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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 Current State of Language Rights: A Federal Update Marquette AJoann Lee • Beatriz Romero-Escobar • Denise Sudell • Paul Uyehara Educating Legislators about Legal Aid 2.0 Mackinac Ballroom WestJim Sandman • Carol Bergman • Colleen Cotter • Nikole Nelson • Betty Balli Torres Examining Eviction: Resources, Best Practices, and Strategic Interventions LaSalle ASarah Abdelhadi • Ranya Ahmed • Mark Fessler • Nan Heald • Gary Smith Farmworker Section Meeting/Workshop Brule BDaniela Dwyer • Bristow Hardin • Don Saunders The Opioid Epidemic: Legal Aid’s Role in a Comprehensive Community Response Cadillac BSally Friedman • Brandon George • Stefanie Davis The Right to Counsel in Adult Guardianship Cases: Ensuring the Least Restrictive Alternative LaSalle BNatalie M. Chin • Nick Parker • John Pollock • Shira Wakschlag

4:15pm EST

Are You Ready for the Next Disaster: A Roundtable Discussion LaSalle BAndrew VanSingel Data Resources to Identify and Address Community Needs Mackinac Ballroom WestRobert Barge • Bristow Hardin • Jordon Layton Defending Immigrant Communities: Building an Interdisciplinary Immigration Practice Brule AShelly Agarwala • Rex Chen • Tobi Erner • Stephanie Taylor Innovative Collaboration to Further Community Self-Determination Nicolet BMatt Currie • Amaha Sellassie • Aisha Sleiman Recharge Your Pro Bono Cadillac BAnn McGowan Porath • Kimberly Sanchez • Cheryl Zalenski 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 Unequal Treatment: The Fight for Safe Rental Housing in Detroit Richard BMarie DeFer • Nicole Huddleston • Linda Jordan • Joe McGuire Using Social Workers to Reduce Client Barriers and Achieve Better Outcomes Marquette ADani Lachina • Jessica Newsome • Jenelle Pedroza

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 Evaluating Outcomes of Systemic Work: Building Program Capacity for Producing More Powerful Results Joliet ABCathy Carr • Alex Gulotta • Ken Smith Language Justice in Legal Services LaSalle AJoann Lee • Ana Paula Noguez • Alena Uliasz MIE Roundtable for Legal Aid Executive Directors and Managers Cadillac BPatricia Pap Online Courts: Closing the Justice Gap in the Lone Star State Nicolet AJames Esh • Amie Lewis • Charles "Chuck" Ruckel • Ben White Serving Vulnerable Populations throughout the Disaster Cycle: A Focus on the 2019 Midwest Flooding Richard AChrista Figgins • Stephanie Hudson • Shirley Peng • Martin Costello State Funding Roundtable Richard BJennifer Bentley • Shubi Deoras • Don Saunders The Efficient Legal Aid Office: An Introduction to Business Process Analysis LaSalle BMichelle Erickson • Jonathon Tabor The Jeffrey Epstein Case: A Study in the Evolution of Victim Rights Law Cadillac AAndrea Rufo • Rebecca Donaldson • Amanda Rabe • Rachel Sattler

10:30am EST

All Rise for Civil Justice: Using Stories to Advance Reform Cadillac BMartha Bergmark Board Self-Evaluations Marquette ARaymond Macchia • Jessica Keith Cost Allocation: A Closer Look Mackinac Ballroom EastStuart Axenfeld • April Jung Effectively Integrating Law Students into Your Pro Bono Initiatives LaSalle AMarissa LaVette • Alyson Robbins • Amy Sankaran • Claud B. Nelson III Growing the Practice of Crime Victim and Trafficking Legal Services and Rights Enforcement Richard BAlex Kornya • Lauren N Camp • Merideth Hogan • Alicia Johnson • Allie Yang-Green Updating the ABA Civil Legal Aid Standards for 2020 Brule BTheodore Howard • Nikole Nelson

2:30pm EST

2019 Reauthorization of VAWA: What’s At Stake for Native American and Alaska Native LaSalle BKirsten Matoy Carlson • Jocelyn Fabry • Rebecca Henry • Nikole Nelson Cross-System Collaboration: Powerful Partnering! Marquette AMonica Walker • Diane Welborn • Gary Weston 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 Pro Bono on Flex-Time: How to Use Volunteer Lawyers Short on Time to Maximize Agency Capacity Cadillac BTali Albukerk • Jennifer Valentine Re-Regulating Access to Justice: Views on How Regulation Reform Can Unlock More Access to Those in Need Brule AKatherine Alteneder • Natalie Knowlton Statewide Approach to Eviction Prevention LaSalle AKahlim Barclay • Heidi Behnke • Elliott Gillooly • Susan Reif The Immigration Crisis: What You Can Do to Join the Fight Richard BChristine Dutko • Susan Watson

4:15pm EST

100% Access: How Providing a Rich Continuum of Services Can Lead to Justice For All Brule AMaura Kelly • Nalani Fujimori Kaina • Angela Tripp • Bridget Gernander • Amanda Kool Coming Soon…LSC’s New and Improved Accounting Manual, Now Called “Financial Management Accountability Guide” Mackinac Ballroom EastStuart Axenfeld • Corrine Campbell • Mark Watts Getting Beyond the Numbers: Building Strategic Work to Achieve Systems Change Richard BKathleen Creamer • Maria Thomas Jones • Cathy Carr It Takes a Village: Serving Students and Families with Lawyers in the Schools LaSalle BMeaghan McDermott • Amy Petkovsek Lead Hazards in Housing: Advocacy to Address a Moral Outrage LaSalle ALyke Thompson • Eli Savit • Aimee Surma • Todd Pierce-Ryan Medical Legal Partnerships: Moving Forward Joliet ABAlyson Robbins • Leah Rappaport • Sarah Munro • Christina Ochoa Optimizing Language Translation in the Age of Machine Learning: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Marquette AJoann Lee • Lillian Moy • IV Ashton

8:30am EST

LSC Compliance Oversight: What Every Grantee Should Know about Common Compliance Concerns and Expected Changes to Oversight in 2020 and Beyond Mackinac BallroomMegan Lacchini • Lora Rath

10:30am EST

Hot Topics in Civil Legal Aid Mackinac BallroomCasey Chiappetta • David Miller • Chris Buerger • Don Saunders • Radhika Singh