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 Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, Greater Boston Legal Services, the Volunteer Lawyers Project, and the Labor and Employment Section of the Massachusetts Bar Association.

Agenda & Materials

• 12:45pm - 12:50pm

  Welcome and Introduction

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• 12:50pm - 1:10pm

  Establishing Utility Service, Basic Rules

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  Stephanie Herron Rice, Esq., Greater Boston Legal Services , Boston
  Jason Salgado, Esq., Greater Boston Legal Services , Boston
  Jenifer Bosco, Esq., National Consumer Law Center Inc (NCLC) , Boston
  
• 1:45pm - 2:15pm

  Representing Your Client before DUA - Sequence of a Claim

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• 1:10pm - 1:35pm

  Utility Consumer Protections

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  Jeremiah Battle, Esq., National Consumer Law Center Inc (NCLC) , Boston
  Jeremiah Battle, Esq., National Consumer Law Center Inc (NCLC) , Boston
  
• 2:15pm - 2:50pm

  Representing Your Client before DUA - The Unemployment Insurance Hearing

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• 1:35pm - 1:55pm

  Reducing Utility Bills

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  Jenifer Bosco, Esq., National Consumer Law Center Inc (NCLC) , Boston
  
• 2:50pm - 3:05pm

  Break

  Jenifer Bosco, Esq., National Consumer Law Center Inc (NCLC) , Boston
  
• 1:55pm - 2:00pm

  Break
• 3:05pm - 3:35pm

  Representing Your Client before DUA - Issues Concerning Separation From Work

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• 2:00pm - 2:15pm

  Paying Utility Bills

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  Jenifer Bosco, Esq., National Consumer Law Center Inc (NCLC) , Boston
  
• 3:35pm - 4:30pm

  Mock UI Hearing (and audience questions)

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  Jenifer Bosco, Esq., National Consumer Law Center Inc (NCLC) , Boston
  
• 2:15pm - 2:40pm

  Competitive Energy Supply - Protecting Consumers

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  Panel
  
• 2:15pm - 2:40pm

  Competitive Energy Supply - Protecting Consumers

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  Panel
  
• 2:40pm - 2:55pm

  Other Utility Issues, Including Water and Telecommunications

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  Jeremiah Battle, Esq., National Consumer Law Center Inc (NCLC) , Boston
  
• 2:55pm - 3:15pm

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

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  Panel
  

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