Fall 2021 CLE Conference Materials & Recordings

Family Law CLE Sessions

Family

The Future of Family Law

120 minutes

This program explores the ways family law has been ever changed by the lessons we have learned from our experiences over the past two years.

Family

Mission (Mediation) Impossible: How to Resolve the Impossible Case in Mediation

60 minutes

This program focuses on the preparation necessary and expertise required to successfully mediate the most difficult family law cases. Presenters address the issue from both the mediator and attorney perspective.

Domestic & Sexual Violence

Domestic Violence, Child Abuse, and Child Custody

60 minutes

This session focuses on the role that domestic and family violence play in impacting children in custody situations. Panelists discuss systemic trends and trial strategy and litigation tools necessary to assist clients.

Family

Special Needs Considerations in Divorce

60 minutes

This session will provide a road map to planning when there is a spouse or child with a disability. The presenters discuss public benefits and long-term planning.

Diversity & Inclusion

Cultural Competency and Bias: Strategies for Awareness and Inclusion in Family Law

90 minutes

To effectively advocate for clients from diverse cultures and backgrounds, it is important for lawyers to understand and consider factors that may impact the case in a cross-cultural context.

Family

Don’t Mini-Mize Your Efforts: Strategic and Ethical Approaches to Custody Evaluation and the Use of Forensic Consultants

120 minutes

This panel explores the best practices for custody evaluations by presenting how to plan for the end game from the beginning.

Family

Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, Will I Still Get Alimony After All? Alimony in the Golden Age of RetirementMirror, Mirror, on the Wall, Will I Still Get Alimony After All? Alimony in the Golden Age of Retirement

60 minutes

The speakers discuss how division of retirement assets in divorce can play a role in future modifications of spousal support.

Children

Alienated Adolescents: Science, Law, and Fallacies?

60 minutes

This presentation briefly defines Parental Alienation, present an overview of the Five-Factor Model used to identify Parental Alienation, and demonstrate how Parental Alienation is child abuse.

Trial Practice

Storytelling In The Courtroom: Transforming Your Client (and Yourself) From Victim to Victor

60 minutes

There are very few original stories in family law and your judge has likely heard them all before. So how can you ignite your judge’s interest?

Deposition

Don’t Let Your Deposition Become a Mad Tea Party

120 minutes

This panel will bring you back to the basics—and the not-so-basics—of taking and preparing witnesses for depositions.

Family

Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements: How to Navigate the Minefields

60 minutes

This presentation focuses on the challenges encountered in negotiating, drafting, and litigating the validity, enforceability, and interpretation of prenuptial and postnuptial agreements.

Family

Impact of a Child’s Special Needs on Child Support

60 minutes

Children with special needs often have expenses not contemplated by child support guidelines. These needs and expenses often last their lifetimes and impact their ability to be emancipated.

Family

Preparing for an Emergency Custody Hearing on a Moment’s Notice

60 minutes

This session will cover preparing for a custody hearing when there is essentially zero prep time and there is no shot at a continuance.

ART CLE Sessions

Family

The Renaissance of “Traditional” or “Genetic” Surrogacy

120 minutes

This panel explores the legal framework of genetic surrogacy in the United States. Best practices from an agency's perspective are shared along with the lived experience of a parent whose children joined the family through surrogacy & adoption.

Family

Surrogacy Agreement Hot Button Issues: Varying Perspectives from Intended Parents, Surrogates, and Yes, Their Respective Attorneys

60 minutes

This panel talks through common “hot button” issues that arise during the surrogacy agreement review process.

Family

The Wide World of FDA and Tissue Regulation

120 minutes

In this recorded session, panelists provide an overview of the FDA’s involvement in Assisted Reproduction.

Family

Soarin’ Into Gamete and Embryo Donation-Constructing Contracts With Terms That Can Fly

60 minutes

This panel will explore hot topics in contract drafting, including contract terms, privity of contract, dispositional terms including donors retaining future interests, and more.

Family

Full Faith and Credit: Makes No Difference Where You Are… or Does It?

120 minutes

Learn about Full Faith and Credit and how it affects family law issues, especially in ART and for LGBTQ+ families.

Family

Oyez Oyez Oyez!! The New Supreme Court Is Now in Session – What This Means for ART

60 minutes

While state law largely governs ART, the rulings of the Supreme Court permeate the legal framework of third party reproduction.

Audio and Video | On-Demand CLE

What Great Family Law Practices Are Doing Better Than Everyone Else [CC]

Audio and Video | On-Demand CLE

ART: Donor Conceptions and IVF Negligence [CC]

Audio and Video | On-Demand CLE

Family Law: ODR, Ethics, and Mindfulness [CC]

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2021 Fall CLE Conference Materials & Audio Recordings

Family Law CLE Sessions

The Future of Family Law

Mission (Mediation) Impossible: How to Resolve the Impossible Case in Mediation

Domestic Violence, Child Abuse, and Child Custody

Special Needs Considerations in Divorce

Cultural Competency and Bias: Strategies for Awareness and Inclusion in Family Law

Don’t Mini-Mize Your Efforts: Strategic and Ethical Approaches to Custody Evaluation and the Use of Forensic Consultants

Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, Will I Still Get Alimony After All? Alimony in the Golden Age of RetirementMirror, Mirror, on the Wall, Will I Still Get Alimony After All? Alimony in the Golden Age of Retirement

Alienated Adolescents: Science, Law, and Fallacies?

Storytelling In The Courtroom: Transforming Your Client (and Yourself) From Victim to Victor

Don’t Let Your Deposition Become a Mad Tea Party

Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements: How to Navigate the Minefields

Impact of a Child’s Special Needs on Child Support

Preparing for an Emergency Custody Hearing on a Moment’s Notice

ART CLE Sessions

The Renaissance of “Traditional” or “Genetic” Surrogacy

Surrogacy Agreement Hot Button Issues: Varying Perspectives from Intended Parents, Surrogates, and Yes, Their Respective Attorneys

The Wide World of FDA and Tissue Regulation

Soarin’ Into Gamete and Embryo Donation-Constructing Contracts With Terms That Can Fly

Full Faith and Credit: Makes No Difference Where You Are… or Does It?

Oyez Oyez Oyez!! The New Supreme Court Is Now in Session – What This Means for ART

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Family Law CLE Sessions

The Future of Family Law

Mission (Mediation) Impossible: How to Resolve the Impossible Case in Mediation

Domestic Violence, Child Abuse, and Child Custody

Special Needs Considerations in Divorce

Cultural Competency and Bias: Strategies for Awareness and Inclusion in Family Law

Don’t Mini-Mize Your Efforts: Strategic and Ethical Approaches to Custody Evaluation and the Use of Forensic Consultants

Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, Will I Still Get Alimony After All? Alimony in the Golden Age of RetirementMirror, Mirror, on the Wall, Will I Still Get Alimony After All? Alimony in the Golden Age of Retirement

Alienated Adolescents: Science, Law, and Fallacies?

Storytelling In The Courtroom: Transforming Your Client (and Yourself) From Victim to Victor

Don’t Let Your Deposition Become a Mad Tea Party

Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements: How to Navigate the Minefields

Impact of a Child’s Special Needs on Child Support

Preparing for an Emergency Custody Hearing on a Moment’s Notice

ART CLE Sessions

The Renaissance of “Traditional” or “Genetic” Surrogacy

Surrogacy Agreement Hot Button Issues: Varying Perspectives from Intended Parents, Surrogates, and Yes, Their Respective Attorneys

The Wide World of FDA and Tissue Regulation

Soarin’ Into Gamete and Embryo Donation-Constructing Contracts With Terms That Can Fly

Full Faith and Credit: Makes No Difference Where You Are… or Does It?

Oyez Oyez Oyez!! The New Supreme Court Is Now in Session – What This Means for ART

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