Compensation Claim, Filing or Litigation
on demand video Add to CartHon. Omar Hernández, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
Hon. Michael E. Williams, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Fall River
Melissa A. Padula Fitzpatrick, Esq., Tentindo, Kendall, Canniff & Keefe LLP , Boston
Teri A. McHugh, Esq., Law Offices of Teri McHugh, PLLC , Needham
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2:32 pm - 2:54 pm
Financial Statements in a Divorce Matter: The Basics
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11:03 am - 11:41 am
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2:54 pm - 3:25 pm
Tax Issues: Deductible and Non-Deductible support orders, 1041 Transfers, and Dividing Assets in a Divorce Matter
on demand video Add to CartRyan L. Benharris, Esq., Law Offices of Deborah G. Kohl , Fall River
Kaylene M. Crum, Esq., Keches Law Group , Milton
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3:25 pm - 3:49 pm
Pensions and Retirement in a Divorce Matter
on demand video Add to CartHon. Omar Hernández, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
Hon. Michael E. Williams, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Fall River
Alicia M. DelSignore, Esq., Loughran & Corbett , Watertown
Judson L. Pierce, Esq., Pierce, Pierce & Napolitano , Salem
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11:41 am - 12:25 pm
Lunch
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3:49 pm - 4:05 pm
Break
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12:30 pm - 1:02 pm
'Workers' Compensation Basics: Key Cases
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4:05 pm - 4:11 pm
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1:02 pm - 1:55 pm
Workers' Compensation: Prehearing Conference through Hearing and Section 11A Motion Practice
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Day Two, March 9th, 9:30 am - 4:30 pmHon. Omar Hernández, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
Hon. Michael E. Williams, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Fall River
Hon. Michael E. Williams, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Fall River
Hon. Michael E. Williams, Department of Industrial Accidents, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Fall River
Melissa A. Padula Fitzpatrick, Esq., Tentindo, Kendall, Canniff & Keefe LLP , Boston
Teri A. McHugh, Esq., Law Offices of Teri McHugh, PLLC , Needham
Teri A. McHugh, Esq., Law Offices of Teri McHugh, PLLC , Needham
Teri A. McHugh, Esq., Law Offices of Teri McHugh, PLLC , Needham
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9:30 am - 9:32 am
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1:55 pm - 2:17 pm
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9:32 am - 9:58 am
Discovery in a Divorce Matter
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2:17 pm - 2:38 pm
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9:58 am - 10:27 am
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10:27 am - 11:02 am
Motion Practice, Temporary Orders in a Divorce Matter
on demand video Add to CartRyan L. Benharris, Esq., Law Offices of Deborah G. Kohl , Fall River
Kaylene M. Crum, Esq., Keches Law Group , Milton
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2:38 pm - 2:48 pm
Stretch Break
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11:02 am - 11:12 am
Break
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11:12 am - 11:50 am
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2:48 pm - 3:40 pm
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3:40 pm - 3:56 pm
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11:50 am - 12:50 pm
Lunch
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11:50 am - 12:50 pm
Lunch
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12:50 pm - 1:07 pm
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1:07 pm - 1:25 pm
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1:25 pm - 1:40 pm
Break
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1:40 pm - 1:53 pm
Negotiation and Settlement, Four-Way Negotiation Conference, Corridor Negotiation, Pretrial Conference, and Settlement Agreement in a Divorce Matter
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1:53 pm - 2:04 pm
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