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MLRI: Unemployment Insurance

  • Product Number: 2190169P01
  • CLE Credits, earn up to:
    3.5 substantive credits, 0 ethics credits CLE Credit Note
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  • Product Description

    Product Description

    Unemployment insurance (UI) is a critical safety net during periods of joblessness. This seminar provides you with the expertise you need to understand the UI system and to help your clients get the UI benefits to which they are legally entitled. Our expert panel guides you through the entire UI system from eligibility criteria to the appeals process. (Unemployed workers often cannot afford to retain professional services in pursuing their claims, so if you are a non-legal services attorney, you can register to assist someone in need of help, and in doing so, qualify for reduced tuition.)

    Training materials include the most recent edition of the Unemployment Advocacy Guide: An Advocate’s Guide to Unemployment in Massachusetts. This training is co-sponsored by Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, Greater Boston Legal Services, the Volunteer Lawyers Project, and the Labor and Employment Section of the Massachusetts Bar Association.

  • Agenda

    Agenda & Materials

    • 1:00 pm – 1:10 pm

      Introductions & Overview

      Monica Halas, Esq., Greater Boston Legal Services , Boston
    • 1:10 pm – 1:50 pm

      The Unemployment Insurance System

      Monica Halas, Esq., Greater Boston Legal Services , Boston
    • 1:50 pm - 2:10 pm

      Representing Your Client before DUA - Sequence of a Claim

      Miranda Annery,
    • 2:10 pm – 2:40 pm

      Representing Your Client before DUA - The UI Hearing

    • 2:40 pm – 3:00 pm

      Break

    • 3:00 pm – 3:40 pm

      Representing Your Client before DUA - Issues Concerning Separation from Work: Deliberate Misconduct and Knowing Violation of Work Rule, and Voluntary Quitting (and related issues)

      Elizabeth M. Whiteway, Esq., Greater Boston Legal Services , Boston
      Brian J. Flynn, Esq.,
    • 3:40 pm – 4:30 pm

      Mock UI Hearing (and audience questions)

    Please Note

    MCLE webcasts are delivered completely online, underscoring their convenience and appeal. There are no published print materials. All written materials are available electronically only. They are posted 24 hours prior to the program and can be accessed, downloaded, or printed from your computer.

  • Faculty

    Faculty

    Miranda Annery,
    Monica Halas, Esq., Greater Boston Legal Services, Boston
    Elizabeth M. Whiteway, Esq., Greater Boston Legal Services, Boston
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