Product Description

ZOOM WORKSHOP

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This session will be held online via Zoom. Due to MCLE's website infrastructure, there is no specific Zoom option to select. Instead, choose the in-person program option to, in fact, register for the Zoom session. Prior to the program, registrants will receive an email with login information and instructions for the virtual session. 

This limited-enrollment program is not included in the MCLE OnlinePass®. 

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"An amazing array of Judges and very experienced lawyers providing the benefits of their wisdom and knowledge." 

This intensely challenging, six-day online course gets you "on your feet" under the rigorous scrutiny of judges and leading practitioners. Join the scores of divorce lawyers who have polished their courtroom efficacy in this Workshop's supportive environment, learning trial advocacy from motion practice—to expert witness examination—to final argument. You won't find another training experience quite like this one. In each online session, you perform as trial counsel in phases of an ongoing trial. Your week begins with admitting exhibits and demonstrative evidence. By Day 4, you're examining actual real estate and psychological experts. Your performances are fully critiqued by experienced faculty members. 

Throughout the week, you observe expert domestic relations practitioners demonstrate effective trial techniques. Between "courtroom" performances the faculty lectures on family law trial topics. Lectures and expert demonstrations are recorded so that you can watch them between online sessions at your convenience. On the final day of this intensive online Workshop experience, you're the leading counsel in a full-blown divorce trial. All the skills you learned during the week are on display before a Probate and Family Court judge, who concludes the session with a frank, no-holds-barred critique of your trial performance and newly-found advocacy skills. 

A rite of passage for excellence in family law, this program gives you newfound confidence in yourself.

Agenda & Materials

• Day 1, Monday, June 14, 2021
• Visiting Faculty Critiquers

  Nicole C. Armstrong, Esq., Armstrong Law, PC , Lowell
  Peter M. Barlow, Esq., Kates & Barlow, PC , Boston
  Stephen D. Fried, Esq., , Middleton
  Lisa J. Marino, Esq., Wilson, Marino & Bonnevie, PC , Newton
  Karen Watts Stuntz, Esq., McEvoy & Stuntz, PC , Concord
  
• 9:00 am - 9:45 am

  Welcome and Overview

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  Hon. David G. Sacks, ADR Provider / Retired Judge , Holyoke
  
• 9:45 am - 10:45 am

  Uncontested Motions
• 10:45 am - 11:00 am

  Break
• 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

  Contested Motions
• Day 2, Tuesday, June 15, 2021
• Visiting Faculty Critiquers

  James L. Brick, Esq., Brick, Jones, McBrien & Hickey LLP , Needham
  Paul M. Kane, Esq., , Boston
  Lisa J. Marino, Esq., Wilson, Marino & Bonnevie, PC , Newton
  Linda A. Ouellette, Esq., Ouellette Family Law LLC, , Framingham
  Karen Watts Stuntz, Esq., McEvoy & Stuntz, PC , Concord
  
• 9:00 am - 11:00am

  Opening Statements
• 11:00 am - 11:15am

  Break
• 11:15 am - 1:00 pm

  Direct & Cross Examination
• Day 3, Wednesday, June 16, 2021
• Visiting Faculty Critiquers

  Stephen D. Fried, Esq., , Middleton
  Hon. Mikalen E. Howe, Probate and Family Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Fall River
  Norman I. Jacobs, Esq., Esdaile, Barrett, Jacobs & Mone , Boston
  Martin F. Kane, II, Esq., McGrath & Kane , Boston
  
• 9:00 am -11:30 am

  Direct & Cross Examination (con't)
• 11:30 am - 11:45 am

  Break
• 11:45 am - 1:00pm

  Direct & Cross Examination of Experts (Qualifications)
• Day 4, Thursday, June 17, 2021
• Visiting Faculty Critiquers

  Phyllis E. Federico, Esq., Warner, Federico & Ryan LLP , Boston
  Hon. Mikalen E. Howe, Probate and Family Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Fall River
  Regina M. Hurley, Esq., Verrill Dana LLP , Boston
  Norman I. Jacobs, Esq., Esdaile, Barrett, Jacobs & Mone , Boston
  Gary O. Todd, Esq., Todd & Weld LLP , Boston
  
• 9:00 am - 11:15 am

  Direct & Cross Examination of Experts (Substance)
• 11:15 am - 11:30 am

  Break
• 11:30 pm - 1:00 pm

  Lawyer Relations
• Day 5, Friday, June 18, 2021
• Visiting Faculty Critiquers

  Nicole C. Armstrong, Esq., Armstrong Law, PC , Lowell
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  Regina M. Hurley, Esq., Verrill Dana LLP , Boston
  Steven J. Ryan, Esq., Warner, Federico & Ryan LLP , Boston
  Gary O. Todd, Esq., Todd & Weld LLP , Boston
  
• 9:00 am - 10:00 am

  Student/Expert Conference

  Eric T. Gable, Suffolk Probate and Family Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  Jessica Grassia, Essex Probate and Family Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Salem
  Kathleen A. Rice, , Woburn
  
• 10:00 am - 11:00 am

  Direct and Cross Examination of Experts (Qualifications and Substance)
• 11:00 am - 11:15 am

  Break
• 11:15 am - 1:00 pm

  Direct and Cross Examination of Experts (Qualifications and Substance) (con't)
• Day 6, Saturday, June 19, 2021
• Experts

  Eric T. Gable, Suffolk Probate and Family Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  Jessica Grassia, Essex Probate and Family Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Salem
  Kathleen A. Rice, , Woburn
  
• Judges

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  Hon. David G. Sacks, ADR Provider / Retired Judge , Holyoke
  Hon. Megan H. Christopher,
  
• 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Trial

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.

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