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LAAC In Action - February 2012

About LAAC

Salena Copeland: 

Directing Attorney

Please contact her at scopeland@laaconline.org 

if you have any questions regarding the LAAC Sections, our advocacy work with the state legislature, or our Campaign for Justice.

 

Patrick Fodell: 

Program Associate 

Please contact him at pfodell@laaconline.org if you have any questions about LAAC trainings.

 

Natasha Ong:

Executive and Program Associate

Please contact her at nong@one-justice.org if you have any questions about upcoming LAAC events. 

 

Denise Watt:

Program Coordinator

Please contact her at dwatt@laaconline.org 

if you have any questions about the Model Approaches grant or LAAC membership benefits.

 

Julia Wilson:

Executive Director of both the Legal Aid Association of California (LAAC) and OneJustice.  

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Dan Bradley Fellowships
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2011 Dan Bradley Fellows:  

Kevin Carmichael (left) and Jacqueline Duran (right)  

 

Are you interested in sponsoring a law student to work in your office this summer? 

 

Each year, LAAC invites law students working with LAAC member legal services programs during the summer to apply for the Dan Bradley Summer Fellowship Program. The goal of the Fellowship is to offer law students, particularly those from low-income or working class backgrounds, the opportunity to consider a career in legal services and other public interest law while providing legal services and other programs with a new source of dedicated and energetic staff. There is no matching financial cost for an organization to host a Dan Bradley Fellow. 

 

To learn more about the fellowship click here.

 
LAAC Awards of Merit

Do you know an advocate, volunteer, court staff, or client who deserves recognition for their work?

 

The Legal Aid Association of California invites you to nominate them for the 2012 Awards of Merit! 

 

Nomination Deadline: April 13, 2012 

 

In 2012, LAAC will present a total of five awards, one in each of the categories below:  

  1. Legal Services Attorney 
  2. Non-Attorney staff (Paralegal, Community Worker, other Support Staff)
  3. Individual Volunteer or Board Member for a legal services program
  4. Client of a legal services program engaged in advocacy or assistance to the program
  5. Joint Award with the Access to Justice Commission (Staff of a trial or appellate level court program excluding bench officers)

Click here for more information or for an application form.

 

Contact Denise Watt at dwatt@laaconline.org with any questions. 

Pathways to Justice 2012 

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Presented by The State Bar of California Office of Legal Services, Legal Aid Association of California, and the Administrative Office of the Courts Equal Access Project.

 

When: June 7-8, 2012
Where: UC Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco

 

ONLINE REGISTRATION coming in March. Click here for more information.

 

The State Bar of California is pleased to announce that a limited number of scholarships are available to cover registration fees for individuals interested in attending the Pathways to Justice Conference. Click here for more information.

Trainings

LAAC is continuing its Senior Armchair Webinar Series and starting the Family Law Armchair Webinar Series. The Family Law Series is based on participant's feedback from the December 2011 Family Law Conference in San Francisco.

2012 Senior Armchair Webinar Series

 

Elder Financial Abuse

March 8, 2012: Noon - 1 p.m.

1 hour of general MCLE credit 

 

Presented by: 

Akiko L. Takeshita,

Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach

Register Now 

 

Introduction into Senior Consumer Law 

March 22, 2012: Noon - 1 p.m.

1 hour of general MCLE credit

 

Presented by:

Henry Martin,

Watsonville Law Center

 
2012 Family Law Armchair Webinar Series 

 

New Developments in the Intersection of Housing, Domestic Violence, and Family Law
March 20, 2012: Noon - 1 p.m. 
1 hour of general MCLE credit 

Presented by: 
Meliah Schultzman, National Housing Law Project 
The Vulnerabilities of Immigrant Families: An Overview of Immigration Status and How it Influences Client Interactions  
March 26, 2012: Noon - 1 p.m. 
1 hour of general MCLE credit 

Presented by: 
Eliana Kaimowitz and Shannon Going,
California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation 
Guide for Pregnant and Parenting Youth 
April 3, 2012: Noon - 1 p.m. 
1 hour of general MCLE credit 

Presented by: 
Susan Fogel and Dipti Singh, National Health Law Program 
Relief from Removal: T Visas, U Visas, Asylum, and VAWA 
April 17, 2012: Noon - 1 p.m. 
1 hour of general MCLE credit 

Presented by: 

Stacey Frenandez, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies

Cindy Liou, Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach

Catherine Ward-Seitz, Bay Area Legal Aid

Register Now    

 

Please email pfodell@laaconline.org if you have any questions.

 

More trainings to come!  
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