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Title: Prisoner Law: What Practitioners and Judges Need to Know Date: November 18th, 4:00-6:00pm, 2hrs Platform: Remote Program Description: This program will feature a panel consisting of practicing advocates and sitting judges who will address a range of issues that arise in correctional institutions. The topics include issues that frequently arise in the context of […]

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 […]

MHLD Training Unit: Lunch & Learn Series Myers Litigation November 21st 1-2p 1 CLE On Zoom   Join us at this virtual, one-hour training to learn about how to represent incarcerated competent clients who face forcible “lifesaving” medical treatment via a petition from the Department of Correction or House of Correction. These petitions, called "Myers petitions," seek authorization to […]

MHLD and Criminal Defense Trainers Present: Representing Clients Facing § 12(e) Commitment REGISTER HERE: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/aA1wnXwIQ5Wt0D2Ri4U00w After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Come join us to learn how to zealously defend clients facing § 12(e) petitions based only on the belief by “any person” that there is a […]

Title: WHAT ARE THE ACTUAL IMMIGRATION RISKS FOR MY CLIENT? WHAT EVERY MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION'S IMMIGRATION POLICIES Date: December 1st, 4:00-6:00pm, 2hrs Platform: Remote Program Description: At a time when immigration enforcement is on everyone's minds, two experienced immigration lawyers go beyond the headlines and break down everything that […]

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Mindfulness and Self Compassion Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 1 to 2 pm. Register in advance: Link Presented by: Filippa Marullo Anzalone, Esq. *NOTE: 1 CLE credit for each webinar for: Criminal Trial, Post Conviction, YAD Trial, YAD Appeals, MH Trials, MH Appeals, CAFL Trial, Parole/Medical Parole, SORB and SDP Panels.    * Filippa Marullo Anzalone, Esq., […]

Program: Forensic Testimony: Pitfalls and Guardrails Date: December 3rd, 4-6pm Platform: Remote   Program Description: Using an investigative fact pattern which could be interpreted as a homicide or an accident, this seminar will focus on fingerprint and DNA issues.  The discussion will follow a chronological format: crime scene response, laboratory analysis of fingerprint and DNA […]