MHLD - Civil Commitment Certification - Mock Trials Location: Boston Date: 10/17/2025 All-Day

Title: The Lawyer Well-Being Series The Legal Profession & Substance Use Disorders Date: Part 1: September 15th, 12:00-1:00pm | Part 2: October 20th, 12:00-1:00pm Platform: Remote - Link to be provided Part 1: Monday, September 15th from 12 pm to 1 pm Understanding the Legal Landscape The first session will explore the scope and impact […]

Learn how to effectively advocate for student clients in school filed CRA actions. This Presentation will cover Truancy and School Offenders CRAs and provide strategies for challenging such cases.  Learn: The statutory framework; Using school records to defeat these claims; Using legal protections including IDEA, MA special education law, ESSA, Mc-Kinney-Vento and school discipline protections […]

Client Counseling in Post-Trial UPDATE

Each year we host a two-part webinar on medical and mental health treatment decisions for children involved in state intervention cases (aka “Rogers” training). New CAFL attorneys are required to attend both days within their first two years of practice. This program is also open to any CAFL practitioner who would like a refresher. Those […]

NOVEMBER MHLD RED (Race, Equity and Diversity) Talk November 21, 2025 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Drop-in Lunch & Learn to build on other recent race trainings and support you in your MHLD practice! THIS PROGRAM QUALIFIES FOR 1 CLE ON THE MHLD TRIAL & APPEALS PANEL Bring your lunch and come join your colleagues on MHLD […]

Please join the EdLaw Project in the new year on Monday, January 5, 2026, for the next session of Get Schooled with EdLaw: Using Education Law to Fight CRAs. Register for this and upcoming sessions here.

The Guardianship Roundtable Resumes! When: January 8, 2026 1 – 2 PM Legal Services Attorneys Will Discuss All They Can Do for Your Clients Facing Guardianship,  Displacement to Nursing Facilities, Need for Services in the Community and Benefits Bring your cases to crunch, and make a connection with community legal services who can support your […]

Appellate Panel Certification Training Orientation Registration Fee:  $250.00 More information to follow.

Lunch Hour Special Project Brainstorm Sessions (on Zoom)                Rule 30 motions for former clients of Atty Richard Doyle Get updates on the latest litigation and decisions regarding the conflict of interest claims of former clients of Atty Doyle, who posted to social media hateful comments, which were racist, anti-Muslim, anti-immigrants, anti-trans and homophobic.  Learn […]

Parental Capacity for Lawyers What is “parental capacity”? How is it evaluated? What is your role? Licensed psychologist Dr. Ronald Molin (you might know him from last year’s But Why? Communicating & Collaborating With Kids About Being in Care training) will walk us through the uses and limits of parental capacity evaluations in state intervention cases, […]