This comprehensive program provides a basic introduction to employment and labor law for the lawyer new or returning to the field. Each day features lectures by experienced faculty designed to teach you the statutes, case law, and practice pointers, followed by interactive sessions that reinforce your knowledge by giving you hands-on experience. These sessions are organized around the life cycle of typical employment situations and utilize a variety of techniques, including faculty demonstrations, role-playing, small-group discussions, and analysis of hypothetical cases based on typical client situations. You learn by doing and get valuable practical experience crafting real-life solutions to common client problems.
Course Content
Day 1 - Tuesday, November 15, 20229:30 am - 9:35 am
- Welcome and Introduction DAY 1
- Elizabeth K. Levine, Esq., Goulston & Storrs, PC, Boston
- James S. Weliky, Esq., Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, PC, Newton
- Employment Discrimination
- Elizabeth K. Levine, Esq., Goulston & Storrs, PC, Boston
- Ellen J. Messing, Esq., Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, PC, Newton
- Break
- Law Regarding Leaves
- Lori A. Jodoin, Esq., Kotin, Crabtree & Strong LLP, Boston
- Elizabeth K. Levine, Esq., Goulston & Storrs, PC, Boston
- Break
- Common Law Claims
- Elizabeth K. Levine, Esq., Goulston & Storrs, PC, Boston
- James S. Weliky, Esq., Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, PC, Newton
- Lunch (on your own)
- Afternoon Interactive Session Including Ethical Issues DAY 1
- Lori A. Jodoin, Esq., Kotin, Crabtree & Strong LLP, Boston
- Elizabeth K. Levine, Esq., Goulston & Storrs, PC, Boston
- James S. Weliky, Esq., Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, PC, Newton
- Day 2 - Wednesday, November 16, 2022
- Welcome and Introduction DAY 2
- Hillary J. Massey, Esq., Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Boston
- James S. Weliky, Esq., Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, PC, Newton
- Other Federal and State Employment Law Statues and Regulations
- Hillary J. Massey, Esq., Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Boston
- James S. Weliky, Esq., Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, PC, Newton
- Break
- Federal and State Wage and Hour and Other Worker Protection Laws
- Christine T. Eskilson, Esq., Office of Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor, Boston
- Lillian M. Hirales, Esq., Office of the Attorney General, Business and Labor Bureau, Fair Labor Division, Boston
- Break
- National Labor Regulations Act/Chapter 150E
- Damien M. DiGiovanni, Esq., Morgan, Brown & Joy LLP, Boston
- Paige Walker McKissock, Esq., Segal Roitman LLP, Boston
- Lunch (on your own)
- Afternoon Interactive Sessions, Including Ethical Issues DAY 2
- Panel
- Please Note
- MCLE webcasts are delivered completely online, underscoring their convenience and appeal.
- There are no published print materials. All written materials are available electronically only.
Speakers
Cochairs- Hillary J. Massey, Esq., Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Boston
- James S. Weliky, Esq., Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, PC, Newton
- Damien M. DiGiovanni, Esq., Morgan, Brown & Joy LLP, Boston
- Christine T. Eskilson, Esq., Office of Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor, Boston
- Lillian M. Hirales, Esq., Office of the Attorney General, Business and Labor Bureau, Fair Labor Division, Boston
- Lori A. Jodoin, Esq., Kotin, Crabtree & Strong LLP, Boston
- Elizabeth K. Levine, Esq., Goulston & Storrs, PC, Boston
- Paige Walker McKissock, Esq., Segal Roitman LLP, Boston
- Ellen J. Messing, Esq., Messing, Rudavsky & Weliky, PC, Newton
