Health Care Directives in Massachusetts: Health Care Proxies and Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (MOLST)

05/07/2013 - 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
This will be a discussion about Health Care Directives: Health Care Proxies and Medical Orders For Life Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) and real world experiences and challenges regarding their use....
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Expanding Access to Justice by Engaging Senior Fellows

03/11/2013 - 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Last fall, the Massachusetts Access to Justice Commission launched an innovative program pairing senior attorneys with non-profit and legal service organizations. Seven distinguished lawyers who have retired or are transitioning into retirement were selected by the Commission to serve as Access to Justice Fellows in a statewide pilot project providing critical legal assistance to underserved populations. The Commission is currently recruiting for next year's Fellowship class....
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The Senior Lawyers Section Presents: No One Ever Told Me That

02/05/2013 - 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Our guest speaker is America's only investment advisor/novelist, a best-selling writer of works such as Confessions of a Stockbroker and Sex and Money. He is a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, where he watches over the investments of over two thousand clients from around the world. He will talk about the world of investments -what he has seen and what he expects to see....
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Justice and the Jury Trial

01/31/2013 - 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM
Join United States District Court Judge William G. Young and Massachusetts Superior Court Associate Justice Heidi Brieger for a discussion of changing litigation models and a unique opportunity for lawyers to engage in dialogue with the Bench....
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Senior Lawyers Section Holiday Reception

12/11/2012 - 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
The Senior Lawyers Section, with the co-sponsorship of the New Lawyers Section, is offering a rare evening of holiday cheer and music on Tuesday, December 11, from 5-7pm at the BBA. Besides refreshments, the party will feature songs by the Spindrifts, a local quartet led by Boston attorney David Hanrahan. The Spindrifts, who have been a musical ensemble for 12 years, belong to the national Barbershop Harmony Society. Honored guests will be retired area judges....
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Lawyers Who Write Fiction

11/06/2012 - 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
In the great tradition of such Boston lawyer-novelists as George Higgins (“The Friends of Eddie Coyle”), Barry Reed (“The Verdict”) and Alan Trustman (“The Thomas Crown Affair”), Boston lawyers continue to straddle two careers, practicing law and writing fiction. On Tuesday, November 6 the Senior Lawyers Section will present four best-selling novelists, who will talk about what motivated them to begin, what they have written, and what is coming next....
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Senior Lawyers Telling Stories: Reflections on the Practice

09/13/2012 - 04:00 PM to 07:00 PM
Join the Senior Lawyers Section while they host speakers Hon. Regina Quinlan, Willie Davis, Francis DiMento, and Raymond Young who will recount one of their most interesting cases from their careers....
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Is the Supreme Court Really a Court?

06/19/2012 - 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Professor Eric Segall, Georgia State University College of Law, will discuss his book "Supreme Myths: Why the Supreme Court is Not a Court and its Justices are Not Judges," with further comment by Professor Richard H. Fallon, Harvard Law School...
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