CP-56 Attorney Training Opportunities at The Federal Employment Law Training Group

The Legal Career Program (CP-56) would like to announce centralized funding for a limited number of Competitive Professional Development (CPD) opportunities available to Army civilian attorneys

TIME SENSITIVE **** MUST SUBMIT APPLICATIONS NLT 15 JANUARY 2019 ****TIME SENSITIVE

The Legal Career Program (CP-56) would like to announce centralized funding for a limited number of Competitive Professional Development (CPD) opportunities available to Army civilian attorneys:

MSPB Law Week (11-15 March 2019) is a week-long course that covers the basics of adverse actions, charges, penalties, and performance cases. This course will be very beneficial for attorneys defending the Army against appeals filed to the MSPB Board, as law, strategy, and techniques from experts are taught and examined. Location: Washington, DC.

EEOC Law Week (1-5 April 2019) is a fast-paced week of strategies, principles, and authorities relative to the major aspects of the field of discrimination law in the federal government. Topics include EEOC nuts and bolts, current EEO law trends, accommodations, damages and remedies, and mixed cases. Location: Washington, DC.

Developing and Defending Discipline: Holding Federal Employees Accountable (14-16 May 2019) is a three-day course that will focus on understanding how to take defensible misconduct actions quickly and fairly – that will withstand scrutiny on appeal. The course will also discuss removal of underperforming employee. Location: Denver, CO.

Emerging Issues Week: The Federal Workplace’s Most Challenging Situations (15-19 July 2019) is a week-long course designed to provide specific legal, practical, and clinical guidance to handling intense and challenging workplace situations. Topics to be discussed include behavioral health issues, dealing with threats of violence, conflict management, harassment allegations and investigations, and the non-traditional workplace. Location: Washington, DC.

This announcement is a summary of the courses available for centralized funding. The full announcements can be found as pdf attachments on JAGCNet (www.jagcnet.army.mil) and CP-56’s MilBook page (https://www.milsuite.mil/book/groups/career-program-56-legal).

Please contact Ms. Sarilyn Leary at sarilyn.h.leary.civ@mail.mil or 703-693-0545 with any questions.