Upcoming Events


Volunteers Needed!
The Massachusetts Chapter of the Federal Bar Association is holding a Job Interviewing Skills Program for the participants of the "CARE" and "RESTART" programs. These 2 programs aid ex-offenders in their re-entry into society and employment. The FBA Job Interviewing Skills program is a one time event where each member of these two federal re-entry programs will receive some job interview training from an employment specialist and will do 3 mock interviews. The FBA is looking for volunteers to serve as mentors to the program participants as they do their mock interviews.

Volunteer mock interviewers are needed as well.
 
The FBA program will be held on Wednesday January 20, 2010 from 12 Noon until 1:45 PM in the Jury Assembly room at the John J. Moakley Courthouse.
 
Contact person: Chris Sullivan (cpsullivan@rkmc.com)

April 14, 2010 
Judicial Reception Honoring Judge Richard G. Stearns
Location: The Seaport Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts
Time: Registration 5:30 p.m., Reception 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE—please contact: Charlene Cox at Kenney & Sams, P.C., cmcox@KandSlegal.com or 617-722-6045

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Recent Events

June 30, 2009
Special Scheduling and Procedures for Patent
Cases—Insight into New Local Rule 16.6
Featuring Hon. Richard G. Stearns, U.S. Distrcit Court for the District of Massachusetts
Presented by the Massachusetts Chapter of the FBA
Location: John Joseph Moakley Federal Courthouse Judicial Dining Room
Time: 8:00 a.m.–9:00 a.m.
Cost: Admission is free for FBA members; $25 fee for nonmembers. Space is limited.
Registration: RSVP by June 22, 2009 to Eve Piemonte Stacey at (617) 748-3369 or Eve.Stacey@usdoj.gov

January 21, 2009
Maritime Law—Navigating the Seas
Cosponsored by the Massachusetts Chapter of the FBA
Time: 2-5p.m.
Location: MCLE Conference Center, Ten Winter Place, via Winter Street, Boston
Program No: 2090111P01

January 29, 2009
Technology in the Courtroom: An Interactive, “Hands-On” Experience
Presented by the Massachusetts Chapter of the FBA
Featuring Practice Tips from Hon. Nancy Gertner, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Time: 8:00–10:00 a.m.
Location: John Joseph Moakley Federal Courthouse, Courtroom 11, 5th Floor

April 6, 2009
Annual Federal Judicial Reception
Hosted by the Massachusetts Chapter of the FBA
Time: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Location: Seaport Hotel, Lighthouse Ballroom, One Seaport Lane, Boston, Massachusetts 02210
 
The Massachusetts Chapter will proudly recognize:
CHIEF JUDGE MARK L. WOLF
for his dedicated service to the Judiciary, the Bar of the District of Massachusetts, and the community that the court serves.

April 15, 2009
Breakfast with the Federal Bench: "How to 'Try' Your Case in Mediation" featuring Hon. Judith G. Dein, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Presented by the Massachusetts Chapter of the FBA
Time: 8:00–9:00 a.m.
Location: John Joseph Moakley Federal Courthouse, Judicial Dining Room

May 5, 2009
Meet the Magistrate Judges: Chief Magistrate Judge Judith G. Dein; Magistrate Judge Robert B. Collings; Magistrate Judge Marianne B. Bowler; Magistrate Judge Kenneth P. Neiman; Magistrate Judge Leo T. Sorokin; Magistrate Judge Timothy S. Hillman
Presented by the Massachusetts Chapter of the FBA and the Boston Bar Association
Location: John Joseph Moakley Federal Courthouse, Jury assembly room
Time: 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.; Reception to follow, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

May 21, 2009
Strategies for Oral Argument by Hon. William G. Young, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Presented by the Younger Lawyers Division of the Massachusetts Chapter of the Federal Bar Association
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Courtroom 18, U.S. Courthouse, One Courthouse Way, Boston, MA 02210

May 29, 2009
The Impact of Fraud: Madoff and Beyond
Co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Chapter of the FBA and Suffolk University Law School's Business Law and Financial Services Concentration. This conference is supported in part by an unrestricted educational grant from Nelson, Kinder, Mosseau & Saturley, P.C.
This program focuses on two principle areas that necessarily follow after an occurrence of fraud: 1. the consequences and the rights of the victims and 2. the sources and methods for repayment.
Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Time: 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

June 3, 2009
Reception with the Judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Sponsored by the Massachusetts Chapter of the FBA, the Boston Bar Association, and the Massachusetts Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers
Time: 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Location: Boston Bar Association, 16 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02108

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