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E-newsletter of the Boston Bar Association | January 17, 2011 |
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| Boston Bar Foundation Fellows Committee members Phoebe Winder (K&L Gates), Janet Bostwick (Janet E. Bostwick, PC), Leiha Macaculey (Day Pitney), Christopher Strang (Desmond, Strang & Scott), and BBF President John Donovan (Ropes & Gray) at the Society of Fellows Open House Reception at 16 Beacon Street. | |
| THE WEEK AHEAD | |
| Monday, January 17, 2011 | |
| 9:00A | BBA CLOSED: Martin Luther King Day |
| Tuesday, January 18, 2011 | |
| 12:00P |
Massachusetts Bar Exam Rule Change for Foreign Lawyers - at BBA Speakers: Gail J Hupper of Boston College Law School; Christine P. Burak of Supreme Judicial Court; James C. Stokes Jr. of Bingham McCutchen LLP; Mela Lew of Massachusetts Board of Bar Examiners Foreign Lawyers Committee more info / RSVP>> |
| 12:00P |
Material Support to Terrorism: Impact on Asylum and Derivative Asylum Applicants - at BBA Speakers: Anwen Hughes of Human Rights First; Daniel A. Lev of Ropes & Gray LLP Immigration Law Section, Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Section more info / RSVP>> |
| 12:30P |
Green Building Codes: The New International Green Construction Code (IgCC), and the Mass. "Stretch Energy" Code - at BBA Speakers: A. Vernon Woodworth of RW Sullivan Engineering Energy and Telecommunications Law Committee, Environmental Law Section more info / RSVP>> |
| 12:30P |
Divorce Issues in an Elder Law Practice - at BBA Speakers: Doris F. Tennant of Tennant Lubell, LLC Family Law Section, Solo & Small Firm Section, Elder Law and Disability Planning Committee more info / RSVP>> |
| 5:15P | BBA Group Mentoring Meeting for Group #1 - at Mintz Levin, One Financial Center |
| Wednesday, January 19, 2011 | |
| 12:00P | International Law Section Steering Committee Meeting - at BBA |
| 12:00P |
Microsoft's Challenge to the Presumption of Validity in Microsoft v. i4i Limited Partnership - at BBA Speakers: Mark B. Solomon of Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, PC; Gregory James Sieczkiewicz of Flagship Ventures; Jack Charles Schecter of Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP Intellectual Property Litigation Committee more info / RSVP>> |
| 12:30P | Health Law Steering Committee Meeting - at BBA |
| 2:00P |
CLE - Intellectual Property Year in Review - at Hyatt Regency Boston, One Avenue de Lafayette Speakers: DeAnn F. Smith of Foley Hoag LLP; Matthew B. Lowrie of Foley & Lardner LLP; Edward Black of Ropes & Gray LLP; Megan R. Baca of Ropes & Gray LLP; Russell Beck of Beck Reed Riden LLP; Michael P. Boudett of Foley Hoag LLP; David J. Byer of K & L Gates LLP; Julie E. Korostoff of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C.; Geri L. Haight of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C. Intellectual Property Law Section more info / Register>> |
| 4:00P |
Haiti One Year Later: Human Rights & Development After the Earthquake - at BBA Speakers: Brian Concannon of Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti; Donna Barry of Partners In Health; William E. Graves Jr. of Graves & Doyle; Manolia Charlotin of Boston Haitian Reporter International Public Law, Policy and Human Rights, Immigration Law Section more info / RSVP>> |
| 4:15P | BBA Council - at BBA |
| 4:15P | BBA Mentoring Steering Committee Meeting - at Conn Kavanaugh, Ten Post Office Square |
| 4:30P | Criminal Law Section Steering Committee Meeting - at BBA |
| 5:00P | BBA Group Mentoring Meeting for Group #5 - at BBA |
| 6:00P |
VITA Information Session & Registration Social - at BBA Speakers: Sonia J. Kwon of Lynch, Brewer, Hoffman & Fink LLP Tax Section, New Lawyers Section more info / RSVP>> |
| Thursday, January 20, 2011 | |
| 11:30A | Solo & Small Firm Section Steering Committee - at BBA |
| 12:00P |
Tips for Handling the Intersection of the Worlds of Probate and Conveyancing - at BBA Speakers: William C. Ely of Robinson & Cole LLP-Boston; Nancy Weissman of Attorney Nancy Weissman Title & Conveyancing Committee more info / RSVP>> |
| 12:30P |
The Paperless Office - at BBA Speakers: Rodney S. Dowell of Law Office Management Assistance Program; Jared D. Correia of Law Office Management Assistance Program Solo & Small Firm Section more info / RSVP>> |
| 4:00P |
Health Law Career Panel - at BBA Speakers: Kimberly Haddad of Office of Senator Richard Moore; Melissa J. Lopes of Harvard University; Christie L. Hager of U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services; Georgia Maheras of Health Care for All, Inc.; Julia R. Hesse of Tufts Medical Center, Inc.; David Abelman of Tufts Health Plan-Watertown; Garrett G. Gillespie of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C.; Serina Q. Barkley of Dwyer & Collora, LLP; Taramattie Doucette of Greater Boston Legal Services; Barbara Blom Anthony of Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation New Lawyers Section, Health Law Section more info / RSVP>> |
| 4:30P |
Coming Out in the Workplace - at BBA Speakers: Will Evans of Massachusetts Teachers Association; Vickie L. Henry of Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders; Laura K. Langley of Bingham McCutchen LLP; Christina Ely Miller of Suffolk County District Attorney's Office Diversity & Inclusion Section, New Lawyers Section, Labor & Employment Law Section, Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Section more info / RSVP>> |
| Friday, January 21, 2011 | |
| 12:00P |
The Publishing Industry: Where Are We Headed? - at BBA Speakers: Brenda M. Ulrich of The Law Office of Zick Rubin Arts, Entertainment and Sports Law Committee more info / RSVP>> |
| 12:30P |
Estate Planning for Same Sex Couples - at BBA Speakers: Shari A. Levitan of Holland & Knight, LLP Estate Planning Committee more info / RSVP>> |
| 2:00P |
Welcoming Newcomers in the New Year: Immigration Law Pro Bono Fair - at BBA Speakers: Anita Sharma of PAIR Project; Maria Baguer of Lutheran Social Services of New England; Valerie L Fisk of Community Legal Services and Counseling Center; Ann Cooper of KIND, Inc.; Abby Colbert of Irish Immigration Center (IIC); Uzma Burney of Victim Rights Law Center New Lawyers Section, Immigration Law Section, Delivery of Legal Services Section more info / RSVP>> |
| 5:30P |
New Lawyers 7th Annual Wine Tasting - at BBA
New Lawyers Section more info / RSVP>> |