SUFFOLK LAW CLE NEWSLETTER January, 2009
 
 

LEARN & TRAVEL IN ENGLAND AND BEYOND

We are in the process of planning for the Oxford Comparative Law CLE. The dates are August 1-15, 2009. This program offers you an opportunity to experience what it's like to be a student at Oxford for a few days, while learning about the British Legal System. You will also have time for travel in Great Britain or Europe. If you would like more information and want to reserve a space, call Peniey McClary at 617.305.1655.
 

SECTION 1983 SUBSCRIPTION SERIES

 No inserts, no pocket parts, no space needed other than your hard drive. Professor Karen Blum's outlines for Local Governemnt Liability and Qualified Imunity are now available through Suffolk University Law School. This subscription will be sent electronically in pdf files, every three months (4 times a year) and will cost $299.00. Click on the link below for more information.
 
 
 

MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER

 
 
 
Happy New Year!
This new year brings important new developments in the law and practice. The upcoming semester at Advanced Legal Studies offers you many opportunities to learn about changes that will impact you and your clients. Visit our website regularly for details as the semester unfolds.
 
Massachusetts Evidence Guide
One major transformation is the New Massachusetts Evidence Guide. This manual will impact practice for all litigators.  To learn what the court will be expecting of you, we offer a two-part program. The first session, "A Guide to the Guide" will be lead by the Honorable R. Marc Kantrowitz, who headed the SJC Advisory Committee that wrote the Guide. The second session, focusing on difficult evidentiary issues, will be lead by Justice John M. Greaney, the new Director of the Macaronis Institute for Trial and Appellate Advocacy. Attend these sessions and learn not only how to use the Guide, but also how judges and attorneys address troublesome evidentiary problems. 
Critical Changes for Divorce Practitioners
Also new for 2009, are revised Child Support Guidelines. On February 12, six weeks after the effective date, Guidelines Task Force members will discuss the substantive changes, but the emphasis will be on analysis of implementation challenges. Come with your questions, issues and problems, and find the answers and solutions you need. A companion program on March 12, features the recently released work of the Alimony Task Force. Members of the task force will review such matters as recommendations for reasonableness of the amount and duration of awards; standards for determining attributions of income; special tax consequences and issues in same-sex divorce.
 
Brown Bag Luncheon Series:
Intellectual Property Basics
 
 Massachusetts may be the new Texas in the world of patent litigation. Two significant developments in the past month show that patent litigation should increase in Massachusetts and almost certainly will decline in the infamous court in Marshall, Texas, also known as the Eastern District of Texas. Experts will be available at the Brown Bag to address practice concerns in the area of: Patent prosecution; patent litigation, trademarks and licensing. Bring your lunch and questions and share in this networking and educational opportunity.
 
 
ADVANCED LEGAL STUDIES
Center for CLE & Academic Conferences
 
P. 617.573.8627   F. 617.305.3099
 

 
New on iTunesU
New Postings of free content from prior programs is available on iTunesU. Log-in and take advantage of these valuable presentations:
 
Health Care Reform: Addressing Access & Affordability, Nov. 21, 2008
--Keynote Address: The Paradox of Health Care in America & What to Do About It 
--Impact on Delivery of Services
 
A New Look at an Old 40B: New Regulations, New Rulings, Sept. 5, 2008
--Analysis of Recent SJC Cases
 
The Fallout from the Subprime Lending Crisis, May, 19, 2008
--Regulatory Restriction-Federal and Massachusetts Laws and Regulations 
 
The Roberts Court: A New Jurisprudential Era?, April 10, 2008
--What Can We Learn from the Recent Opinions of the Robert Court?
--Standing and Access to the Courts-Recent Decisions and Current Cases

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