Thank you to our Volunteers! MCLE benefits greatly from the volunteer contributions of over 2,000 Massachusetts lawyers and judges who generously serve as our program faculty, book authors, and curriculum advisors each year. Your willingness to share your time and expertise is an integral part of MCLE's continuing effort to educate Massachusetts attorneys and help enhance the quality of legal services provided to the public.

Become a Volunteer

Interested in contributing your time and expertise to CLE? Or would you simply like to suggest an idea for curriculum or new product development? MCLE would love to hear from you!

To volunteer for MCLE Programs, contact Jonathan C. Small, Esq., Director of Programs, by email at jsmall@mcle.org, or by phone at (617) 896-1244.

To volunteer for MCLE Publications, contact Maryanne G. Jensen, Esq., Director of Publications, by email at mjensen@mcle.org, or by phone at (617) 896-1236.

MCLE Programs Volunteer Guides

The MCLE Program Chair Guide
Being asked to chair a program for MCLE is a testament to your expert knowledge, as well as an opportunity for you to shape the continuing education of the Massachusetts bar. The MCLE Program Chair Guide discusses the role of a program chair and the keys to a successful program. Click here to read the entire MCLE Program Chair Guide.

The MCLE Program Faculty Guide
The collaboration between MCLE and its thousands of volunteers is extremely rewarding, and benefits the entire Massachusetts bar. To promote its relationship with its volunteers, MCLE has produced a faculty guide which aims to assist volunteers in presenting their expert opinions in the best possible fashion. Click here to read the entire MCLE Program Faculty Guide.

Audio Visual Information and Training
Many of MCLE's program volunteers make use of the extensive audio and visual equipment that is available at MCLE's Boston Conference Center. To find out what audio-visual equipment MCLE can provide, and how to make the best use of it, click here.

MCLE runs annual presentation skills and PowerPoint® programs, which are free to any MCLE volunteer. Please contact MCLE customer service to find the dates of the next scheduled presentation skills or PowerPoint® programs.

Expense Reimbursement Form
MCLE will reimburse certain expenses incurred by faculty members when they volunteer for MCLE. Expenses that may be reimbursed include tolls, mileage, and parking. To download a reimbursement form click here.

Guests and Complementary Program Materials Policy
Volunteers for MCLE programs are welcome to bring a guest to the program free of charge (except for multiple day limited enrollment workshops and training programs) and each volunteer and guest receives a copy of each of the books or program materials that accompany the program.

If a program volunteer would like to purchase copies of program materials in addition to the standard number of complimentary copies, MCLE is pleased to sell such additional copies at a significantly discounted at-cost price. The at-cost price of a work varies depending upon the particular work, and is based MCLE's costs of printing and binding.

To order additional copies of program materials or to register a guest for a program, please contact MCLE customer service by email at askmcle@mcle.org, or by phone at (617) 482-2005, extension 7.

MCLE Publications Volunteer Guides

MCLE's Guide for Editors and Authors
MCLE's goal is to develop and offer the highest quality CLE publications in order to set a standard of CLE excellence, and our editors and authors have a key role in this endeavor. As an editor or author, you can count on MCLE's full administrative support throughout your writing process. In order to orient you to the task of editing or writing an MCLE publication, we have set forth our technical and substantive expectations for your work, and outlined the various steps in our publishing process. To read the full text of the MCLE Editor's and Author's Guide, please click here.

Complimentary Copies Policy
MCLE is pleased to furnish each editor or author who has actively participated in a book project with two complimentary copies of the work as first published. MCLE also provides the editor or author with two copies of any subsequent print supplement or revision for which he or she has contributed a written update.

If the editor or author of a work wishes to purchase copies of the work in addition to the standard number of complimentary copies, MCLE is pleased to sell such additional copies at a significantly discounted at-cost price. The at-cost price of a work varies depending upon the particular work, and is based MCLE's costs of printing and binding.

To order additional copies of books please contact MCLE customer service by email at askmcle@mcle.org, or by phone at (617) 482-2005, extension 7.

MCLE's Reprint Policy
Because all MCLE publications are protected by copyright, any use by an outside party or by the author himself or herself requires prior permission from MCLE. MCLE requires that the requesting party fill out our Request for Reprint Permission. Permission is limited narrowly as to the scope of the use described in such request (which must be a non-competing use,) and is granted for a standard fee. Other requirements are set forth in the request form. For the full text of the downloadable Request to MCLE for Reprint Permission, please click here. Completed Request forms can be emailed to MCLE at askmcle@mcle.org, or sent to Customer Service, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., 10 Winter Place, Boston MA 02108.

MCLE Publication and Media Acknowledgment
Authors who contribute their original works to MCLE publications are asked to sign MCLE's standard Publications and Media Acknowledgment, which sets forth rights and responsibilities of both the author and MCLE. To review a sample Acknowledgment, click here.

Maximizing Your MCLE Work Product

Being asked to volunteer for MCLE is recognition that your peers consider you to be an expert in your field. Why not leverage that recognition? Click here for Ideas for Maximizing Your MCLE Work Product, a list of practical suggestions to help you reap the benefits of your volunteering.

Annual Volunteer Awards

Each year, MCLE has the pleasure of honoring those volunteers whose generous sharing of time
and talent serves as an example of the CLE spirit. The recipients of the 2008-09 Scholar-Mentor Awards are:

Hon. Edward M. Ginsburg
Associate Justice (Ret.), Probate and Family Court; Legal Assistance Corporation of Central Massachusetts, Worcester
An enthusiastic volunteer for over 30 years who has participated in more than 70 MCLE family law programs; an active participant in MCLE's annual Family Law Trial Advocacy Workshop and creator of the highly acclaimed Family Law Mediation Workshop; a judicial commentator on MCLE's Divorce Law Practice Manual. Strongly committed to providing legal services to the poor, he founded the pro bono initiative, Senior Partners for Justice, in 2002.

Martin R. Healy
Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston
A vital member of MCLE's Real Estate and Environmental Law Curriculum Advisory Committee who has helped shape that area's programming for more than two decades; a frequent speaker at environmental law and land use programs; editor and author of MCLE's best-selling Massachusetts Zoning Manual since its initial publication in 1990.

John O. Mirick
Mirick, O'Connell, DeMallie & Lougee LLP, Worcester
A former member of MCLE's Board of Trustees and Civil Litigation Curriculum Advisory Committee involved in both institutional governance and curriculum development; an active faculty member on numerous litigation programs annually; and a prolific author involved in several MCLE publications, including Massachusetts Superior Court Civil Practice Manual and Civil Practice Jury Instructions, Chapter 93A: Rights and Remedies, and Massachusetts Expert Witnesses.

Nancy S. Shilepsky
Shilepsky O'Connell Hartley Casey Michon Yelen Robb LLP, Boston
A leading practitioner in the area of employment law instrumental in curriculum development as a member of MCLE's Employment Law Curriculum Advisory Committee; a perennial participant in MCLE's annual Employment Law Conference and frequent presenter at numerous other MCLE programs; co-editor of MCLE's Massachusetts Employment Law manual and co-author of Representing a Plaintiff in a Wrongful Termination Case.

The Scholar-Mentor Awards are presented annually in January at MCLE's Annual Meeting Reception. To view this year's awards ceremony, click here.

For previous Scholar - Mentor Award recipients, click here.

2008-2009 Volunteers
MCLE's Annual Report, Keep Raising the Bar, showcases the names and affiliations of those who have volunteered for MCLE during the previous year. To review the complete list, click here.