Product Description

Do you or your clients have questions about discrimination law? This curated bundle of 5 hours of fast-paced webcast programming paired with MCLE’s e-publications, Employment Discrimination in Massachusetts and Representing Clients Before the MCAD, gives you a solid foundation in discrimination law. Set your own schedule, expand your skill set, and advance your practice with confidence.

Proving Employment Discrimination & Retaliation: Issue-Spotting & Tracking Evidence: Elements of discrimination and retaliation law under state and federal law; Various types of pretext evidence that raise an inference of discriminatory or retaliatory animus; Discrimination issue-spotting tips from plaintiff and management counsel’s perspectives; Collecting evidence at the earliest stages of cases, including electronic communications, social media, personnel records, and witness statements; Keeping track of witnesses, including former employees; Approaches to proof of claims and defenses at the agency level v. court; Guidance on preservation requests and litigation holds; Best practices for organizing evidence for use in discovery, summary judgment, and trial

Bringing & Defending a Religious Discrimination Claim: Who is entitled to protection under religious discrimination laws?; Law of religious reasonable accommodation; Best practices for analyzing and responding to employee accommodation requests; Defenses to religious discrimination claims; Developing a trial theme and strategy; Trial preparation, strategy, and techniques

Unparalleled Expertise—Speakers & Authors 

Top-notch Guidance—from the Best in the Practice

Practical Insight You Can Trust

Agenda & Materials

• Bringing & Defending a Religious Discrimination Claim
• 9:00am - 9:05am

  Welcome and Introduction

  Panel
  
• 9:05am - 9:15am

  Who is Entitled to Protection Under Religious Discrimination Laws?

  James S. Weliky, Esq., Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, PC , Newton
  
• 9:15am - 10:00am

  The Law of Religious Reasonable Accommodation

  David Conforto, Esq., Conforto Law Group , Boston
  
• 10:00am - 10:25am

  Best Practices for Analyzing and Responding to Employee Accommodation Requests

  Janette A. Ekanem, Esq., Atrius Health , Newton
  Keerthi Sugumaran, Esq., Jackson Lewis, PC , Boston
  
• 10:25am - 10:35am

  Defenses to Religious Discrimination Claims

  Janette A. Ekanem, Esq., Atrius Health , Newton
  Keerthi Sugumaran, Esq., Jackson Lewis, PC , Boston
  
• 10:35am - 10:45am

  Break
• 10:45am - 10:55am

  Developing a Trial Theme and Strategy

  David Conforto, Esq., Conforto Law Group , Boston
  Janette A. Ekanem, Esq., Atrius Health , Newton
  
• 10:55am - 11:40am

  Trial Preparation, Strategy, and Techniques

  David Conforto, Esq., Conforto Law Group , Boston
  Janette A. Ekanem, Esq., Atrius Health , Newton
  James S. Weliky, Esq., Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, PC , Newton
  
• 11:40am - 11:50am

  Damages and Equitable Remedies

  Keerthi Sugumaran, Esq., Jackson Lewis, PC , Boston
  James S. Weliky, Esq., Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, PC , Newton
  
• 11:50am - 12:00pm

  "Ask the Experts" Q&A Session and Key Takeaways

  Panel
  
• 12:00pm - 1:00pm

  Lunch Break
• Proving Employment Discrimination & Retaliation: Issue - Spotting & Tracking Evidence
• 1:00pm - 1:15pm

  Elements of Discrimination and Retaliation Law Under State and Federal Law

  Rebecca LaPierre, Esq.,
  Monica R. Shah, Esq., Zalkind, Duncan & Bernstein LLP , Boston
  
• 1:15pm - 1:30pm

  Various Types of Pretext Evidence That Raise an Inference of Discriminatory or Retaliatory Animus

  Panel
  
• 1:30pm - 1:40pm

  Issue-Spotting Tips from Plaintiff and Management Counsel’s Perspectives

  Panel
  
• 1:40pm - 1:50pm

  Approaches to Proof of Claims and Defenses at the Agency Level v. Court

  Panel
  
• 1:50pm - 2:05pm

  Collecting Evidence at the Earliest Stages of Cases, Including Electronic Communications, Social Media, Personnel Records, and Witness Statements

  Panel
  
• 2:05pm - 2:15pm

  Keeping Track of Witnesses, Including Former Employees

  Panel
  
• 2:15pm - 2:25pm

  Guidance on Preservation Requests and Litigation Holds

  Panel
  
• 2:25pm - 2:40pm

  Best Practices for Organizing Evidence for Use in Discovery, Summary Judgement, and Trial

  Panel
  
• 2:40pm - 2:50pm

  Fact Pattern

  Panel
  
• 2:50pm - 3:00pm

  "Ask the Experts" Q&A Session and Key Takeaways

  Panel
  

Special Program Materials:

• Employment Discrimination in Massachusetts
• Representing Clients Before the MCAD in Employment Cases

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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