This training is for community and lay advocates, mediators, housing and legal advocates, and others interested in gaining a better understanding of tenants’ rights in Massachusetts. The training focuses on evictions, getting repairs made, rents, and housing discrimination. While the eviction process part of the program applies to all tenants, the training focuses primarily on rights of tenants in private housing.
Course Content
9:30am - 9:45am - Welcome and IntroductionAnnette R. Duke, Esq.,
MLRI, Boston
9:45am - 10:30am - Evictions I
Laura F. Camara, Esq.,
Justice Center of Southeast Massachusetts LLC, Brockton
10:30am - 10:40am - Networking and Refreshment Break
10:40am - 11:25am - Evictions II
Patricia Whiting, Esq.,
Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, Cambridge
11:25am - 11:45am - Tenants' Rights: MADE Online (Demo)
Quinten Steenhuis, Esq.,
Suffolk University Law School, Boston
11:45am - 12:30pm - Lunch (on your own)
12:30pm - 1:00pm - Up to Code and Housing Search Online
Quinten Steenhuis, Esq.,
Suffolk University Law School, Boston
1:00pm - 1:45pm - Tenants' Rights: Getting Repairs Made
David Brown, Esq.,
Community Legal Aid, Worcester
1:45pm - 1:55pm - Networking and Refreshment Break
1:55pm - 2:40pm - Tenants' Rights: Housing Discrimination
David Brown, Esq.,
Community Legal Aid, Worcester
2:40pm - 3:05pm - Tenant Screening
Todd S. Kaplan, Esq.,
Greater Boston Legal Services, Boston
3:05pm - 3:30pm - Open Questions
Speaker(s)
ChairAnnette R. Duke, Esq.,
MLRI, Boston
Faculty
David Brown, Esq.,
Community Legal Aid, Worcester
Laura F. Camara, Esq.,
Justice Center of Southeast Massachusetts LLC, Brockton
Todd S. Kaplan, Esq.,
Greater Boston Legal Services, Boston
Maureen R. St. Cyr, Esq.,
Massachusetts Fair Housing Center, Holyoke
Quinten Steenhuis, Esq.,
Suffolk University Law School, Boston
Patricia Whiting, Esq.,
Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, Cambridge
