1. Permanent Residence Options for Professors and Researchers

Sponsored by the Immigration Law Committee, College & University Law and New Lawyers Sections

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Thursday, April 12, 2007
12:15 p.m.
Boston Bar Association

Penny Rosser, Director of the International Scholars Office at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Steve Clark of Flynn & Clark, P.C., will discuss visa options for Professors and Researchers. Specifically, they will discuss the Outstanding Researcher and Professor employment-based preference category and Special Recruitment and Selection procedures for PERM Labor Certifications.

2. Practicing Law in State Government

Sponsored by the New Lawyers Section

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Thursday, April 19, 2007
12:30 p.m.
Boston Bar Association

Join us as a panel of lawyers with experience in the legislative and executive branches of government discusses practicing law in state government. The panelists will provide:

• a brief overview of the how the branches work together to create and implement laws;
• practical advice on how a lawyer can begin to practice law in this context;
• stories of their experience and how they ended up in their present position.

There will be time for questions.  

3. CLE: Health Care Fraud

Sponsored by the Criminal Law and Health Law Sections

Thursday, April 19, 2007
4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Boston Bar Association

Join our three distinct panels as they explore the latest developments in practice issues related to health care fraud.  Each panel will cover a separate set of topics.  The first panel will survey the newest areas of fraudulent activity being investigated by the government.  The second panel will cover the investigation and prosecution processes involved in representing individuals in health care fraud matters and offer useful practice tips.  The third panel will highlight the unique role and perspective of a qui tam relator and relator counsel in health care fraud prosecutions.

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4. CLE: Financing Technology Enterprises

Sponsored by the Business Law and Intellectual Property Law Sections & the Boston Patent Law Association

Tuesday, April 24, 2007
4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Boston Bar Association

Technology businesses continue to drive the region’s economy, creating new jobs and personal and institutional wealth.  Supporting these businesses are business and intellectual property attorneys who serve their clients best when they have a current understanding of each other’s issues. 

This seminar provides both a basic survey of the common financing and intellectual property issues affecting technology enterprises as well as some of the issues and opportunities presented by recent court and market developments. 

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5. Charitable Board Service: What you need to know and how to get started

Sponsored by the Boston Bar Association's Public Interest Leadership Program

Friday, April 27, 2007
7:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. - Registration & Networking Breakfast
8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. - Program

Serving on a charitable Board is an opportunity to contribute to a worthy cause or mission, gain experience, broaden your career horizons, and use your skills to serve your community in an area of your interest. The Public Interest Leaders of the Boston Bar Association are proud to present this engaging program that will explain everything from how to land a position on a Board to the skills you will need in order to be effective.

With a focus on critical issues for non-profit trustees, experts on corporate governance and non-profit law, non-profit accounting, tax-exemption and fundraising, will take you step-by-step through the components of Board service.

This program will be particularly valuable to lawyers who have not had significant experience serving on charitable Boards but would like to. Lawyers and non-lawyers who are already serving on Boards and want to be more knowledgeable and effective will also find this program informative.

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6. Volunteer at Greater Boston Food Bank

Sponsored by the New Lawyers Social Committee

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Saturday, April 28, 2007
8:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Greater Boston Food Bank
99 Atkinson Street
Boston, MA 02118

Come help us sort food at the Greater Boston Food Bank in a fun team building environment. The Greater Boston Food Bank is the largest hunger-relief organization in New England, and one of the largest food banks in the country.  They distribute over 24 million pounds of food annually to hundreds of local agencies including pantries, soup kitchens, daycare centers, youth programs, senior centers, and homeless and residential shelters, providing the food they need to feed the hungry. 

Family and friends are welcome at this event, but children must be 16 years of age or older. When you arrive, please ask for the Boston Bar Association’s group.  For driving directions and general information, please call the Greater Boston Food Bank at (617) 427-5200.

To RSVP, please contact Stephen Silveri at (781) 461-1192 or by email at stephen@silverilaw.com.

7. Fenway Outing

Sponsored by the New Lawyers Social Committee


Thursday, May 1, 2007
5:00 p.m. Jillian's, 2nd Floor
7:05 p.m. Fenway Park

Join us with friends and family at Jillian’s for pre-game appetizers before heading over to Fenway Park to watch the Sox defeat the Oakland Athletics.

Red Sox tickets are $23 each (no more than 4 tickets per person). Please contact Karen Douglass at kdouglass@bostonbar.org or (617) 778-1952 to reserve your tickets. Tickets are limited!

Please make your checks payable to the Boston Bar Association and send to:

Boston Bar Association
Attention: Red Sox
16 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108

If you plan to join us at Jillian's, please RSVP to Stephen Silveri at stephen@silverilaw.com.

8. Governor Patrick Will Be Featured Speaker at Law Day Dinner

Not since Dwight D. Eisenhower established Law Day by proclamation in 1958 have we been more passionate about celebrating the ideals of our profession. Join your colleagues at the BBA Law Day Dinner on May 3 at the Boston Marriott Copley Place for an evening of camaraderie and reflection. We look forward to welcoming Governor Deval Patrick as our featured speaker.

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