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 Unemployment Advocacy Guide: An Advocate's Guide to Unemployment in Massachusetts.

This training is co-sponsored by MLRI, Greater Boston Legal Services, the Volunteer Lawyers Project, and the Labor and Employment Section of the Massachusetts Bar Association. 

Agenda & Materials

• 1:00pm - 1:05pm

  Introductions & Overview

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  Elizabeth M. Whiteway, Esq., Greater Boston Legal Services , Boston
  
• 1:05pm - 1:45pm

  The Unemployment Insurance System

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  Jason Salgado, Greater Boston Legal Services , Boston
  Emma G. Hornsby, Esq., Greater Boston Legal Services , Boston
  
• 1:45pm - 2:15pm

  Representing Your Client Before DUA - Sequence of a Claim

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  Rory Macaneney, Community Legal Aid / Worcester County , Fitchburg
  Michael J. Morelli, Community Legal Aid / Berkshire County , Pittsfield
  
• 2:15pm - 2:50pm

  Representing Your Client Before DUA - The Unemployment Insurance Hearing

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  Melissa A. Pomfred, Esq., Pomfred Law Offices, PLLC , Franklin
  
• 2:50pm - 3:05pm

  Break
• 3:05pm - 3:35pm

  Representing Your Client Before DUA - Issues Concerning Separation from Work

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  Sandra Tavarez, Greater Boston Legal Services , Boston
  
• 3:35pm - 4:30pm

  Mock UI Hearing (And Audience Questions)

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