Family Law Spring Update - In-Person
At the CBA-CLE Family Law Spring Update, learn the essential information you need to be a top family law practitioner in Colorado.
We’ll cover constitutional issues, including restrictions on lawyer conduct and speech as well as vaccination orders from state courts, discuss multicultural considerations for PRE/CFI appointments, and provide you with important legislative and case law updates. This program will get you up to date on all that is happening in Colorado family law. Plus ethics and EDI credits!
Home studies will be available approximately 2-3 weeks following the live program.
For your own safety, the safety of others, and in an effort to provide everyone with the most rewarding in-person meeting and event experiences possible, we request that you attend a CBA, DBA, or CLE meeting or event only if you have been fully vaccinated. Mask wearing is up to personal preference and comfort level. Masks may be required in some clinic settings. Please be cognizant and understanding of others’ preferences and courteous to all attendees.
Depending on CDC and/or state or local health guidelines, a rise in COVID-19 cases, or other circumstances that may threaten the well-being of our attendees, CBA-CLE reserves the right to convert to a fully virtual event.
If disability accommodations or special assistance are needed, please contact us at [email protected]. Requests must be made at least two weeks prior to the scheduled program.
The program will be submitted for CLE accreditation in Colorado. If you need to seek accreditation in another state, please review the process and requirements for that individual state. CBA-CLE staff can provide a Uniform Certificate of Attendance, and it is the attendee’s responsibility to complete the accreditation outside of Colorado.
8:00 am
Registration
8:30 - 8:40 am
Welcome and Introductions
Extended by Steven Epstein, Esq., Epstein Patierno, LLP, and W. Benjamin King, Esq., Montgomery Little & Soran, PC, Program Co-Chairs
8:40 – 9:30 am
Eliminating Bias in the Legal Profession: Constitutional and Ethical Restrictions on Lawyer Conduct and Speech
Presented by Honorable Edward C. Moss (ret.), Ciancio Ciancio Brown, P.C.
Submitted for .5 Ethics Credit
9:30 – 10:20 am
To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinat; That is the Question
Presented by Sibylle M. Clark. Esq., and Michael K. Palmer, Esq., Montgomery Little & Soran
10:20 – 10:30 am
Stretch Break
10:30 – 11:20 am
Multicultural Considerations for PRE/CFI Appointments
Presented by Maha Kamal, Esq., Colorado Family Law Project, and Lisa Shellenberger, Esq., Setter Roche Smith & Shellenberger LLP
Submitted for 1 EDI Credit
11:20 am – 12:30 pm
Lunch Break on Your Own
12:30 – 1:00 pm
2022 Legislative Update—Just Wait Till Next Year!
Presented by Jim Bailey, Esq., Senn Visciano Canges P.C.
1:00 – 1:50 pm
Evidentiary Challenges in Family Law Litigation: Practical tips and tools to get your evidence in!
Presented by Bailey Mahoney, Esq., and Alexandra (Ali) Smits, Esq., Harrington Brewster Mahoney Smits, P.C.
1:50 – 2:00 pm
A Word from our Sponsors
A Word from DBA Metro Volunteer Lawyers and the Civil Appeals Clinic
2:00 – 2:10 pm
Stretch Break
2:10 – 3:00 pm
Case Law Update 2021 - 2022
Presented by John C. Haas, Esq., and John Tatlock, Esq., Epstein Patierno, LLP
3:00 – 3:50 pm
Measuring the Value of Trust Interests in Dissolution of Marriage Proceedings
Presented by Gerard (G.) Deffenbaugh, Esq., and David Kirch, Esq., Kirch Rounds Bowman & Deffenbaugh PC
3:50 – 4:00 pm
Closing Remarks and Adjourn
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $519.00 |
| CBA Member | $389.00 |
| CBA Family Law Section Member | $319.00 |
| Paralegal/Legal Support Staff | $194.50 |
| New Lawyer Edge Partner | $194.50 |
| Active Military | $194.50 |
| Public Service/Government | $194.50 |
| Student Currently Enrolled in Law School | $0.00 |
| CLEACCESSPASS - ELITE Pass Holder | $0.00 |
- General Credits: 7.00
- Ethics Credits: 0.50
- EDI Credits: 1.00
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