CLE/CJE Training for Lawyers and Judges

Use the expertise you'll gain in our workshops to settle more cases successfully, and screen out cases with a high likelihood of your not getting your fees.

Our continuing education classes include an hour devoted to "Ethical Considerations in Brain Injury Cases," so you can fulfill for your CLE ethics credit requirement.

• Working with People with Brain Injury, for Hospital Staff. Trauma Symposium, Good Samaritan Hospital, Broomfield, Colorado, February 13, 2015.
• Overview of Brain Injury for Mental Health Providers (with Judy Dettmer, head of CO State TBI programs). Staff training symposium, Mental Health Partners, Boulder, CO, Nov. 5, 2014, Jan. 26, 2015, & March 2, 2015.
• Overview of brain injury for mental health providers. Mental Health Crisis Services staff training symposium, Community Reach Center, Dec. 12, 2014.
• Capacity Assessment in Older Adults & Adults with Disabilities. In-service training for Office of Adult Protection, Jefferson County Colorado, April 23, 2013.
• How Traumatic Brain Injury Can Affect Managing Probation & Courtroom Appearances. Colorado Public Defenders Annual Conference, Westminster, CO, Sept. 2012.
• How Traumatic Brain Injury Can Affect Managing Probation & Courtroom Appearances. Colorado State Supreme Court Annual Judicial Education Conference, Vail, CO, Sept. 11, 2012.
• Traumatic Brain Injury, Domestic Violence, & Vulnerability to Exploitation. Colorado State Supreme Court Annual Judicial Education Conference, Vail, CO, Sept. 11, 2012.
• Traumatic Brain Injury, Domestic Violence, & Vulnerability to Exploitation. La Plata County Adult Services, Durango, CO, August 8, 2012.
• Social & Emotional Changes after Brain Injury: Social Relationships, Neuroscience, & Community Integration. Brain Trust Canada Conference, Naramata, British Columbia, June 1, 2012.
• Respecting the Civil Rights of Seniors & Others to Make Decisions: When Conservatorships/Guardianships Are & Are Not Appropriate. Colorado Guardianship Association, Centennial, CO, March 13, 2012.
• TBI & the Justice System: Distinguishing Brain Injury from Psychopathy & Issues in Competency. Office of the Public Defender, Golden, CO, Muly 19, 2011.

• Those Grey Areas: The Early Stages of Diminished Capacity. Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Elder Law and Disability Law, Michigan Bar Association, Crystal Springs, MI, Sept. 21, 2011.
• New Methods for Assessing Social Dysfunction Following TBI. Federal TBI Interagency Conference, Washington, D.C., June 15, 2011.
• Assessing Social-Emotional Dysfunction Following Traumatic Brain Injury. Brain Injury Association of Canada, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, August 24, 2011.
• Understanding the Social & Emotional Consequences Of Traumatic Brain Injury: Where Brain Science Meets the Real World. April 15, 2011, Annual Conference of the Texas Brain Injury Association, Austin, TX.
• Understanding the Social & Emotional Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury. March 17, 2011. First Brain Injury Association of Argentina Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Tools You Can Use: Assessing Social and Emotional Dysfunction in Detail After Traumatic Brain Injury. Jan. 26, 2011, Boulder-Denver Neuropsychology Study Group, Regis University, Denver.
• How to Understand Changes in Social Behavior in Your Brain-injured Clients. Jan. 13, 2011, Denver Brain Injury Professionals Network, Brain Injury Association of Colorado.
• Social Skills Deficits Must Be Included in Assessments for Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Brain Injury and Dementia. Nov. 2, 2010, keynote speaker at Institute for Cognitive Neurology (INECO) International Symposium of Psychiatry, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Demonstrating Disability After Brain Injury: New Information on Assessment. Sept. 3, 2010, Alliant University, San Francisco, CA.
• Disability Following Brain Injury: Training for Administrative Law Judges, December 7, 2009, Denver Region Office of Disability Adjudication and Review, Social Security Administration, Denver, CO (with VTC participation from CO Springs, Salt Lake City, UT, Cheyenne, WY, Rapid City, SD, Billings, MT, and Fargo, ND offices).
• Protecting Clients with Brain Injury: New Science, New Methods for Demonstrating Disability. June 5, 2009, CO Bar Association Disability Law Section’s CLE Conference, Denver, CO.