June 5: DC - Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program Training

This program provides training free of charge to attorneys who agree to counsel and/or represent a veteran/VA claimant or family member before the Veterans Court. As well as receiving the day-long training, attorneys who participate are assigned a case that has been screened for merit and provided a screening memo outlining the issues in the case. Volunteers are also assigned a mentor (a practicing veterans’ law lawyer or practitioner) to give advice and share sample pleadings. Attorneys also receive the Veterans Benefits Manual (VBM) and other resource materials.
Attorneys who participate receive free training in exchange for a commitment to handle at least one appeal that is before the Veterans Court. Attorneys with little or no prior veterans’ law experience are generally able to capably represent an appellant before the Veterans Court provided they attend the training seminar and maintain contact with their mentor. Most cases can be completed in 50 to 60 hours; many cases may require fewer hours. A typical case lasts about 1 year from the time that the attorney enters the case. Some cases may be resolved more quickly and some may take longer.
These trainings tend to fill up quickly, so register asap.
Title:
Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program Training
When/Where:
June 5, 2015
9:00AM to 5:00PM
D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program
1101 K Street NW
Washington DC 20005
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By:
Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program
Credit:
These trainings have always featured a great many free CLE credit recognized in most or all mandatory CLE states.

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April 22: Webcast - Practical and Ethical Issues in Compensating Fact Witnesses: Are the Benefits Worth the Headache?

Not only expert witnesses request payment for their time preparing for trial and their testimony, as once was the trend. Now fact witnesses with special knowledge about the case sometimes expect to be compensated as well. Although rules regarding compensation of fact witnesses have loosened over the years, such payments are not unconstrained. ABA Model Rule 3.4 (b) and the Federal Anti-Gratuity Statute provide some guidance on this topic, but have been criticized for being too vague. In this webinar, you will learn practical advice on how to structure payments to fact witnesses, how to disclose such payments to opposing counsel, and other procedures that will not only help deflect the unavoidable appearance of impropriety associated from such payments, but will also help prevent sanctions from the court.
During the webinar, we will discuss the following:

• An overview and interpretation of rules and statutes relating to compensation of fact witnesses
• Exemplary legal opinions dealing with such compensation
• Structuring and disclosing payments
• Sanctions and other ramifications if compensation is done incorrectly.

Title:
Practical and Ethical Issues in Compensating Fact Witnesses: Are the Benefits Worth the Headache?
When/Where:
April 22, 2015
9:00 am PDT / 10:00 am MDT / 11:00 am CDT / 12:00 noon EDT.
Live webcast; registration required.
Speaker: 
Fitch Even partner Eric L. Broxterman
Presented by: 
Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP
Credit: 
1 hr CLE CA/IL/NE; Other states may also reward credit upon attendee request.
Cost: 
 Free. Registration required.
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May 7: San Francisco - Introduction to Landlord/Tenant Law

This training teaches the basics of representing persons living with HIV/AIDS and low-income tenants who are facing eviction. Primary topics will include an understanding of subsidized versus private housing, rent-control issues, and an overview of the unlawful detainer process, discovery, settlement, and trial.

All active ALRP Panel Attorneys and associates at partner pro bono law firms are welcome to attend any of ALRP’s free MCLE trainings. Attorneys who are not currently members of the Panel are requested to join our Panel and accept two ALRP referrals in the next year. Pre-registration is required to attend.
Title:
Introduction to Landlord/Tenant Law
When/Where:
May 7, 2015
5:30pm - 7:00pm
San Francisco Bar Association Board Room
301 Battery Street, 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA
Speaker:
Ora Prochovnick, Esq. – John F. Kennedy University Housing Advocacy Clinic
By:
AIDS Legal Referral Panel
MCLE Credits:
1.5 General CLE Credits
Cost:
Free to active ALRP Panel Attorneys and associates at partner pro bono law firms
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May 14: Webcast -The Effect of Storm Water Runoff on Commercial and Private Properties

Title:
The Effect of Storm Water Runoff on Commercial and Private Properties
When/Where:
May 14, 2015
02:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time
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Speaker:
Douglas Beyerlein has over 30 years of experience in numerous aspects of water resources planning, flood studies and stormwater management. Before co-founding Clear Creek Solutions, Mr. Beyerlein worked for Hydrocomp and Anderson-Nichols in the San Francisco Bay Area. He later worked for Snohomish County Surface Water Management and AQUA TERRA Consultants in Everett, Washington. As senior hydrologic engineer and engineering group supervisor for Snohomish County, Mr. Beyerlein helped to develop the surface water management program for the county. His responsibilities included watershed planning, streamflow and water quality monitoring, lake management, public education, flood control planning, development of county drainage code, and compliance with state and federal water quality laws. Mr. Beyerlein is licensed as a registered professional engineer in Washington and California and is certified as a Professional Hydrologist by the American Institute of Hydrology. He is also a member of the American Water Resources Association and the American Geophysical Union.
By:
The TASA Group, Inc.
Credit:
Typically, TASA does not apply for credit, but the presenters and content appear to satisfy CLE requirements in a number of jurisdictions in which participants may self-apply for credit.
Cost:
Free.

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May 5: NYC + Philadelphia - Complex Commercial Litigation: Class Actions and Multidistrict Actions

This program will introduce participants to both Class Actions and Multidistrict Litigation - their purposes, enabling legislation, and how they are actually organized and function.
Title:
Complex Commercial Litigation: Class Actions and Multidistrict Actions
A CLE Seminar Presented by Dechert LLP
When/Where:
May 5, 2015
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
Live program: New York, NY
Via videoconference: Philadelphia, PA
Speaker:
Joseph K. Hetrick
By:
Dechert
Credit:
CLE credit is pending in CA, NJ, NY and PA.
Cost:
No charge

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April 21: San Francisco - Introduction to Simple Wills

Participants will gain an overview of drafting and executing simple wills, advance healthcare directives, and durable powers of attorney. Mark Senick has over 30 years of estate planning and probate experience. Please note extended training time.

All active ALRP Panel Attorneys and associates at partner pro bono law firms are welcome to attend any of ALRP’s free MCLE trainings. Attorneys who are not currently members of the Panel are requested to join our Panel and accept two ALRP referrals in the next year. Pre-registration is required to attend.
Title:
Introduction to Simple Wills

When/Where:

Tuesday, April 21, 5:30-7:30pm
San Francisco Bar Association Board Room
301 Battery Street, 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA
Speaker:
Mark Senick, Esq. – www.marksenick.com
By:
AIDS Legal Referral Panel
MCLE Credits:
2.0 General CLE Credits
Cost:
Free to active ALRP Panel Attorneys and associates at partner pro bono law firms
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May 20: Cleveland - The Law and Finance of Funding Higher Education

Description: This lecture will examine recent changes to federal law that affect the way colleges and universities are financed. It will analyze the basis for the recent explosive growth of student lending and will explore the consequences of existing law and proposed legislation relating to repayment programs. The lecture will also examine some recent case studies of colleges and universities that have filed for bankruptcy, and will look at how federal lending policies affect institutions on the edge of insolvency.
Title:

The Law and Finance of Funding Higher Education
When/Where:
May 20, 2015
8:30 A.M. - 9:30 A.M.
Moot Courtroom (A59)
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
11075 East Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44106-7148
Also Webcast
Speaker:
Cassandra Robertson, Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
By:
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Credit:
1-hour gratis CLE credit pending approval.
Cost:
Free and open to the public. Pre-registration required.
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April 17: Webcast - Meeting the Education Requirement for DACA and the Parent/Child Relationship Requirement for DAPA

CIRI and the Immigration Advocates Network are pleased to sponsor a free three-webinar series, “Bringing Clients into Eligibility for Administrative Relief.” The series will cover different ways that we can help prepare potential expanded DACA and DAPA applicants to be ready to apply for these programs once implementation is underway. Each webinar will address a different theme relating to steps that can be taken now to advance eligibility for either of these programs.
This is the registration for the first webinar in the series, which will focus on the DACA education requirement and the parent/child relationship required for DAPA eligibility. “Bringing Clients into Eligibility for Administrative Relief: Meeting the Education Requirement for DACA and the Parent/Child Relationship Requirement for DAPA” will take place on Friday, April 17, 2015 at 2:00 pm Eastern, 1:00 pm Central, 12:00 pm Mountain, and 11:00 am Pacific.
The webinar will address:

• Strategies for meeting the DACA education requirements
• Review of INA definition of child and implications for DAPA
• Overview of ways to establish paternity.

Title:
Meeting the Education Requirement for DACA and the Parent/Child Relationship Requirement for DAPA
When/Where:
Friday, April 17, 2015
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PDT
Webcast - Register Now!
Speakers:

• Michelle Saucedo, DACA Legal Advocate, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles
• Susan Schreiber, Managing Attorney, Training and Legal Support Section, CLINIC
• Debbie Smith, Associate General Counsel / Immigration Law, Service Employees International Union.

By:

• CIRI
• Immigration Advocates Network

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May 4: Webcast - Making Sense of Mobilehomes – Homeowner and Tenants’ Rights

Approximately 6% of all occupied housing in the United States consists of manufactured homes (generally referred to as mobilehomes). This almost uniquely American version of housing has been and continues to be a more affordable option for many people, but it is an option fraught with dangers that most homeowners do not understand or consider before making that choice. It is also an option regulated by an array of regulations, intended to protect homebuyers/homeowners that this training will cover.
Attend this training for an overview of key issues and legal concerns from the perspective of homeowner and tenant advocates, and for information that can help you assist individual homeowners and tenants facing the possibility of repossession, defects in the home itself, or experiencing fair housing problems at the hands of their mobilehome park.
What You Will Learn

• Legal framework governing manufactured homes, including both federal law and California’s own regulatory strictures
• Financing issues and repossession
• Renting and fair housing problems
• Foreclosure process (California focus) and what issues are being litigated right now

Who Should Attend
Practitioners who represent homeowners of mobilehomes or tenants renting a mobilehome will benefit from this program, as will general practitioners interested in learning more about the nitty gritty of how manufactured homes are regulated.
Title:
Making Sense of Mobilehomes – Homeowner and Tenants’ Rights
When/Where:
May 4, 2015
9:00 AM Pacific
Webcast - Register Now!
Also presented in-person in San Francisco.
Speakers:

• Eugene P. Haydu ~ Law Office of Eugene P. Haydu
• Ilene J. Jacobs ~ Director of Litigation, Advocacy & Training, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
• Ronald S. Javor ~ Former General Counsel and Assistant Deputy Director, Housing Standards (Ret.), California Department of Housing and Community Development
• Chair: Maeve Elise Brown ~ Executive Director, Housing and Economic Rights Advocates
• Program Attorney: Christina Thompson ~ Program Attorney, Practising Law Institute

Credits:
Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Virgin Islands, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
By:
Practising Law Institute
Cost:
Free
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May 7: Webcast - The Cargo Cult of Legal Marketing Regulation

“Cargo Cults” of the Pacific attempted to bring back the material abundance islanders had enjoyed during WWII by replicating the circumstances associated with those outcomes. Similarly, attorney regulators often enforce outdated legal marketing regulations despite the abscence of harm that those regulations were originally designed to prevent.
Lawyers who attend this webinar will learn about:

• How historic prohibitions on "runners and cappers" are being used to squelch today's performance-based advertising methods.
• The prevalence of mechanically applying rules in situations where there is no risk of consumer harm.
• A new approach bars could use to protect consumers AND the free speech rights of attorneys.

Title:
The Cargo Cult of Legal Marketing Regulation
When/Where:
Thursday May 7, 2015
10AM (PT) / 1PM (ET)
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Speaker:
By:
Avvo.com
Credit:
1hr Ethics CLE in CA, FL, IL, TX, WA
For other states, consult your state's credit-granting authority.
Cost:
Free. Pre-registration required.
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