Hot Topics in Elder Law (MSBA CLE)

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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.

Income Taxation of Non-Grantor Trusts and Estates (MSBA CLE)

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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. 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. 

Family Practice Update 2023 (MSBA CLE)

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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. 

Immigration Delays and National Security (MSBA CLE)

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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.

Advising and Forming New Nonprofits & Community Organizations in Maryland

Gordon Feinblatt, LLC 1001 Fleet St Suite 700, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, United States

This training is designed for lawyers, law students, and recent law school grads, with little or no experience, to learn the process of incorporating and advising MD nonprofits, applying for 501(c)(3) tax exemption, maintaining compliance, and other nonprofit matters. The training includes materials and instruction on how to work with small, volunteer-run nonprofit clients, drafting and advising on bylaws and conflict of interest policies for small nonprofits, incorporation as a nonstock corporation, applying for recognition of 501(c)(3) tax exempt status and updates to the IRS Form 1023 and 1023-EZ, zoning, and advising nonprofits on ongoing legal compliance.

Maryland’s New Trust Decanting Act (MSBA CLE)

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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. 

Representing Tenants facing Eviction from Subsidized Housing

Broadneck Branch of the Anne Arundel County Public Library 1275 Green Holly Drive, Annapolis

The training will delve into the more intricate details and nuances of representing tenants faced with eviction from subsidized housing. In addition to a short overview, we will cover issues such as reasonable accommodations, practice issue-spotting and take a deeper dive into the impacts of subsidizes on eviction cases such as Tenant Holding Over and Breach of Lease. This training is appropriate for attorneys who have experience with eviction cases who want to learn more about the impact of subsidies on their practice.

Strategies for Witness Examination: Yours and Theirs (MSBA CLE)

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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.

Litigation Skills Series: Client Interviewing Techniques

Live Webinar MD

Topic: Client Interviewing Techniques

Speaker: Jane Santoni, Santoni, Vocci & Ortega, LLC

About the PBRC Litigation Skills Series:

Each meeting typically runs from noon to 2 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.

Participation is open to attorneys who have already accepted a pro bono commitment through a PBRC training within the past 12 months OR who commit to answer at least three legal questions for low-income Marylanders, using the https://Maryland.FreeLegalAnswers.org website. (Instructions will be provided.)

The skills training portion of each event will be made available as an on-demand webcast recording.

Veterans Benefits 101

Live Webinar MD

This training is intended for lawyers barred in any state who are willing to help a veteran in their benefits case on a pro bono basis. The training will provide an overview of veterans benefits law and will cover disability compensation, veterans pension, and practice tips for working with the VA.