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The 2011 Elder Law Conference began with registration and a
breakfast snack and the distribution of conference materials early on Friday morning, August
5, 2011 |
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Ben Thomas Cole, II, Executive Director of NMRLS got the the
program rolling with an INTRODUCTION. |
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Ira Richard Gershon, the new Dean of the Law School WELCOMED the
conference participants to the new Robert C. Khayat School of Law. |
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Catherine V. Kilgore, NMRLS
Elder Law Project Director and program coordinator laid out the
logistics of the conference.. |
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Ruby White, NMRLS
Litigation Director introduced the first presenter. |
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PREDATORY LENDING: ISSUES AFFECTING the Elderly
Amanda Glover Evans, Esq.,
Director of the NMRLS Mississippi
Taxpayer Assistance Project (LITC)
Predatory Lending:
Issues Affecting The Elderly. |
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VULNERABLE PERSONS UPDATE: THE ROLE OF ADULT
PROTECTIVE SERVICES AND THE MEDICAID FRAUD CONTROL UNIT
Edna C. Clark, Program Administrator
Senior Mississippi Department of Human Services/Division of Aging and
Adult Services
Adult
Protective Services |
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Treasure R. Tyson, Esq., Special Assistant
Attorney General/Director of Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
Abuse, Neglect & Exploitation of Vulnerable Persons. . . |
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UPDATE ON HEALTH CARE REFORM: NAILING JELL-O TO A TREE
Richard A. Courtney, Esq., CELA,
Nailing
Jell-o To A Tree |
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The AUDIENCE took
something away from all the presentations, and they enjoyed the new
facilities at the Law School. |
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tHE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING;
How CAN WE PROTECT ELDERLY WARDS IN MISSISSIPPI CONSERVATORSHIPS?
Panelists:
Barry K. Jones, Wise Carter Child & Caraway
Guardianships and Conservatorships
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Catherine V. Kilgore, Esq., Elder Law Project Director, NMRLS
Probate and Adult
Guardianship
Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act Summary
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Judge Edwin H. Roberts, Jr., Eighteenth Chancery District of
Mississippi
Elder Justice Act
Elder Justice Act,
Part 2
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SAFE AND DECENT HOME: PRACTICAL PROBLEM SOLVING FOR LOW INCOME
RENTERS Desiree
Hensley, Assistant Professor; Director of the Civil Legal
Clinic; and Supervising Professor of the Low Income Housing
Section, University of Mississippi School of Law.
A Safe and
Decent Home . . .
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Carol Gish, Esq., Housing/Fair Housing Director, West
Tennessee Legal Services
Fair Housing Saves
The Day . . . |
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Ethics:
THE LAWYER'S AND THE SOCIAL WORKER'S ROLE RELATED TO END OF LIFE
DECISIONS Tom Freeland,
Esq. and |
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Joyce Freeland, Esq., Freeland and Freeland Law Firm, Oxford, MS
Ethics: The Lawyer and Social Workers Role . . . |
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photos by Kenneth J. Franklin
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