Knowledge Sharing

Keren serves as faculty for Harvard Law School’s Trial Advocacy Workshop

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Sep 21Categories: Knowledge Sharing

Every year I happily accept the invitation to serve as faculty for Harvard Law School’s Trial Advocacy Workshop. Every year I am assigned to trial teams who represent a while police officer in a civil rights violation case brought forward by a black...

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Keren presents at the Middlesex Defense Attorneys annual conference

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Sep 14Categories: Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence, Knowledge Sharing

Today I presented at the annual training conference for the Middlesex Defense Attorneys. It was a repeat of the lecture I gave over the summer for the Suffolk Lawyers for Justice about Violations of Restraining Orders. I started talking about a case with...

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Presentation for the Suffolk Lawyers for Justice 2019 annual conference

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Jun 28Categories: Domestic Violence, Knowledge Sharing

On Wednesday June 26th I had the pleasure of presenting at the Suffolk Lawyers for Justice annual training conference held at UMass Boston. I spoke about violations of restraining orders. Participants, who are all experienced criminal defense lawyers,...

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Teenage Sexting: What Young People (and their parents) Need to Know

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Apr 06Categories: Sex Crimes, Knowledge Sharing, Juvenile Defense

Earlier this week I heard from a parent of a student at a local middle school that there was a “sexting” incident at the school being investigated. It was the parent’s understanding that a female student sent a nude photo of herself to a male student...

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Relief from GPS Monitoring for Some Probationers

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Apr 02Categories: Sex Crimes, Knowledge Sharing, Probation

Up until now the law in Massachusetts has been that anyone convicted of a sex offense was required by statute to wear a GPS ankle monitor. In Commonwealth v. Feliz, the Supreme Judicial Court addressed the question of whether the government can mandate...

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Faculty at Harvard Law School’s 2018 Trial Advocacy Workshop

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Sep 24Categories: Knowledge Sharing

Thank you Harvard Law School for once again inviting me to serve as faculty for the Trial Advocacy Workshop. I had a great time and learned quite a bit from the students.. Much respect to the aspiring public defenders in my group assigned to represent...

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Sanaa Shareef: Recipient of the Keren Goldenberg Public Interest Scholarship

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Sep 13Categories: Uncategorized, Knowledge Sharing

Sanaa Shareef is the 2018 recipient of the Keren Goldenberg Public Interest Scholarship which is awarded to an outstanding college or law school student interested in pursuing a legal career in the public interest. Sanaa is an Honor Roll and Presidential...

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Keren Goldenberg lectures on effective jury selection practices

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: May 05Categories: Knowledge Sharing

On Thursday May 1, 2018 the Greater Lowell Bar Association hosted a Continuing Legal Education seminar on Attorney Conducted Voir Dire in response to the courts’ recent enaction of guidelines regarding jury selection questioning done by lawyers...

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Judging for the 2018 Global Legal Hackathon

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Mar 02Categories: Knowledge Sharing

Thank you Suffolk Law School LIT Lab for inviting me to be a judge for the 2018 Global Legal Hackathon. For all the complaining that I do about inadequate legal technology, it was interesting to witness such creativity and innovation.  Congratulations...

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When All Else Fails: Section 35 Civil Commitments for Drug and Alcohol Treatment

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Jan 02Categories: Mental Health, Knowledge Sharing

When a loved one is struggling with a substance use disorder (including alcohol) and has refused or been unable to commit and comply with voluntary treatment, a further option is to petition the Court to involuntary commit that person for treatment pursuant...

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