Affirmative Litigation at BU School of Law
6/17/2009 10:06 am
Twenty-four legal aid attorneys from across the country recently participated in CLAE's combined in person and online Affirmative Litigation Training. During several weeks of online activities, participants learned the fundamentals of the justiciability of typical legal services affirmative claims under 42 U.S.C. §1983, while wrestling with these concepts in the context of a familiar legal services case study involving access to shelter and potential discrimination on the basis of race and disability. After drafting a federal affirmative complaint (the culminating exercise of the online portion), participants came together at Boston University School of Law for four days on site during which they argued for and against emergency relief for our case study client, considered and experimented with discovery strategies to establish essential facts in the case, wrestled with the necessary elements for a successful consent decree in the event the case was settled, and argued for and against a motion to dismiss their complaints for failure to state a claim.
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CLAE Launches New Supervision Skills Course
5/10/2009 4:34 pm
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Florida Leadership Institute Gathering Pace!
4/1/2009 4:27 pm
It doesn't seem all that long ago when 30 fellows and mentors first joined our inaugural Florida Leadership Development Institute.
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New Board Member!
3/19/2009 3:50 pm
As of March, 2009, CLAE welcomes to its board of directors Jonathan Spack, executive director of Third Sector New England. With over 30 years of experience working within the non-profit sector - and a background in legal services - Jonathan offers a precious combination of expertise and enthusiasm. We are all very excited to have him join us and appreciate greatly the continuing strong relationship between CLAE and the estimable organization that he heads.
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Join Us On Facebook!
2/6/2009 10:48 am
Hold on to your hats everybody, at last CLAE’s Facebook page is live! The ‘welcome’ mat is dust-free and new, the sign in the door is turned around to ‘open,’ and our hands are outstretched and ready for a warm and friendly shake… please, then, we invite each and every one of you, join us! Help us put the ‘social’ into social networking, and make yourself at home. To do so, simply click here to join our 'organization' page, and here to join our 'group' page. Alternatively, you can search for ‘Center for Legal Aid Education’ then, 1: ‘Become a Fan’ of our ‘organization’ page and, 2: ‘Request to Join’ our ‘group’ page.
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