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LAAC in Action - June 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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Awards of Merit Honorees

LAAC is pleased to announce the 2012 Awards of Merit participants, who will be honored at a special reception during the 2012 Pathways to Justice Conference.

 

Award of Merit for Extraordinary Service:
Stephanie Choy
State Bar of California, Legal Services Trust Fund


Legal Services Attorney
:

Catherine Bishop, Senior Staff Attorney 
National Housing Law Project 

 

Legal Secretary: 
Ethel Lou Oden-Brown 
National Center for Youth Law 

 

Paralegal: 
Julio Edrosolan
Bay Area Legal Aid
 

 

Volunteer and Board Member: James Meeker
Legal Aid Society of Orange County and Public Law Center

For more information on our awards or the ceremony, please click here
 
Meet the 2012 Dan Bradley fellows

LAAC is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2012 Dan Bradley Scholarships!

 

Angélica Salceda (UC Berkley School of Law '13)
California Rural Legal Assistance

 

Lucy Walker (Boston College Law School '13)
California Indian Legal Services

 

Emily Zushi (UC Davis - School of Law '13)
California Indian Legal Services

 

For more information on their projects, please click here. 

The 2012 Pathways to Justice Conference is this week!

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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 is currently closed. You can still register at the door on the day of the event.  

 

If you are staff at a LAAC member organization, please register as a LAAC member! LAAC will pay the State Bar $10 for each registrant to help encourage all staff at our member programs to attend this fantastic training.  

LAAC Advocacy:
Legislative Updates!  
 

 

LAAC continues to monitor relevant California legislation on our new advocacy webpage: www.LAAConline.org/CurrentAdvocacy

 

Please check it out to see what bills may affect you and your clients.

LAAC Trainings:

Upcoming Training Series for Summer/Fall 2012

 

For a taste of what's coming up later on this summer, please see below! More details coming soon.  

 

Post-Pathways to Justice Webinar Series: June-July 2012

Features a sampling of trainings ranging from Litigation to Dual Eligibles and more: 

  • "California Class Actions and Impact Litigation: Brinker, Dukes and Beyond" on June 14. Register Now 
  • "The California Dual Eligibles Demonstration-an Update for Advocates" on July 17. Register Now 

Housing Public Benefits Series: July-August 2012

Focuses on housing issues, including federally subsidized properties,  HUD rental agreements, eviction basics, and housing choice voucher termination.

 

Litigation Series: August 2012

Will cover basic litigation topics for new attorneys and will expand to more advanced litigation hot topics from throughout California and the nation

 

Senior Issues Series: September-October 2012

Focuses on issues affecting low-income seniors. Most trainings are appropriate for all advocates, including non-attorneys, as the series covers issues common to most legal services clients

 

For more details about our online and in-person trainings, go to www.LAAConline.org/ComingUp.

 

Resources for your summer law clerks

There are many training series, brown bags, and happy hours planned for summer law student clerks throughout California. We want to highlight a series that OneJustice organizes and is accessible to all of our members around the state. Click here for information on dates and training topics.  

 

More trainings to come!  
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