Advocacy Skills Week On-Line Registration with credit card payment, or PRINTABLE REGISTRATION form for SF-182 invoicing, by FAX OR MAIL Registrations are accepted FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED and must be accompanied by a method of payment. There are no 'placeholders'. Early Registration is strongly advised as each seminar has a maximum capacity. Dates: April 19 - 23, 2010 Location: International Student House Ella Burling Hall 1825 R Street NW Washington, DC in the DuPont Circle neighborhood Venue Note: Ella Burling Hall is in what was a private mansion. FELTG and ISH are working hard to insure it is fully ADA compliant by spring. But, renovating older buildings does not always go as planned. If you have an accessibility issue, please let us know at least two weeks in advance of the seminar you plan to attend so we may insure that alternative arrangements are in place for you. Who Should Attend: This week is a collection of specialized workshops for attorneys, employee and labor relations specialists, human resources generalists, union representatives, and others with a responsibility for representing either the agency or an employee before the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board or the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. CLE credit for attorney attendees is supported by FELTG through individual applications to the registrants' state bar or commission. Instructors: Peter Broida, Gary Gilbert, Ernest Hadley and William Wiley Status: Accepting Registrations. Fee: All five days = $1900, four days = $1520, three days = $1170, two days = $800, and one day = $420.  Brochure: See LINK Program Description Advocacy Skills Week: Litigating Before the MSPB & EEOC. Join some of the field's preeminent litigators as they take you through an entire week focused on practicing effectively, and successfully, before the MSPB and EEOC. Start with a crash course on the major substantive law, then move on to the procedures and practice techniques and stay for the finale - a live hearing demonstration. Daily Agenda Monday, April 19 -- Gary Gilbert and Ernest Hadley. EEOC Basics: What You Need to Know: Organization and jurisdiction of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, theories of discrimination; evaluating the 'Report of Investigation'; amendments, and consolidation of claims. Tuesday, April 20 -- Peter Broida and William Wiley. MSPB Basics: What You Need to Know:  Organization and jurisdiction of the Merit System Protection Board; misconduct actions and substantive offense elements; performance actions; reduction in force, individual right of action, attorney fees; appeal procedures. Wednesday, April 21 -- Peter Broida and Ernest Hadley. Planning a Winning Litigation Strategy: Introduction to the MSPB & EEOC hearing process; identifying theories and defenses; documents and witnesses; discovery requests and summary judgment motions; prehearing submissions, discovery response, motions to compel and sanctions; compensatory damages. Thursday, April 22 -- Peter Broida and Gary Gilbert. Winning at the Prehearing Stage: Depositions, subpoenas, experts; demonstration.  Settlement, demands and offers. Mediation. Hearing preparation. Friday, April 23 -- Peter Broida, Ernest Hadley, Gary Gilbert and William Wiley. Winning at the Hearing Stage: A Demonstration. Direct examination; the judges' perspective. Demonstration with preliminaries, opening statement, the case-in-chief, defense, closing argument and bench decision. Making an 'Individual CLE Application' to your state bar or commission? See CLE Sample from a prior seminar, for PDF file responsive to most requests, including speaker biographies, table of contents and timed agendas, and a representative sample of instructional handouts.CLE credit for attorney attendees is supported by FELTG through individual applications to the registrants' state bar or commission. Each day begins at 8:30 and ends at 4:00 with an hour for lunch. Continental breakfast is served beginning at 8:00.   Cancellation FELTG reserves the right to cancel a session, or make changes, upon notice. Confirmed registrants may only cancel for Advocacy Week prior to COB Mar. 19, 2010. Substitutions may be made at any time with notice to FELTG, but are limited to one sub filling in the original registrants' seminar dates. Untimely cancellations are only eligible for 'credit slips' for a future registration, provided notice is given before the start of training, but will not be granted for partial attendance.  Credit slips will not be granted for 'no-shows'.

FELTG does not seek pre-approval of its seminars for CLE credit because the attorneys who attend often are admitted to many different state bars with many different requirements for CLE credit. However, we are happy to work with any individual attorney seeking CLE credit for attendance, and it has been our general experience that many states will approve some number of CLE credit hours based on submission of the course materials, an agenda, and resumes of the speakers. To facilitate the award of CLE, FELTG takes roll at every seminar and maintains a record of attendance for a minimum of five years, a requirement of many state bar associations. The bottom line for CLE credit is that while the responsibility for applying for credit lies with each attorney attendee, FELTG will work to assist in the application process. Please consult your state CLE commission for an 'Individual CLE Application' and let us know what submissions we can supply in your support.