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Continuing Legal Education How to Humanely and Competently Assess Litigate and Adjudicate Matters Involving Individuals with Diminished Mental Capacity The objective of the Continuing Legal Education CLE programs is to provide lawyers judges and court personnel with substantive information and resources in a collegial environment. Chapter 1 The Statutory Purpose Humane Intentions and Evolution of Mental Hygiene Law Article 81 1. The Enactment of and Amendments to Mental Hygiene Law Article 81 2. The Standard for and Alternatives to the Appointment of a Guardian 3. A Summary of the Laws that Complement andor Conflict with Mental Hygiene Law Article 81 Chapter 2 The Aging Process Lifes Challenging Realities Have Serious Legal Consequences 4. What Judges and Lawyers Need to Know About the Actual and Perceived Physical and Mental Consequences of Aging Includes live CLE component Chapter 3 Article 81 Stakeholders Participants and Interested Persons 5. Stakeholders Participants and Interested Persons Including MHLS 6. Part 36 Rules that Apply to Attorney Court Appointees 7. Private Matters in a Public Forum Chapter 4 The Statutory Framework Mandated Proceedings Required Time Frames and the Language of Article 81 8. Mandated Time Frames 9. The Language of Article 81 10. De Jure and De Facto Judicial Requirements and Discretion in Mental Hygiene Law Article 81 Proceedings Chapter 5 What Guardianship Lawyers and Judges Need to Know About How Older Alleged Incapacitated Persons Pay for Healthcare With a Focus on Medicare and Medicaid Eligibility and Services 11. What Guardianship Lawyers and Judges Need to Know About How Older Alleged Incapacitated Persons Pay for Healthcare With a Focus on Medicare and Medicaid Eligibility and Services Includes live CLE component Chapter 6 Alternatives to the Appointment of a Guardian 12. If and How Should Guardianship Attorneys and Judges Assess the Mental Capacity and Needs of an Alleged Incapacitated Person Includes live CLE component 13. Alternatives to the Appointment of a Guardian Weekly CLE Programs Each online CLE program will provide CLE credit for experienced NYS attorneys who comply with the applicable requirements of the NYS Office of Court Administration OCA. Beginning Monday June 29 2015 CLE programs will be released and available to view on a weekly basis for 50 weeks. The schedule for the weekly CLE programs is as follows