Washington DC CLE - Government and Military Courses
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Pitfalls In The SSA Disability Process: What They Are and How to Avoid Them
Navigating the Social Security Disability process provides a unique opportunity for your client to articulate their narrative in the pursuit of disability benefits. Despite the potential for this journey to be disorderly, exasperating, and occasionally unexpected, this CLE course equips you with practical insights to effectively manage challenges that may arise. Explore strategies for addressing instances where clients inadvertently compromise their case through statements in medical r... More Info
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Prepping Clients for Depositions in Federal Cases
This CLE course will offer newer attorneys a basic understanding of how to properly prepare a witness called to testify as a client representative pursuant to F.R.Civ.P. 30(B)(6). The course will explain the purpose of a deposition, document review in preparation for the deposition and tips and strategies for witness testimony preparation. The course will also address biochemical stress reactions which warn to be aware of prior to depositions. More Info
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Preventing Your Worst Tech Nightmare: Protecting Your Firm and Clients from Cybercriminals
Cyberattacks are on the rise and everyone is at risk. This CLE course will present a comprehensive plan for preventing cyberattacks and protecting your firm’s technology. The course will cover everything from an attorney’s ethical obligations with regards to technological competence to the cybersecurity myths that can invite harm. You will receive practical, concrete strategies to secure your practice against cybercrime as well as the leadership skills to create a culture of security-f... More Info
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Psychedelics: A Selection of Trending Legal and Legislative Issues
Psychedelics are at the forefront of a new era in mental health care with start-ups acquiring increasing investments and support for their efforts to bring psychedelics through the federal drug approval process. These efforts go hand-in-hand with advances in state legislation to decriminalize psychedelics as well as create licensed psychedelic treatment centers. This CLE course will explain psychedelics, what they are and are not and how the changes in their legal status will dramatica... More Info
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Railroad Retirement Board Disability Annuity Claims
Differentiating railroad retirement board disability annuity claims from other types of disability compensation can be complex. This CLE course will offer a detailed explanation of these annuity claims and how they differ from social security disability. The course will offer and step-by-step review of the application process, the denial and appeals process and how to avoid ethical pitfalls in light of recent LIRR scandals. More Info
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Recent Constitutional Challenges to Rent Regulations
The Fifth Amendment holds that no person shall be “deprived of … property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation”. Given that, how can state governments require landlords to maintain rents below market levels? Since the 1920’s, this issue has been raised numerous times and also comes down in favor of the government’s authority to regulate rents. This CLE course will analyze recent federal court challenges to the rent l... More Info
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Representing a Deponent and Deposing a Representative
A representative appearing at deposition would seem to be a simple procedure. Yet, it is actually a complex process with many practical considerations to take into account under 30 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. This CLE course will address how a deposition could be conducted and in what capacity a representative may testify. The course will present the privileges that may be asserted in a deposition and how they might differ from those that may be asserted in other types of... More Info
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Restrictive Covenants and State Governments: A Discussion on Recent State Laws Modifying the Use of Noncompetes
The use of non-competition agreements by businesses and employers is on the rise. The CLE course will explain recent laws enacted in various states and how they may differ one from another, particularly in scope. The course will also explore how these laws modify the general standards used by businesses to evaluate the use of restrictive covenants. More Info
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Rudiments of Social Security Disability Practice
Establishing adult and childhood disability is a necessity for Social Security claims. This CLE course will offer a straightforward approach to going through the steps required to establish adult and childhood disability in accordance with the Social Security Agency. The course will explain each step and the Agency’s expectation of how they will be addressed and provide additional tips and strategies derived from over 25 years of adjudications in the subject area. Practical advice and... More Info
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Social Security and Disability Claims: A Primer
A sharp increase in Social Security Disability applications is just one the effects of the aging population and national recession. The majority of applicants are initially denied resulting in a deluge of applicants requesting hearings before Administrative Law Judges to have their claims approved. Presented by nationally recognized New York Social Security Attorney Troy Rosasco, this CLE course offers a complete introductory guideline for lawyers new to Social Security Disability claims. With h... More Info
$291General Credit
