On March 19, 2011 Patricia Cantor, co-chair of the Firm’s Land Use Group, will present the “Introduction to Zoning” seminar at the 10th Annual Conference of the Citizen Planner Training Collaborative, sponsored by UMass Extension, the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development, and several planning organizations. The day-long... read more 
On February 28, Attorney Janet Hetherwick Pumphrey will be a speaker at the MCLE seminar entitled “Habeas Corpus in the Federal Courts” to be held at 10 Winter Place, Boston, from 1:30-5:30 P.M. Attorney Pumphrey will be presenting on the topic of “subject matter jurisdiction and cognizable claims.” For... read more
On January 25, 2011, Patricia A. Cantor will be on the faculty for the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) full-day seminar entitled “Zoning Practice: Basics Plus!” to be held at 10 Winter Place, Boston. As one of a panel of experienced senior land use practitioners, Attorney Cantor will present... read more 
On August 13, 2010, Attorney Gregg J. Corbo will give a presentation on changes to the Open Meeting Law, the Public Records Law, and the Identity Thef Law, at the 55th Annual School for Massachusetts Assessing Officers at UMass Amherst. Topics will include the substantive changes in the Open... read more 
On June 2, 2010, Attorney Brian Riley will be a member of a panel discussion on the implementation of the new Open Meeting Law, put on by the Massachusetts Bar Association. Topics will include the substantive changes in the OML and the Attorney General’s new enforcement powers and a... read more
on June 29, 2010, Attorney Brian Riley will be faculty for the seminar on Freedom of Information and Public Records Law. Offered as part of the Massachusetts Bar Association Continuing Legal Education program (MCLE), participants will learn what type of information is exempt from disclosure under the Public Records... read more 
On May 6, 2010, Attorney Ilana Quirk, co-chair of Kopelman and Paige’s Land Use practice, will present a two hour seminar on the interrelationship of the State Building Code with zoning, subdivision control and other statutory requirements, with ane emphasis on permitting and enforcement issues. This seminar will be... read more 
On April Attorney Kay Doyle gave a presentation to the Massachusetts Library Association on “Constitutional Considerations when Dealing with Disruptive Patrons” in which she discussed common situations faced by library staff and patrons and provided a response framework that preserves the rights of library patrons under the U.S. Constitution... read more 
On April 6, 2010, Attorney Elizabeth Lane will present a seminar of interest to highway superintendents and other local officials, entitled “Rights and Obligations of Municipalities in the Creation and Maintenance of Public Ways.”
In March, 2010, Attorney Elizabeth A. Lane presented a seminar entitled “Writing Reasonable and Defensible Decisions” at the Ninth Annual Conference of the Citizen Planning Training Collaborative. A frequent speakr on this and other zoning, planning, and land use subjects, Attorney Lane explained longstanding and recent court decisions that... read more