Calling all attorneys who want to help women escape from arranged/forced marriages.
Unchained once again is offering its popular FREE* training course on family law, this time in partnership with Rutgers Institute for Professional Education. The course now is worth 8 or more Continuing Legal Education credits in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
NEXT COURSE DATE: Tuesday, March 3, 2015
9a to 5p (free breakfast and lunch included)
Newark, New Jersey
DEADLINE TO REGISTER: February 26, 2015
NJ: 8.2 credits (including 1.2 ethics)
NY: 8.0 credits (including 1.0 ethics)
PA: 6.5 credits (including 1.0 ethics)
Register HERE and enter promo code PROBONO
Unchained will contact you with instructions on submitting a Pro Bono Attorney Application
This CLE course provides an overview of New Jersey matrimonial law, covering the major steps of the divorce process — from filing the complaint to addressing issues of equitable distribution, child custody, child support and alimony. The course focuses on arranged/forced marriage and the legal and ethical issues involved.
*The course fee of $150 is waived for admitted attorneys who apply, are approved and commit to representing an Unchained client pro bono as she flees from an arranged/forced marriage.
~ Abed Awad, Esq. | Awad & Khoury, LLP | Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
~ Jamie Berger, Esq. | Argentino & Jacobs, LLC | Rockaway, NJ
~ Emily Carstensen, Esq. | Rubenstein, Meyerson, Fox, Mancinelli, Conte & Bern, PA | Montvale, NJ
~ Ellen Gold, Esq. | Attorney at Law | Clifton, NJ
~ Fraidy Reiss | Founder/Executive Director | Unchained At Last | Westfield, NJ
Unchained thanks the Jewish Women’s Foundation of New Jersey for the generous grant that made this CLE course possible.
Attorneys who commit to representing an Unchained client pro bono receive:
~ FREE access to this training course, worth 8+ CLE credits ($150 value)
~ Experience in matrimonial law
~ Mentoring from an experienced matrimonial law attorney
~ Valuable networking opportunities
~ Hours of service toward exemption from mandatory pro bono assignments
~ Unchained funds for expert witnesses and other court-related fees
~ The chance to unchain a woman or a girl from a marriage she did not choose
Attorneys with 5+ years of matrimonial law experience also can take advantage of these opportunities:
~ Mentor another attorney (counts in New Jersey as hours of service toward exemption from mandatory pro bono assignments)
~ Present a portion of an upcoming Unchained CLE course (earns double CLE credits in New Jersey)
