Thursday, March 3
Noon Registration & Exhibit Hall open
1:30 p.m. MBA House of Delegates meeting
2:30 p.m. Managing Your Practice & Your Career
Proper Care of Your Practice
Expert Tactics to Help You Manage Your Career
Exhibitor Showcase
Tech Talk: Law & Technology Update, Part 1
4:00 p.m. Mass. Bar Foundation Annual Meeting
4:30 p.m. Career/Mentor Roundtables
5:30 p.m. Opening-Night Reception
Friday, March 4
7:30 a.m. Registration & Exhibit Hall open
Breakfast with the Exhibitors
8:30 a.m. Plenary Session I
President's Welcome
Recent Developments in the Law Opening Remarks
Significant Legislative Developments in Massachusetts
9:30 a.m. Refreshment Break
10:00 a.m. Recent Developments programs
Family Law
Commercial Law
Real Estate
Briefings programs
Employment Law
Probate Law
Criminal Justice
Section Council meetings
Judicial Administration
Law Practice
Civil Litigation
10:45 a.m. Break in Exhibit Hall
11:15 a.m. Recent Developments programs
Federal Law
Juvenile Law
Employment Law
Tax Law
Briefings, Track 4
Property Law
Patriot Act Update
Section Council meetings
Access to Justice
Probate Law
12:15 p.m. Access to Justice Awards Luncheon
1:30 p.m. Exhibitor Showcase
Tech Talk: Law & Technology Update, Part 2
2:00 p.m. Recent Developments programs
Personal Injury Law
Probate Law
Corporate Governance
Appellate Practice & Procedure
Briefings programs
Tax Law
Family Law
Access to Justice
Section Council meetings
Health Law
Individual Rights & Responsibilities
Property Law
2:45 p.m. Refreshment Break
3:15 p.m. Recent Developments programs
Criminal Law
Elder Law
Briefings programs
Judicial Administration
Health Law
Civil Litigation
Business Law
Section Council meetings
Family Law
Tax Law
4:00 p.m. Plenary Session II
Professional Responsibility - BBO Update
Lawyers Liability & Malpractice Avoidance
5:30 p.m. Reception
7:00 p.m. Annual Dinner 2005
Saturday, March 5
7:30 a.m. Registration open
Breakfast with the Exhibitors
8:00 a.m. Breakfast with the Judges
9:00 a.m. Bench/Bar Forum
Plenary Session: Affording Justice
10:30 a.m. Refreshment Break
11:15 a.m. Bench/Bar Forum Breakout Sessions
Session I: The future of court-appointed counsel in
Massachusetts
Session II: Reconnecting self-represented litigants with the
private bar
Session III: Contingent-fee practice
1:00 p.m. Closing Luncheon
(Note: Schedule is subject to change)