**Trainings:**

1\. **Pro-Se Plus Divorce Clinic** - Sponsored by the DC Bar Pro Bono
Program. When: Nov. 16, 6:00-9:00 pm. Where: DC Bar Conference Center,
1250 H Street NW, B-1 Level. Fee: \$10. Participants will be trained to
volunteer for the DC Bar Pro Bono Program Pro-Se-Plus Divorce Clinic,
which teaches a basic overview of substantive DC divorce law to
un-represented litigants. Participants are expected to volunteer at the
clinic. To register or for more information, visit Also being held on
May 17, 2005.

2\. **Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Small Business Pro Bono
Legal Work** - Sponsored by the DC Bar Pro Bono Program Community
Economic Development Project. When: Nov. 18, 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Where:
Piper Rudnick, 1200 19^th^ Street NW. Fee: \$15. Attorneys only. The
program will focus on business formation, raising money, buying and
selling small businesses, real estate issues, intellectual property
considerations, and employment law as they relate to the unique
circumstances of small neighborhood based businesses. Participants are
expected to volunteer at two Small Business Brief Advice Clinics.
Breakfast and lunch provided. CLE available. To register or for more
information, visit

3\. **Innovations in Child Custody: Part I - Parent Coordinators** -
Sponsored by the Family Law Section of the DC Bar. When: Nov. 30,
5:30-7:30 p.m. Where: DC Bar Conference Center, 1250 H Street NW, B-1
Level. A discussion of the latest tool for resolution of custody cases
and promoting healthy co‑parenting relationships, including a
description of how and why it works! A discussion of when and how Parent
Coordinators are being appointed by the Court, as well as the new Parent
Coordinator Pilot Project in D.C. Superior Court\'s Family Court. Light
refreshments will be served. To register, visit

4\. **Legal Needs of the Homeless** - Sponsored by Washington Legal
Clinic for the Homeless and Covenant House DC. When: Dec. 3, 9:00-5:00.
Where: DC Bar Conference Center, 1250 H Street NW, B-1 Level. Fee:
Attorneys - \$25; paralegals - \$15. Participants are expected to take a
case from one of the sponsoring organizations. To register or for more
information, visit

5\. **Child Custody** - Sponsored by the Children's Law Center, the
Archdiocesan Legal Network, Bread for the City, Legal Aid Society of DC.
When: February 25, 9:00-5:00. Where: DC Bar Conference Center, 1250 H
Street NW, B-1 Level. Fee: Attorneys - \$25; paralegals - \$15. Basic
substantive and procedural law and advocacy strategies need to litigate
child custody proceedings involving indigent or low income DC families.
Participants are expected to take a case from one of the sponsoring
organizations. (Note: The Children's Law Center does not provide
malpractice insurance coverage to pro bono attorneys, therefore it is
recommended that attorneys take cases from the other sponsors.) To
register or for more information, visit

6\. **Combating Real Estate Scams** - Sponsored by the Legal Counsel for
the Elderly. When: March 18, 9:00-5:00. Where: DC Bar Conference Center,
1250 H Street NW, B-1 Level. No fee. Participants will learn about
warning signs of predatory loans; laws governing mortgages; legal
remedies and consumer defenses to predatory loans; how to use the DC
predatory lending law; and special challenges of predatory mortgage
cases. Participants are expected to take a case the sponsoring
organization. To register or for more information, visit

7\. **Wills and Advance Directives** - Sponsored by Legal Counsel for
the Elderly and the Archdiocesan Legal Network. When: June 2, 12:00
noon - 4:15. Where: DC Bar Conference Center, 1250 H Street NW, B-1
Level. Fee: Attorneys - \$25; paralegals - \$15. The course will focus
on proper drafting of wills and advance directives (durable powers of
attorney, health care powers of attorney, and living wills).
Participants are expected to take a case from one of the sponsoring
organizations. To register or for more information, visit