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New BBA Members receive the rest of this year for free!

Pay now and not only will you lock in this year’s dues rate, your membership will be good through the next program year (August 31, 2013). Read more.

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Donate Your Time: Represent Claimants Seeking Unemployment Benefits

This program, slated for May 30th, will guide you through the intricacies of the unemployment system and the information you need to represent clients at hearings. As unemployed workers often cannot afford to hire a lawyer and cutbacks to legal services funding have resulted in reduced resources, you will be providing an invaluable service by volunteering through the Volunteer Lawyers Project to handle these cases. Click here for more.

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BBA Files Amicus Brief urging SJC to clarify estate planning law

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Trusts & Estates Year in Review 2012

An annual hit among estate planning practitioners, this seminar offers a rare opportunity to learn about the year’s significant developments in Massachusetts and federal laws that affect your estate planning practice. Click here for more info.

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Justice is Sweet is June 28

Join friends and colleagues at the BBA for a night of mingling, wine tasting and chocolate. The BBF’s sweetest event of the year takes place on Thursday June 28.

A forum for criminal defense lawyers and prosecutors to explore practice issues and strengthen skills

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New Tool for Determining Innocence Takes Effect Today

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Today, as the Cradle of Liberty becomes the 49th state in the union to provide post-conviction access to scientific and forensic testing by right, the Boston Bar Journal publishes an article by Professor David M. Siegel of New England Law | Boston and Gregory I. Massing, Executive Director of the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service, that spells out exactly how the new law will work.

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Missed "Regulating CORI Reform: A Discussion" on 3/22? Watch it Online!

Monday, May 14, 2012

On March 22, the Criminal Law Section hosted the brown bag program "Regulating CORI Reform: A Discussion." Speakers discussed how access to CORI will change, how CORI Reform will affect your clients and how newly proposed regulations may change how CORI is used in the workplace. Did you miss this program? Watch the recording online and download the materials through West Legal Ed Center.

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Criminal Law Committees

Criminal Law Public Policy Committee

A forum for criminal defense lawyers and prosecutors to explore practice issues and strengthen skills.
Contact Information

Bryan S. Conley

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

(617) 526-6765

bryan.conley@wilmerhale.com
Steering Committee

The leadership committee of the Section organizes programs and discusses policy. To inquire about opportunities, please contact the Section Co-Chairs.