VTACDL Winter Ski/CLE
(You don't have to ski to attend this event!)
With Michael Kennedy and Alison Powers
Friday, March 16 (court furlough day)
Registration 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. , CLE 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
2 hours Ethics CLE credits
Join us for an educational presentation by experienced attorneys. Then we'll adjourn for lunch and a fun day on the legendary slopes of Mad River Glen. Participants can purchase reduced lift tickets.
Topics to be covered:
- Department of Corrections classification procedures
- Department of Corrections rules and regulations
- Department of Corrections programming
- Bureau of Prisons programming
- Resources to find all of the above
- A lawyer's ethical and constitutional obligation to advise clients about all of the above!
- Time allowed for Q&A -- come with your questions!
Registration deadline: March 12, 2012
For questions, please contact VTACDL Executive Director Kathy Finnie at vtacdl@gmail.com or 802-872-9757. We look forward to seeing you there!
Michael Kennedy is Disciplinary Counsel for the Professional Responsibility Program and investigates
ethics complaints and prosecutes lawyers who violate the Vermont Rules of Professional Conduct. He
routinely appears at presentations throughout the State to discuss issues related to attorney ethics. Mr.
Kennedy graduated from UVM and The George Washington University’s National Law Center. From 1993
to 1998, he was an Assistant Attorney General assigned to the Vermont Department of Corrections. In
1998, Mr. Kennedy was an Assistant Attorney General for the Vermont Department of Mental Health and
later that year accepted a position as Deputy Disciplinary Counsel. Mr. Kennedy was named Disciplinary
Counsel in 2001.
Alison Powers joined Blodgett, Watts, Volk & Sussman, P.C. in early 2011. She focuses her practice primarily on
criminal and family law matters.