Copyright & Art

Saul Ewing LLP 1001 Fleet Street, 9th Floor, Baltimore, MD, United States

This training covers how to register copyrights for different types of artists, including visual artists and musicians, fringe rights and issues associated with registering copyrights, and issue spotting while assisting artists with copyright registration.

Best Interest Attorney Training (MSBA CLE)

Live Webinar MD

Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA) and PBRC offer 3 free and 3 discounted slots for select MSBA Continuing Legal Education (CLE) courses to volunteer and legal services provider staff attorneys. Click for more details. 

Volunteer Appreciation Night

University of Baltimore School of Law 1401 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

We invite recent and active volunteers to join us for a celebration of their selfless commitment to pro bono service for the community's most vulnerable.

Representing Asylum Seekers: Mock Hearing Edition

University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law 500 W Baltimore St, Baltimore, MD, United States

Asylum-seekers are 14 times more likely to be able to stay in the U.S. when they have a lawyer representing them. As lawyers, you can learn the skills to help immigrants seeking safety and stability in the wake of violence.

Criminal Record Expungement in Maryland: A Comprehensive Overview

Michael E. Busch Annapolis Library 1410 West Street, Annapolis, MD, United States

This training covers Maryland criminal record expungement law, working with low-income and homeless clients, expungement filing and Court process, considerations due to the new Maryland cannabis laws, and expungement mistakes and how to avoid them. Participating lawyers must be barred in Maryland and agree to accept 3 client matters from an MLSC-grantee expungement provider within 1 year of registering.

Hot Tips in Workers’ Compensation (MSBA CLE)

Live Webinar MD

Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA) and PBRC offer 3 free and 3 discounted slots for select MSBA Continuing Legal Education (CLE) courses to volunteer and legal services provider staff attorneys. Click for more details.

Hot Tips in Workers’ Compensation (MSBA CLE)

Live Webinar MD

Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA) and PBRC offer 3 free and 3 discounted slots for select MSBA Continuing Legal Education (CLE) courses to volunteer and legal services provider staff attorneys. Click for more details. 

2023 Partners for Justice Conference

Baltimore Convention Center 1 W. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

The Partners for Justice Conference takes place annually, and presents a unique opportunity for legal services program staff, the public and private bar, members of the judiciary, human services agencies, elected officials, and others to discuss critical issues facing the poor and underrepresented across the mid-Atlantic region and how we can improve access to justice.

Litigation Skills Series: Pro Bono Practice & Legal Ethics: Issues and Challenges

Live Webinar MD

Each meeting runs from noon to 2:00 pm on a Friday, and includes three components: a 75-minute skills training; a 20-minute exercise; and a 20-minute mentoring roundtable, where attendees can bring up litigation questions they’re currently facing (whether related to the presentation topic or not), and get input from the group.

Hot Topics in Elder Law (MSBA CLE)

Live Webinar MD

Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA) and PBRC offer 3 free and 3 discounted slots for select MSBA Continuing Legal Education (CLE) courses to volunteer and legal services provider staff attorneys. Click for more details. 

Hot Topics in Elder Law (MSBA CLE)

Live Webinar MD

Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA) and PBRC offer 3 free and 3 discounted slots for select MSBA Continuing Legal Education (CLE) courses to volunteer and legal services provider staff attorneys. Click for more details.

2023 Veterans Legal Assistance Conference & Training

University of Baltimore Thumel Business Center 11 W. Mount Royal Avenue, BC-143, Baltimore, MD, United States

Designed for lawyers, law students, veterans, policymakers and other service professionals, this annual conference provides a forum for discussion of critical legal issues facing our veterans. This FREE conference will include a training for lawyers interested in representing veterans in claims for service-connected disability benefits, as well as training for non-attorney veterans interested in serving as mentors for the Baltimore City Veterans Treatment Docket. Other sessions will review the PACT Act, Camp Lejune claims, and presumptive claims.