Program Details
2026-08-07 13:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2026-08-07 13:00:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ESTThis session examines how plaintiffs plead and prove failure-to-train claims against municipalities under Monell v. Department of Social Services, with particular focus on the Supreme Court’s unanimous 2025 decision in Barnes v. Felix and its impact on the totality-of-circumstances framework. Attendees will learn the four required elements, the deliberate indifference standard, pattern versus single-incident proof strategies, and the most common pleading failures that doom these claims at the Rule 12(b)(6) stage. Attorneys will leave with a working framework for drafting constitutionally adequate complaints, identifying discoverable training deficiencies, and anticipating defense arguments on causation and the moving-force element.
David Rudovsky 2:10 pm - 3:10 pm ESTThis session equips plaintiff’s attorneys with the trial-level strategy to litigate a Monell failure-to-train case from pretrial motions through verdict and damages. Attendees will learn how Barnes v. Felix reshapes the trial narrative, how to defeat bifurcation motions, how to marshal causation evidence and expert testimony, and how to structure a damages case against a municipality. Attorneys leave with a working framework for jury instructions, verdict form strategy, and preserving the standalone municipal claim.
Subodh ChandraDavid Rudovsky is a founding partner of Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing, Feinberg & Lin LLP in Philadelphia, where he has practiced civil-rights and criminal-defense law for more than forty years. His caseload has centered on police and governmental misconduct, prisoners’ rights, First Amendment freedoms, and racial discrimination — including two civil-rights arguments before the United States Supreme Court, among them City of Canton v. Harris, the decision that defines municipal liability for police training failures.
Subodh Chandra is the founding and managing partner of The Chandra Law Firm LLC in Cleveland, Ohio. A former federal prosecutor and former Director of Law for the City of Cleveland, he concentrates on high-profile civil-rights litigation, white-collar criminal defense, and internal investigations, and is regularly engaged for high-stakes matters with public-policy and crisis-communications dimensions.
David Rudovsky is a founding partner of Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing, Feinberg & Lin LLP in Philadelphia, where he has practiced civil-rights and criminal-defense law for more than forty years. His caseload has centered on police and governmental misconduct, prisoners’ rights, First Amendment freedoms, and racial discrimination — including two civil-rights arguments before the United States Supreme Court, among them City of Canton v. Harris, the decision that defines municipal liability for police training failures.
Subodh Chandra is the founding and managing partner of The Chandra Law Firm LLC in Cleveland, Ohio. A former federal prosecutor and former Director of Law for the City of Cleveland, he concentrates on high-profile civil-rights litigation, white-collar criminal defense, and internal investigations, and is regularly engaged for high-stakes matters with public-policy and crisis-communications dimensions.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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