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Samuel Halpert

National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
Director of Public Interest Initiatives
Washington DC

Sam recently rejoined NALP, where he served as the 2014-2015 PSJD Fellow with his predecessor Christina Jackson. He spent the intervening years in San Francisco with Pro Bono Net, helping legal services organizations create and maintain statewide legal information websites via PBN's award-winning LawHelp web platform. His law school career included time working for Georgetown's Office of Public Interest Career Services and a variety of projects related to economic justice issues--most notably water affordability. He received his JD cum laude from Georgetown Law and his BA cum laude in History & Literature from Harvard University.

7:30am EST

Self-Represented Litigation Network (SRLN) Breakfast Meeting Nicolet B

8:30am EST

Opening Plenary Session Columbus BallroomAllyson Maynard-Gibson • Rashida Tlaib • Dennis Archer

10:30am EST

Civil Caucus: Environmental Injustice: Intersecting Issues, Responses, and Remedies Columbus BallroomBonsitu Kitaba • Michael Pitt • Jill Nylander • Tony Lasher

2:15pm EST

Ask, Refine, Learn, and Connect: A Guide to Legal Assistance Portals Across the US Marquette BLester Bird • Nalani Fujimori Kaina • Susan Choe • Angela Tripp The Right to Counsel in Adult Guardianship Cases: Ensuring the Least Restrictive Alternative LaSalle BNatalie M. Chin • Nick Parker • John Pollock • Shira Wakschlag Getting Business to Work with You Brule AChelsey Gibson • Maha Jweied • Aileen Moffatt

2:30pm EST

Defending Communities in Service: Building Defender Program Capacity through National Service Richard AEmily Flanagan

4:15pm EST

Untangling Racial Inequity with a Systems Thinking Model Marquette BKimberly Jones Merchant • Rasheedah Phillips Data Resources to Identify and Address Community Needs Mackinac Ballroom WestRobert Barge • Bristow Hardin • Jordon Layton The Jury Is In: Data Can Show the Life-Changing Impact of Legal Aid Joliet ABEmily Campbell • Colleen Cotter • Steven McGarrity TIG Showcase 2019: The Best of Legal Aid Tech Projects LaSalle ADavid Bonebrake • Alison Paul • Ilenia Sanchez-Bryson • Angela Tripp

6:00pm EST

Technology Section Meeting Nicolet B

8:30am EST

Changing the Unauthorized Practice of Law Rules in More Than a Few Ways, Now Marquette BNicole Bradick • John Pollock • Nikole Nelson • David Udell • Katherine Alteneder Emerging Leadership: Developing Skills to Lead Brule BColleen Cotter • Nalani Fujimori Kaina • Alison Paul Language Justice in Legal Services LaSalle AJoann Lee • Ana Paula Noguez • Alena Uliasz Online Courts: Closing the Justice Gap in the Lone Star State Nicolet AJames Esh • Amie Lewis • Charles "Chuck" Ruckel • Ben White The Efficient Legal Aid Office: An Introduction to Business Process Analysis LaSalle BMichelle Erickson • Jonathon Tabor

10:30am EST

New Supervisor? Skills for Success!!! Joliet ABRachel Saunders • Shary Sanchez Effectively Integrating Law Students into Your Pro Bono Initiatives LaSalle AMarissa LaVette • Alyson Robbins • Amy Sankaran • Claud B. Nelson III The Computer Did It: Automation, Evaluation, and the Creation of National Justice Index Standards for Algorithmic Applications Marquette BAlex Gulotta • Michele Gilman • Angela Tripp • David Udell The Right to Counsel Is a Right to Effective Assistance of Counsel Nicolet AChad Catalino • Manda Mitteer Learning Together: Using Evaluation and Data-Driven Decision-Making to Create Positive Organizational Change Nicolet BJoshua Crabtree • Kelly Shaw-Sutherland • Holly Stevens

2:30pm EST

Legal Threats to State Bars: Potential Impact on IOLTA, Access to Justice Initiatives, and Funding for Civil Legal Aid Richard AJanet Welch • Maria Thomas-Jones • Betty Balli Torres • Don Saunders • Chris Buerger Re-Regulating Access to Justice: Views on How Regulation Reform Can Unlock More Access to Those in Need Brule AKatherine Alteneder • Natalie Knowlton The Immigration Crisis: What You Can Do to Join the Fight Richard BChristine Dutko • Susan Watson Legal Ethics in the Delivery of Legal Services: Technology, Conflicts, Confidentiality, & Fairness Mackinac Ballroom EastBob Gillett • Kenneth Mogill The Research Quotient Nicolet AMichael Mrozinski • Marea Beeman

4:15pm EST

Developing Leaders of Color for the Next Generation Marquette BGina Polley • Quisquella Addison • Runa Rajagopal • Miguel Willis • Anthony Young Optimizing Language Translation in the Age of Machine Learning: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Marquette AJoann Lee • Lillian Moy • IV Ashton