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Day 1 will focus on important issues in non-motor vehicle stops and searches. Day 2 will focus on the nuts and bolts of search warrants.

Day 1 (Warrantless searches) will focus on important issues in non-motor vehicle stops and searches. Topics will include: Field Interrogation Observations (FIOs), Terry Stops, When a seizure occurs, Equal Protection concerns, Discovery issues

Day 1 will address how to preserve and raise issues for appeal in criminal cases. Day 2 will address how to understand and apply the layered standards of review on appeal in criminal cases.

Day 1 will address how to preserve and raise issues for appeal in criminal cases.

Dates & Time: Day 2 - Thursday, November 13, 2025 – 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm ET Webinar Fee: $75 (Day 2 Only). This program is online only and will be recorded. Everyone who registers will receive a link to the video recordings for sessions they are registered for. CPCS approved 2.0 credits for each day for the Criminal Trials and Appeals, and YAD Appeals panels. Separate CLE Certificates will be emailed out each day for those who qualify. Certificates will be emailed to all attendees who were logged onto the program for at least 80% of the program. Day 2 - Search Warrants (Thursday, November 13th) Faculty   Hon. James Budreau, Superior Court Hon. Beverly Cannone, Superior Court Hon. Sarah Ellis, Superior Court Hon. Zachary Hillman, District Court ADA Cailin Campbell, Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office Sandie Gant, Esq., Federal Defenders Luke Ryan, Esq., Strehorn, Ryan & Hoose The nuts and bolts of search warrants Probable cause Nexus Scope Confidential informants and Aguilar-Spinelli Special Issues with Digital Evidence including: Cell phone searches and Social Media posts   The views and opinions expressed in programs offered by the Social Law Library are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of the Library. Online registration is encouraged. For assistance, questions on group discounts, accommodations requests, special billing, program content, out-of-state CLE credits, and general contact CLE Coordinator, Michael Saporito by email at msaporito@socialaw.com. Registrations accepted in order of receipt. Registration fees are non-refundable. Most Social Law Library CLE events are recorded and recordings are sent to all who are registered. The recording is available by digital download, generally within a week after the program date. CLE credit, when applicable, is only granted when 80 % of the live webinar is attended. To insure getting the video, please register. 

This series is taken from the 2025 "You Be the Judge" all-day training session for judges sponsored by the Flaschner Judicial Institute. The instructors are judges, experienced practitioners, and law professors from the Supreme Judicial Court's Advisory Committee on the Law of Evidence.

This series is taken from the 2025 "You Be the Judge" all-day training session for judges sponsored by the Flaschner Judicial Institute. The instructors are judges, experienced practitioners, and law professors from the Supreme Judicial Court's Advisory Committee on the Law of Evidence.

This program will feature a panel consisting of advocates and judges who will address a range of issues that arise in correctional institutions. The topics include issues that frequently arise involving litigation of incarcerated individuals.

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.

Day 2 will address how to understand and apply the layered standards of review on appeal in criminal cases.

Most divorce cases will end with a separation agreement or an agreement for judgment. This session will cover the drafting of effective separation agreements and also agreements for judgments in modification and contempt actions.

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.

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.