On April 8, 2015, Howard assisted the civil rights committee of the Massachusetts FBA in organizing a seminar on litigating federal civil rights cases. The speakers were Professor Karen Blum of Suffolk Law School, a co-author of the treatise “Police Misconduct: Law and Litigation,” and Massachusetts Federal District Judge Timothy Hillman, who trains new magistrate judges on handling civil rights cases. Howard assisted in organizing the program as a member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Bar Association’s Massachusetts chapter.
Professor Karen Blum, Howard Friedman, Michelle Hinckley and Judge Hillman