1. Negotiation Skills Training - Sponsored by the Washington Council of Lawyers. When: December 2, 2005, 9:00-4:00. Where: Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Cost: $25 (lunch is included). The training is geared toward pro bono attorneys who have limited or no experience negotiating on a client’s behalf. The course will address general negotiation skills, including how one approaches negotiations, why they fail, and how to get them back on track. Trainers include: Steve Altman, private practitioner who is an experienced lecturer and trainer on negotiations and dispute resolution and a former DOJ attorney; Melissa Reinberg, adjunct professor at Georgetown Law School who teaches negotiation and mediation and the former Legal Director of Legal Aid Society of D.C.; Jessica Rosenbaum, previously with Legal Aid Society of DC where she developed negotiating skills in a variety of family law settings and a former DOJ and State Department attorney; and Karen Leichtnam, Acting Director, D.C. Superior Court Multi-Door Program, will join us during lunch to describe this program and how it can be effectively used. To register, visit www.wclawyers.org and click on Events/Event Schedule. Then click on the Negotiation Skills training and click on the registration link. Space is limited. For more information, contact Susan Gilbert at sdgilbert@wclawyers.org or 202-942-5063.
2. Family Court Self-Help Center Volunteer Training Session - Sponsored by DC Bar Pro Bono Program. When: December 2, 2005, 1:00-5:00 p.m. Where: DC Bar Conference Center, 1250 H Street, NW, B-1 Level. Fee: $10. Participants will be trained to volunteer for the Family Court Self-Help Center at DC Superior Court. Trainees will be asked to commit to volunteering for three morning or afternoon shifts at the Center within approximately 6 months. Appropriate for attorneys only. To register, go to www.dcbar.org/probono.
3. Child Custody - Sponsored by Archdiocesan Legal Network, Bread for the City, Legal Aid Society. When: March 3, 2006, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Where: DC Bar Conference Center, 1250 H Street NW, B-1 Level. Fee: $25 (paralegals who are part of an attorney/paralegal team, $15). Basic substantive and procedural law and advocacy strategies needed to litigate child custody proceedings involving indigent or low income DC families. Participants are expected to take a case from one of the sponsoring organizations. To register, go to www.dcbar.org/probono.
4. Combating Real Estate Scams - Sponsored by Legal Counsel for the Elderly. When: March 10, 2006, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Where: DC Bar Conference Center, 1250 H Street, NW, B-1 Level. No fee. Participants will learn about warning signs of predatory loans; laws governing mortgages; legal remedies and consumer defenses to predatory loans, including TILA, HOEPA, RESPA, and UDAP; how to use the DC predatory lending law; and special challenges of predatory mortgage cases. Participants are expected to take a case from one of the sponsoring organizations. To register, go to www.dcbar.org/probono.
5. AIDS Advocacy - Sponsored by Whitman-Walker Clinic Legal Services Program. When: May 5, 2006, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Fee: $25 (paralegals who are part of an attorney/paralegal team, $15). Training participants will receive instruction in several substantive areas of the law affecting people living with HIV/AIDS and will be prepared to volunteer with Whitman-Walker Clinic Legal Services upon completion of the training. Participants are expected to take a case from one of the sponsoring organizations. To register, go to www.dcbar.org/probono.
6. Wills and Advance Directives - Sponsored by Legal Counsel for the Elderly and the Archdiocesan Legal Network. When: June 9, 2006, 12:00 noon- 4:15 p.m. Where: DC Bar Conference Center, 1250 H Street, NW, B-1 Level. Fee: $25 (paralegals who are part of an attorney/paralegal team, $15). The course will focus on proper drafting of wills and advance directives (durable powers of attorney, health care powers of attorney and living wills) in DC. Participants are expected to take a case from one of the sponsoring organizations. To register, go to www.dcbar.org/probono
7. Combating Real Estate Scams - Sponsored by Legal Counsel for the Elderly. When: March 10, 2006, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Where: DC Bar Conference Center, 1250 H Street, NW, B-1 Level. No fee. Participants will learn about warning signs of predatory loans; laws governing mortgages; legal remedies and consumer defenses to predatory loans, including TILA, HOEPA, RESPA, and UDAP; how to use the DC predatory lending law; and special challenges of predatory mortgage cases. Participants are expected to take a case from one of the sponsoring organizations. To register, go to www.dcbar.org/probono.
8. AIDS Advocacy - Sponsored by Whitman-Walker Clinic Legal Services Program. When: May 5, 2006, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Fee: $25 (paralegals who are part of an attorney/paralegal team, $15). Training participants will receive instruction in several substantive areas of the law affecting people living with HIV/AIDS and will be prepared to volunteer with Whitman-Walker Clinic Legal Services upon completion of the training. Participants are expected to take a case from one of the sponsoring organizations. To register, go to www.dcbar.org/probono.
9. Wills and Advance Directives - Sponsored by Legal Counsel for the Elderly and the Archdiocesan Legal Network. When: June 9, 2006, 12:00 noon- 4:15 p.m. Where: DC Bar Conference Center, 1250 H Street, NW, B-1 Level. Fee: $25 (paralegals who are part of an attorney/paralegal team, $15). The course will focus on proper drafting of wills and advance directives (durable powers of attorney, health care powers of attorney and living wills) in DC. Participants are expected to take a case from one of the sponsoring organizations. To register, go to www.dcbar.org/probono.