Calendar 2025​​​​

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

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Drafting:  Avoiding Present Errors for Future Situations

Thursday, November 13, 4:30-6:30, Maritime Museum/Custom House

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Practitioners in the Probate & Family Court frequently are required to draft language for issues that will take place - or have a significant effect in the future. Whether it is the division of a pension, the conveyance of property or taking on an obligation many years after the judgment, crafting language that will properly document what has to be done is essential. In this seminar, you will be provided with examples and strategies to utilize the correct language and what to do in the event there is a need for corrective action for a previously drafted document. 

Focusing on challenging drafting issues, with tips for how to improve your drafting, attend this program and learn:

• How to handle expectancy when representing older couples

• How to provide for a disabled child

• How to draft real estate transfer language in separation agreements

• What are the drafting issues in mortgages, titles, deeds and promissory notes

• How to clean up creditor issues

• What are the common mistakes in drafting QDROs and pension documents

 

Faculty

Megan E. Breaker, Kline, Gardner & O’Connor P.C., Gloucester

Patricia S. Johnstone, Schlichte & Johnstone, PC, Gloucester

Donald L. Pitman III, The Pitman Law Offices, LLC, Newburyport

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To Register: https://gnba.ticketbud.com/advanced-drafting-issues-in-family-law

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THE VENUE IS SOLD-OUT BUT LIVE-STREAMING IS STILL AVAILABLE

The Rise of Authoritarianism: What’s Happening to Our Rights?

Thursday, November 6, 2025

5:30-7:00, Superior Court, High Street, Newburyport

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The Greater Newburyport Bar Association invites you, as a member of the public, to participate in this forum with legal experts on the state of our democracy and the rise of authoritarianism. Believing that knowledge can be a powerful tool, we invite you to join us for a discussion about fundamental constitutional rights and norms. Among the topics:

• Is our democracy at risk, and if so what do we do? 

• What does the rule of law mean and why it should we care? 

• Who is entitled to due process of law and how does one get it? 

• What does the First Amendment to our constitution say and mean?

 

Expert Faculty

• Hon. Karen F. Green (Ret.), Principal, Green Law LLC, former Associate Justice, Massachusetts Superior Court

• Hon. Mark V. Green, formerly, Chief Justice MA Appeals Court, MA

• Professor Renée M. Landers, Constitutional Law, Suffolk University Law School

• Lauren Rikleen, Executive Director, Lawyers Defending American Democracy

• Attorney Gary O. Todd, Todd & Weld, Boston, 

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To Register: https://gnba.ticketbud.com/the-rise-of-authoritarianism

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Get Smart: Artificial Intelligence for Law Practice Enhancement

Tuesday, December 2, 4:30-6:00

 

Artificial intelligence remains in the news, and almost everyone is experimenting with it.

But, if all you’ve done is to mess around with AI for your personal use – there’s a lot more that the tool can do, than just suggest condiments for your sandwich.

 

In this program, we’ll offer up some updates on legal technology software options and features; but, then we’ll cover the real deal: the ways in which you can use AI to improve your practice. We’ll discuss specific use cases for both administrative and substantive operations, as well as taking questions from the audience.

 

If you want to get more from AI in your law firm, join us for this compelling program.

 

Faulty

Jared D. Correia, Esq.

CEO | Red Cave Law Firm Consulting

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Leveraging Digital Forensics

Thursday, January 15, 5-6:30

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Attend this program and learn about the practical applications of digital forensics.

You will learn:

• How data from phones, computers, video, and online services can be preserved, analyzed

• How digital evidence can be presented in cases involving divorce, estate disputes, human resources investigations, insider threats,

• What constitutes intellectual property theft

• How to apply the fundamentals of mobile, computer, and video forensics.

• How to Recognize common sources of digital evidence.

• How to Identify how digital forensics supports divorce, estate, workplace investigations, and intellectual property disputes.

• What is the role of metadata, hidden assets, and deleted files in uncovering key facts.

• How to Evaluate when and how to engage a forensic consultant to strengthen their case.

Faculty

Robert Adams, Frontier Consulting Solutions

Nicole Reilly, Esq., Topsfield

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To Register: https://gnba.ticketbud.com/leveraging-digital-forensics