Webinar

Credit, Debt, and Foreclosure – Consumer Law Basics

March 5 - 26, 2024

This free, four-part consumer debt program provides the knowledge attorneys need to assist low-to-moderate-income clients. This “online only” series is free of charge for all. Registration required.

Click the links below to register for individual webinars. This program is co-sponsored by the National Consumer Law Center and the Social Law Library; and is funded by the Social Law Library’s Endowment to Promote Understanding of Consumer Issues.

Fair Credit Reporting Act & Tenant Screening

March 5, 2024 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm ET. This webinar will provide an overview of the basics of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, taught through the lens of tenant screening reports.

Debt Defense & Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

March 12, 2024 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm ET. This webinar will first provide an overview of debt defense practices including lawyer-of-the-day programs in Massachusetts.

Medical Debt & Coerced Debt

March 19, 2024 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm ET. The first hour of this webinar will cover strategies for helping clients address overwhelming medical debt collections. The second hour will focus on how to identify and begin to help clients facing coerced debt.

Foreclosure Defense & Mortgage Servicing Claims

March 19, 2024 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm ET. This webinar will provide an overview of the foreclosure process in MA and basic strategies to defend foreclosures.

Registration requires either a Social Law Library account or a free guest account.

Online registration is encouraged. For assistance, program content, out-of-state CLE credits, and general contact CLE Coordinator, Michael Saporito by email at [email protected]. Registrations are accepted in order of receipt. Most Social Law Library CLE events are recorded and recordings are sent to all who are registered. The recording is available by digital download, generally within a week after the program date. CLE credit, when applicable, is only granted when 80 % of the live webinar is attended.