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17th May 2010 - PRACTICAL ISSUES FOR PRISON LAWYERS: RISK AND RESETTLEMENT

Date: Monday 17th May 2010

Time: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

Location: eOffice, 1 Portland Place, Manchester

The morning session:

Resettlement of Vulnerable Prisoners

This session will focus upon prisoners who have difficulties progressing to release because of problems relating to disability, mental illness or personality disorder. It will be a practical session looking at how prison lawyers can assist their clients to seek to overcome these obstacles.

Organisations which provide support to prisoners in the community will be in attendance to explain what they do and how prisoners and their representatives can access their assistance.

There will be legal presentations by barristers from Doughty Street Chambers outlining the legal framework and relevant caselaw and practical sessions led by experienced practitioners discussing case scenarios.

The afternoon session:

OASys Assessments

OASys assessments can have a significant impact on prisoners’ progress and their management.

This training session will be given by the NOMS OASys Team, barristers from Doughty Street Chambers and experienced prison lawyers. This will shed light on and generate debate about the OASys process, interpretation of scores and avenues of challenge.

The session will also cover recent caselaw on selective issues in risk analysis.

To reserve your place on this lecture, please use the booking form below:

The cost of the event is £ 70 for Members of The Association of Prison Lawyers and £ 100 for all non-members.

The event will attract at least 4.5 CPD points.

Click here to download the booking form for this event.

Click here to download the Programme for this event.

Click here to download the Flyer for this event.

MBL seminars are happy to offer members of the Association a 50% discount on ALL courses if they meet any of the following criteria:

1. They work in a firm of 10 or less lawyers requiring to undertake CPD (meaning they qualify for a free Small Firm Season Ticket (SFST) which guarantees 50% discount on any courses booked)

2. They are a trainee or barrister (meaning they qualify for our free Trainee / Barrister Season Ticket which guarantees 50% discount on any courses booked).

Beyond this, they are offering a 10% discount against courses booked by members who do not qualify for the above.

Forthcoming courses which may be of interest include:- 

• Parole Board Hearings & Prison Law Update
• Prison Law Recent Developments
• Youth Court Procedure & Sentencing Update
• Parole Board Representation

The cost for any of the above courses is £190 standard, £171 for APL members who quote APL when booking, or just £95 for any APL members who qualify for a Small Firm Season Ticket.

Please Visit http://www.mblseminars.co.uk/ for further information.

MBL's exclusive page for APL Members can be found at: http://mbltraining.com/MBL/6KO-1R1/APL.aspx