Continuing Legal Education

Continuing Legal Education

May 6th, 2022

Lecture material for Why Family Court Attorneys should do Appeals

Below is my lecture for the May 6, 2022, Continuing Legal Education program Why Family Court Attorneys should do Appeals: To begin I’d like to thank my fellow speakers, Ms. Melissa Butler and Judge Stephanie McDonald who took the time and effort to share their passion for appellate work.  I’d also like to thank those […]

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Continuing Legal Education

April 13th, 2022

Shameless plug for upcoming family law CLE

I am one of three presenters at a May 6, 2022 CLE on Why Family Court Attorneys should do Appeals. Highly recommended for any family court attorney. Even if you don’t decide to do appeals, it will help improve your trial skills.

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Continuing Legal Education

January 17th, 2020

Upcoming custody/visitation CLEs

I will be speaking at two upcoming CLEs (and moderating one) being produced by the South Carolina Bar. Both are devoted to child custody and visitation. Attendance is always appreciated, especially for the one I will be moderating. On January 31, 2020, I will be one of the speakers at the Bar’s annual guardian ad […]

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Continuing Legal Education

March 2nd, 2018

Materials from preparing for family court temporary hearing lecture

The following is the outline for a presentation Elizabeth Stringer, Karen Fine, and I presented at the Charleston School of Law on January 12, 2018.  Links to word drafts of the materials follow. Temporary relief SCRFC 21 Substantive relief one is seeking at the conclusion of a case that is sought prior to trial Can […]

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Continuing Legal Education

November 2nd, 2017

Free Mental Health Ethics CLE for Young South Carolina Lawyers

On November 10, 2017 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. I will be lecturing at the Charleston School of Law on “Preserving one’s sanity when one starts practicing law: advice for a newly licensed attorney (or what my older self wishes my younger self had known).” The lecture is being videotaped for the South Carolina Bar’s […]

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Continuing Legal Education

June 11th, 2017

Family Court Procedure 101 Materials

On June 10, 2017, Dana Adkins and I, on behalf of Charleston Pro Bono Legal Services, presented a seminar explaining family court procedure to pro se litigants.  The intent is to repeat this seminar throughout the state and repeat it on occasion locally (as the population of pro se litigants is ever changing).  Materials below.  Feel free to circulate […]

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