Pathways to Justice 2024

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Pathways to Justice 2024

11:00am PDT

Preconference Registration

12:00pm PDT

Preconference: State Bar Grantee Executive Directors' Lunch San Diego A/B/C

1:00pm PDT

Preconference: "Trainer Section" Launch: for Trainers of Lawyers Monterey

2:00pm PDT

Preconference: Conversation and insights on the California pro bono landscape Santa Barbara

3:00pm PDT

Preconference: Recent SSI Policy Changes that Affect Older Adults Benicia A/B

4:00pm PDT

Preconference: Health Care for Older Adults: Medicare and Medi-Cal Basics Benicia A/B

8:00am PDT

Registration & Breakfast TBA

9:00am PDT

Opening Plenary Auditorium

9:45am PDT

Are you ready for AI? Sequoia Early Defense for Child Welfare-Impacted Families: How civil legal aid can keep families together Monterey Inspiring Passion in 118 Seconds (aka Conducting Elevator Pitch Training with Staff and Board Members) San Diego A/B/C The Impact of Court Procedures in Debt Collection Cases on Access to Justice Benicia A/B Barefoot Justice for Pro Se Litigants in the Immigration Courts Farallon Shriver Program Presents: Right to Counsel Catalina A/B

11:30am PDT

From Launch to Collective Action: Leveraging Insights from the California Pro Bono Portal to Advance Broader Pro Bono Initiatives and Enhance Legal Services to Diverse Client Groups and Rural Communities. Monterey Ethics and AI Sequoia Homelessness, Mental Illness and Addiction: Overcoming Barriers to Representing the Hardest to Reach Clients with Excellence, Empathy and Cultural Humility San Diego A/B/C Harnessing Accredited Representatives to Expand Access to Justice in Immigration Law Redwood A Increasing economic, racial, and housing justice through estate planning and probate legal services Farallon Working with Agencies and Healthcare Providers to Make Rights Real: Paid Leave for Workers with Low Wages Santa Barbara Lessons from the Field: Inside Operating Self Help Clinic through Partnership Funding Catalina A/B

12:30pm PDT

Affinity Lunch: Client Outreach and Other Communication Strategies Golden Gate Affinity Lunch: Consumer/Finance Law Yosemite Affinity Lunch: Disability Law San Diego A Affinity Lunch: Elder Law Redwood B Affinity Lunch: Employment Law San Diego C Affinity Lunch: Family/ DV Law Benicia A/B Affinity Lunch: Housing Law Santa Barbara Affinity Lunch: Immigration Law Redwood A Affinity Lunch: Impact Litigation Cafeteria Affinity Lunch: Legal Aid Pensions Farallon Affinity Lunch: Shriver Catalina A/B Affinity Lunch: Youth/Education Law Judicial Council Lunch Room Networking Lunch Cafeteria

1:30pm PDT

Mastering Writs of Mandamus: Understanding C.C.P. Sections 1094.5 and 1085 Santa Barbara The Promise of Community Justice Workers: Spotlight on Consumer Debt Monterey Immigrant Eligibility for Public Benefits in California--collaborations between your immigration practice and public benefits practice Redwood B Lawyer Referral Services: Relic of the Past or New Pathway for Access? Farallon Building Partnerships Between Civil Legal Aid Attorneys and Juvenile Court Attorneys to Support Transition-Aged Youth (TAY) Redwood A Harnessing Biology: Practical Skills for Increasing Well-Being and Managing Stress Sequoia Shriver Program Presents: Utilizing Pro Bono Attorneys Catalina A/B Leveraging Access to Justice with AI San Diego A/B/C

3:15pm PDT

Building a Law Student-to-Attorney Pipeline of Public Interest Advocates and Pro Bono Volunteers (with a Focus on Housing) San Diego A/B/C Crisis at the Border - using multifaceted advocacy tools to promote and protect the rights and dignity of Asian migrants crossing the southern border Farallon Designing Streamlined Webpages for Diverse User Groups Accessing Language Access Services Sequoia Preventing Poverty Among Older Adults and Securing Income Stability, one Retirement Benefit Case at a Time Monterey Fair Chance Employment: from Idea to Reality Benicia A/B Creating Racially Just Child Care Laws Through Community Engagement Santa Barbara

4:15pm PDT

Pathways to Justice LAAC Happy Hour Shovels Bar & Grill

8:00am PDT

Registration & Breakfast TBA

9:00am PDT

Legal Aid Recruitment and Retention: Data, Best Practices, and Next Steps San Diego A/B/C Mae M. v. Komrosky: Working with Coalitions to Advance Educational Equity Monterey The Intersection of Brain Injury and Legal Services Sequoia The Fight for Universal Representation: Ensuring that No Immigrant Stands Alone in Immigration Court Santa Barbara Judicial Branch – Expanding into the Digital Frontier Redwood A/B Shriver Program Presents: The Shriver Act & Pilot Project Administration Catalina A/B

10:45am PDT

Bringing Legal Services to the Community by Leveraging Partnerships Redwood A/B Building Up Great Writers: Teaching and Supervising Legal Writing San Diego A/B/C Combating Ageism to Improve the Delivery of Legal Services to Older Adults Sequoia Leveraging AI to Increase Access to Justice and Homelessness Prevention Services Monterey Pro Bono Training Institute: Collaborations over the Past and Next 10 Years Santa Barbara

12:00pm PDT

Lunch and Awards of Merit Ceremony Auditorium

1:30pm PDT

Medical Legal Community Partnerships: How Legal Aid Attorneys Can Train Community Partners to Identify Legal Issues Redwood A/B Protecting the Bodily and Decisional Autonomy of Disabled People Through Readily Accessible Legal Services Monterey Restitution Sequoia Everybody Wins In a Legal Aid and Court Collaboration! San Diego A/B/C Using Technology and Pro Bono to Combat Homelessness Benicia A/B

2:45pm PDT

Helping People Feel Safe at Home Farallon Increasing Capacity Through Spanish Learning Santa Barbara Pay Your Law Students - Increase Pipeline of Future Legal Aid Attorneys and Increase the Diversity of Your Summer Students Redwood A/B Disaster Legal Aid: Delivering Essential Disaster Legal Services and Furthering Equity and Stability in the Recovery Process Monterey Regional Synergy: How the First All-Female Group of Legal Aid Leaders in Orange County are Changing the Legal Landscape San Diego A/B/C Building Bridges with Web Tools Sequoia

4:00pm PDT

Closing Plenary: Becoming a Resilient Public Interest Lawyer Auditorium