Divorce Law: BasicsPlus!®

If you want to launch a successful divorce practice, here’s your chance. In this popular BasicsPlus!® program, the best divorce counsel in Massachusetts provide hands-on workshops, demonstrations, interactive dialogue and information-packed lectures-all designed to teach you the fundamental skills critical to representing your clients. This two-day immersion features hours of training; get your questions answered!

Begin with a fast-moving presentation of core concepts, statutory authority, significant cases, and a review of procedural rules you need to know to navigate divorce litigation. Then it’s time for live demos on conducting client interviews, preparing financial statements, arguing motions before a judge, and negotiating and settling the terms of separation agreements to obtain the very best outcome for your client. Your takeaways from this extraordinary two-day experience? New procedural and strategic knowledge, new understanding of the law of divorce, and a new confidence to jumpstart your career as a divorce lawyer.

You will learn…

How to establish and maintain a solid working relationship with your client

What it takes to make your practice impeccably professional, civil, and ethical

How to conduct an exhaustive intake and critically assess your client’s end game and chances for success

How to negotiate the most advantageous custody and visitation arrangement for your client

What tax consequences to anticipate in the division of assets, and how to know when to call in an expert

Special interactive sessions

Fee Arrangements, Jurisdiction and Venue Issues, Effective Economical Case Management, Client Billing and How to Collect Your Fees

The Financial Statement, The Mandatory Disclosure of Documents, Asset-Related Restraining Orders to Protect Your Client’s Financial Wellbeing

Getting Your Client Relief with Temporary Orders, Gleaning Facts Through Well-Conducted Depositions, Interacting Successfully with Probation Officers of the Probate and Family Court

Negotiating Optimal Settlements and Managing Clients and Opposing Counsel in Four-Way Conferences, Working Ethically and Productively with the Pro-Se Opponent