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At a time when immigration enforcement is on everyone's minds, two experienced immigration lawyers go beyond the headlines and break down everything that Massachusetts attorneys who do not practice in this tumultuous and constantly-changing field of immigration law need to know right now.

Legislative history is a critically important advocacy tool in Federal Court when statutory language is ambiguous and requires clarification. Federal judges invite and apply the use of legislative history to avoid incongruous results, illuminate drafting errors, determine specialized meanings, or choose reasonable interpretations of politically controversial statutes.

Using an investigative fact pattern that could be interpreted as a homicide or an accident, this seminar will focus on fingerprint and DNA issues.

What to know about trials. The importance of the pre-trial order. How to prepare for trial. How to present evidence for divorce, modifications and contempt proceedings.

In January 2024, the research center, Boston Indicators reported that Massachusetts had the lowest incarceration rate in the United States at 172 per 100,000 people. In fact, the incarceration rate has declined faster in Massachusetts than anywhere else in America over the last decade.

Join a panel of family law judges for a discussion on their view from the bench. Learn how to be a better and more effective advocate in the courtroom from the judges.

Join us for a webinar to learn more about using your Social Law Library membership to do online legal research. Access Massachusetts court and agency decisions through Social Law's own databases, or search primary law for all 50 States and Federal on VLex Fastcase.