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September 2025
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October 2025
- Chapter 93A - Nuts & Bolts and Hot Topics - Learn from both Bench and Bar Experts!
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How to Be a Better Family Law Attorney from A to Z For Beginner and Newer Attorneys
- So, You Want To Be a Divorce Lawyer?
- The Divorce and Family Law Process: Drafting Divorce Complaints, Modifications, Contempts and Answers
- From Temporary Orderes to Pre-Trials: Drafting, Argument and Considerations
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December 2025
- Fall 2025 Update - What Are the Actual Immigration Risks for My Client? What Every Massachusetts Attorney Needs to Know About the Current Administration's Policies
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January 2026
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February 2026
- The Realities of Commercial Sexual Exploitation, Substance Use, & Justice Involvement in Boston: A Massachusetts Trial Court Response
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- Divorce 101 – A Two-Part Series
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2026 Family Law Financial Mastery Series
- Session 1 - Income Analysis for Support: Getting to the right number
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- Session 5 - Professional Partnerships in Divorce – Medical, Legal and similar businesses.
- Library Closing Early - 2/13
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March 2026
- Legal Writing Seminar: With Some Not So Typical Topics
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Consumer Law Essentials: Protecting Home Equity, Tenants, and Financial Health
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- Pathways to the Bench: Massachusetts Judges Share their Experiences
- Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure 14-14.4 Criminal Pretrial Discovery Update
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May 2026
- Ethical Duties When Using Generative AI and Other Technologies
- Alternative Dispositions in the District Court: Everything You Need to Know About Recovery Court
- The Lawyer Well-Being Series - Vicarious Traumatization
- Massachusetts Legislative History 2026
- Will Your Next Client Find You? Staying Visible in the Era of ChatGPT, Google and AI Search
- THE SLOW BURN: Understanding, Preventing and Bouncing Back from Burnout
- SPRING 2026 UPDATE: Assessing Immigration Risks for Our Clients in the Current Administration: A Guide for Every Massachusetts Attorney
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- Library Closing Early - 5/22
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June 2026
- Untangling Coverage: A Practical Guide to Your First Insurance Dispute
- Navigating the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (“ABCC”): Hearings, Licensing, and Avoiding Common Pitfalls
- The Lawyer Well-Being Series - Neurodiversity in the Legal Profession
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September 2026
- Library Closing Early - 9/4
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- Walking Tour - The Witch Trial Trail: The People and Places of Boston Connected with the Salem Witch Trials
- How to Handle an Administrative Agency Hearing: Practice, Procedure, and Advocacy
- What to Do When a Loved One Dies-2026 Update: What a Lawyer needs to know when Navigating the Probate Court
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How to Be a Better Family Law Attorney from A to Z: A Six-Part Masterclass Series for New and Novice Practitioners - Fall 2026 | September – December
- So, You Want to be a Divorce Lawyer?
- The Family Law Process: The Beginning of a Divorce: Drafting Complaints, Modifications, Contempts and Answers
- From Temporary Orders to the Pre-Trial: Drafting, Arguments and Considerations
- The Pre-Trial Hearing, Separation Agreements, and the Pathways to Getting the Job Done
- The Trial and the Aftermath
- A View from the Family Law Bench
- How Immigration Law Impacts Matrimonial Law, Guardianship & Conservatorship, and Estate Planning
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October 2026
- 2026 Evidence Series – Learn What the Judges Learn
- Massachusetts Guardianship Association 2026 Annual Conference
- Meet the Appellate Clerks: Insider Insights for Practicing Before the SJC and Appeals Court
- Implementing Responsible AI Tools for Law: Ethics, Risk, and Real-World Application
- Built to Endure: Mental Fitness and Sustainable Performance in the Practice of Law
- Sexual Assault Series
- How to Navigate the Beginning, the Middle, and the End of a Family Law Appeal
- Robert’s Rules of Order in Practice: A Mock Meeting
- Post-Emancipation Support for Adult Children with Disabilities: The Question of Duty to Support Adult Children Under Massachusetts Law
- Library Closing Early - 10/9
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November 2026
- Incivility in the Legal Profession: Staying Professional Under Pressure
- Preserving the Record and Standards of Review in Criminal Cases: A Two-Part Series
- 2026 Search & Seizure Series
- Residential Summary Process: A Review
- The Legal SEO and AI Stack We Actually Use
- Library Closed - 11/11
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- Library Closing Early 11/27
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December 2026
- FALL 2026 UPDATE: Assessing Immigration Risks for Our Clients in the Current Administration: A Guide for Every Massachusetts Attorney
- Crossing Borders: Managing Hague Child Abduction Cases from Start to Finish
- Federal Legislative History
- Complex Pretrial Discovery Motion Practice in District Court Criminal Cases
- Library Closing Early - 12/24
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