Why attend?
An unemployment insurance (UI) hearing is a high-stakes endeavor for your client and his or her family. UI, a critical safety net during periods of joblessness, is especially important now to help workers and their families during this recession. This seminar will provide you with the expertise you need in order to help your clients get the UI benefits to which they are legally entitled. Unemployed workers often cannot afford to retain the services of the private bar, and therefore you will provide an invaluable service to your client as a pro bono or legal services representative. Our expert panel guides you through the intricacies of the entire UI system from eligibility criteria through the appeals process, and you will have the opportunity to observe a mock UI hearing.

You will learn...
? The UI claims process, including appeals
? UI eligibility criteria
? The availability of extended benefits for job training, UI-related health insurance, and federal extended UI benefits
? The law on disqualifications from UI
? Advocacy tips for successfully representing your client at a hearing

TO REGISTER, GO TO: MCLE-UI (registration in advance or at the door)

This training is part of a series of annual basic benefits trainings offered by Mass. Law Reform Institute and
Mass. Continuing Legal Education (www.mcle.org, click on Feature box for MLRI Basic Advocacy Trainings).