Partnership Conference 2016 Registration Form “Justice Rising” September 14-16, 2016 Please use this form if you are paying with a check and/or are submitting a group registration. Note: workshop and meal attendance is on a first come, first served basis.
Please return this form by August 17, 2016 to: MRC One Elk Street, Albany, NY 12207 Phone: 800-582-2452 Secure fax: 518-463-5993
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IMPORTANT DATES August 15, 2016
All cancellations received after this date will incur a $50 processing fee. All cancellations received after August 27, 2016 date will not be refunded. Paper Registration Closes (faxed and mailed forms.) NOTE: Registration by fax or mail could
August 17, 2016 result in an attendee not being registered for all requested workshops in the event the
workshop is full before their form is received. August 31, 2016 Online Registration Closes. September 1, 2016
Marriott Albany Reservation Deadline. Standard Guest Room $142.00 per night. Go to www.nysba.org/partnership2016 to access the registration link.
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Wednesday Affinity Groups Select Title
Health Task Force Meeting - 9/14/2016 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM NYS Tech Meeting - 9/14/2016 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM New York Immigration Coalition Meeting - 9/14/2016 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Law Help Consortium Meeting - 9/14/2016 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM DAP Task Force Meeting - 9/14/2016 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM DV Task Force Meeting - 9/14/2016 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM NYS Legal Services Coalition Meeting - 9/14/2016 2:00 PM 6:00 PM
Housing Task Force Meeting - 9/14/2016 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Joint Meeting for Legal Services - 9/14/2016 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Diversity Coalition Meeting - 9/14/2016 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Joint Meeting of CoLA and PCAJ - 9/14/2016 10:00 AM - 1:30 PM PBCN Meeting - 9/14/2016 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM LGBTQ Affinity Group Meeting - 9/14/2016 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Welfare Task Force Meeting - 9/14/2016 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thursday Breakfast Select Title
Continental Breakfast Opening Plenary - 9/15/2016 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Thursday Early Morning Conference Workshops Select Title
DAP 1-Limitations in Attention & Concentration in a Work Set - 9/15/2016 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM DAP Workshop #1: Exploring Limitations in Attention and Concentration in a Work Setting: the Effect on Disability Claims. 1.5 Area of Professional Practice. The DAP Sessions are designed as a progression from introduction of the substantive law concept, (limitations in attention and concentration), to better understanding of the concept from a medical expert (psychologist presentation), to identification of issues related to developing evidence in the case, as well as disability cases generally, (problems gathering evidence and proving vocational issues), to putting problem solving skills into practice for these cases and disability cases generally, (ALJ Mock Hearing). Then we move on to developing a good record in the event further appeal is necessary, (identifying issues in appeals). Note: DAP Workshops #1, #2, #3, #4 are designed as a progression from an introduction of the substantive law concept to a deeper understanding. Nursing Homes: From Admission To Discharge - 9/15/2016 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM This session will provide an overview of the nursing home admissions process, Medicaid managed care enrollment policies for nursing home residents, public benefits budgeting methodologies for people in nursing homes, nursing home quality of care and resident's rights, and nursing home discharge planning in New York State. 1.5 Area of Professional Practice credits. Representing Persons Accused of Public Benefits Fraud 9/15/2016 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM Benefits - Representing Persons Accused of Public Benefits Fraud - Handling SNAP IPVs and other fraud charges. 1.5 area of
Professional Practice credits. SNAP and Cash Assistance Intentional Program Violation ("IPV") charges leveled against our clients carry stiff penalties and require advocates to navigate a fairly complex procedural landscape. This panel will provide an overview of IPVs in the SNAP program from a federal law perspective and how these cases are dealt with in New York State including information on new developments in New York State policy and practice. The panel will also touch upon fraud charges in the Cash Assistance program. Cultural Competency Session - 9/15/2016 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM Pro Bono - Cultural Competency Session. 1.5 Skills Credits. Cultural competency has become increasingly important in today's legal community. With clients from diverse backgrounds, it is essential that practitioners have a comprehensive understanding of what it means to be culturally competent, how to seek cultural competence, and what the benefits of cultural competence are. This seesion will introduce participants to a variety of areas in which cultural competency may be needed, explore mans for becoming culturally competent, and address the benefits of such competency in both communicating with your client and presenting his/her case to the court or other advocates. Legal Aid Leaders for Tomorrow - 9/15/2016 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Please note that there is NO MCLE CREDIT Associated with this Learning Lab. Learning Lab: Legal Aid Leaders for Tomorrow. This workshop will consider how our new leaders and leadership competencies will be highlighted. What's working? How do we measure success? Join us for an interactive discussion of your own practices, ideas, and examples. By the end of the session, participants will be able to: (1) articulate best practices for leadership development in legal aid law firms; (2)articulate the skills and competencies legal aid leaders need to move our firms forward; and (3) motivate our Boards and staff to invest in leadership development.
Thursday Late Morning Conference Workshops Select Title
When Criminal Justice Involvement Affects Civil Legal Needs - 9/15/2016 11:45 AM - 1:30 PM Program Innovation/Management - When Criminal Justice Involvement affect Legal Needs: Utilizing reentry tools and strategies to address employment, housing and other "collateral" consequences. 1 area of practice credit and 1 skills credit. Using a case study, Panelists in this workshop will train the audience on tools and strategies available to help clients who have employment, housing or other civil legal issues as a result of contact with criminal court or to help them "reenter". Given that one in three individuals has a criminal record today, it is increasingly important for civil practitioners to understand how criminal convictions affect people's lives and how to mitigate the impact for getting and keeping jobs, and keeping or accessing homes. Health Care Access for Immigrant New Yorkers - 9/15/2016 11:45 AM - 1:30 PM Healthcare Access for Immigrant New Yorkers & Strategies for
the Undocumented. - With a focus on uninsured and undocumented populations, this workshop will examine various public health insurance eligibility criteria for immigrant New Yorkers. Attorneys and other staff members will learn to view immigration benefits through a lens that focuses on the client's health and medical needs, particularly Medicaid eligibility rules regarding people who are or could be considered Permanently Residing Under Color of Law, "(PRUCOL)". The workshop will go into detail on a particular and underused avenue: filing humanitarian deferred action applications and also reference organizing efforts and specific campaigns seeking to expand access to healthcare for immigrant New Yorkers. This workshop will arm attendes with tools to provide the much needed screening and assistance to their client population. 2 Area of Professional Practice credits. Building Community Collaborations To Support Low Wage Worker - 9/15/2016 11:45 AM - 1:30 PM Wage/Employment Issues - Advocating for low-wage workers in collaboration with community based organizing groups through community education, litigation, policy advocacy and community development strategies. 1 credit Skills and 1 credit area of practice. A New Vocabulary for a New Paradigm - 9/15/2016 11:45 AM 1:30 PM Diversity Inclusion & Racial Justice - A New Vocabulary for a New Paradigm. The concepts and work to achieve equity, racial justice, diversity, language access, immigration reform and inclusion are distant and yet connected. This workshop will give texture to the language we need to create a new paradigm for meaningful impact, diversity and inclusion. Can we build a language and practice of anti-oppression and inclusion that connects our various struggles while valuing the unique characteristics of each? What are the linkages across diversity, inclusion and equity? Is the language we use really that important? How do they inform and influence one another? What does this mean for our work and our organizations? This session will explore how advocatesfor a broad range of civil rights and human rights can develop deeper common cause and common language, This workshop will help managers build and improve staff diversity. There will be particular focus on serving LGBT clients and working with LGBT collagues. 2 MCLE Skills Credits. Strategies for Preserving Affordable Housing - 9/15/2016 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Housing: Strategies for Preserving Affordable Housing discussions on fair housing and sources of income discrimination, inclusionary zoning, challenging landlord harassment of rent regulated tenants and the perspective of homeowners and affordability. 1.5 areas of Professional Practice Credits.
Thursday Lunch Select Title
We Will Do Our Best To Accommodate Your Choice Please make your meal choice. Thursday Lunch Regular Meal
Thursday Lunch Vegetarian/Vegan Meal
Thursday Early Afternoon Workshops Select Title
Practical Tips for Limited Scope Pro Bono Projects 9/15/2016 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM Pro Bono - Don't Call it Unbundled! Practical Tips for Limited Scope Pro Bono Projects. 1.5 MCLE Skills Credits. Numerous Civil Legal services organizations, the private bar, corporate legal departments, law schools and the courts themselves have all turned to "limited scope" programs in an effort to expand access to justice. One-dy clinics, assistance with completion of legal forms, advice on applying for benefits, and help lines are just some of the models employing volunteer atorneys and law students to provide services on a limited scope basis. This program will provide practical strategies, identify essential components and discuss ethical considerations for partners looking to take advantage of this potentially powerful method to increase capacity and client assistance. This program will explore what works and what doesn't when undertaking limited scope representation. It will also provide a road map to developing a successful limited scope project. Attorneys in public interest and legal services practices who want to learn how to help more clients with limited funding would benefit from this program. Attorneys involved in law firm or corporate legal department pro bono coordination also will find this program useful. Benefits - Fair Hearings Advocacy in 2016 - 9/15/2016 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM Benefits - Fair Hearings - Due Process, Clients Rights, and Best Practices. 1.5 MCLE skills Credits. Fair Hearing Advocacy in 2016: Due Process, Clients Rights, and Best Practices. This workshop will take advocates through the A-Z Fair Hearing advocacy, focusing on client's rights. We will cover procedure and best practices for pre-hearing issues, including conciliation and advocacy leading up to the hearing;day-of-hearing issues including substantive rights and how to best prepare to challenge the LDS; and post-hearing issues, including requests to re-open and Article 78 basics. Foundations of Matrimonial Practice - 9/15/2016 3:00 PM 4:15 PM Domestic Violence/Family- Foundations of Matrimonial Practice: Pendente Lite Motions, Discovery and Spousal Support. This panel will address the essentials one needs to understand the beginning of a matrimonial matter. We will discuss pendent lite applications, which will include and analyze of both temporary maintenance and final maintenance under the new guidelines. We will also discus the statement of Net worth and ways to obtain essential 1.5 MCLE Areas of Professional Practice Credits. Accessing Behavioral Health Services - 9/15/2016 3:00 PM 4:15 PM Health - Accessing Behavioral Health Services: Using Parity Laws & Understanding the New Medicaid HARPS. 1.5 MCLE Area of Professional Practice Credits. This session will cover two emerging mechanisms for accessing more comprehensive behavioral health, (mental health and substance use disorder)
tretment in commercial and public insurance. The first part of the training will cover the basics of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, ("federal parity law") and its application in private insurance, Medicaid and CHP. Part two of the training will introduce participants to Medicaid's new Health and Recovery Plans which are intended to better coordinate behavioral health and medical services and provide an opportunity for access to behavioral health services and supports that have not been previously available in Medicaid. DAP# 2 - Medical Evidence for Limitations To Focus on Tasks - 9/15/2016 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM DAP Workshop #2 - Developing Medical Evidence for Limitations in the Ability to Attend and Focus on Tasks. 1.5 MCLE Area of Professional Practice Credits. On appeal, the claimant must demonstrate that they are unable to work, so vocational evidence is crucial.In a panel format, this session will present a discussion of sources of evidence to corroborate attention and concentration limitations, including psychological testing, medical questionnaires, and vocational evidence from agencies such as ACCESS-VR. Strategies will be suggested for creative alternatives, such as testimony and evidence from non-medical sources.
Thursday Late Afternoon Conference Workshops Select Title
Serving Veteran Clients - 9/15/2016 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Please note that there is NO MCLE CREDIT Associated with this Learning Lab. Learning Lab - Serving Veteran Clients. Veterans are a unique population within the world of clients who access free legal services. This is because they often have veteranspecific legal needs, including legal disputes with offices within the Department of Veterans Affairs, and because they are often eligible for veteran - specific benefits, including earned entitlements and assistance from public and private aid organizations. Veterns' military backgrounds and often, their related mental health issues, further distinguish them from other clients. For legal services attorney to effectively serve veteran clients, they must be able to understand the clients cultural background and contexts, anticipate the clients potential legal issues and assist the clients in accessing available resources. In this workshop attorneys who are experience in working with veteran clients will lead a dialogue with workers in other veteran service organizations for the purpose of providing information and tolols that will enable all legal services offices and attorneys to better serve their veteran clients in thos three areas. Protecting Your Clients Appellate Rights in Family Court 9/15/2016 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Protecting Your Clients Appellate Rights in Family Court and other Appeals. 1 Skills credit and .5 area of practice MCLE Credits. Outside of New Yok City, legal services and pro bono organizations may not have the resources to offer extensive pro bono organizations may not have the resources to offer extensive pro bono appellate representation. As a result, many litigants with meritorious issues, particularly in the crucial Civil Gideon areas, precede pro se or abandon their appeals becuase they do not qualfy for assigned counseland cannot afford to retain private
appellate counsel. This workshop will discuss innovate strategies to provide appellate representation to this traditionally underserved population through the use of volunteer attorneys. The workshop will explore common appellate issues which arise in proceedings involving the essentials of life and suggest techniques to preserve and pursue appeals in those fundamental areas. The workshop will also explore innovative strategies through which the legal aid community can leverage the availability of pro bono volunteers to provide appellate representation in these essential subject areas. National Technology Innovations in Legal Services 9/15/2016 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM Please note that there is NO MCLE CREDIT Associated with this Learning Lab.Learning Lab - National Technology Innovations in Legal Services: A Roadmap for New York State. This workshop will feature a showcase of innovative law related technology projects from around the country. Panelists will present an overview of some of the national trends in legal aid technology and engage national experts, allowing for detailed exploration and understanding of certain technology projects. Panelists will also discuss technology tools, review opportunities for collaboration and present strategies for implementation in New York. Representing Clients With Limited English Proficiency 9/15/2016 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM Please note that there is NO MCLE CREDIT Associated with this Learning Lab.Learning Lab - Representing Clients with Limited English Proficiency (LEP): Strategies to improve language access across various systems. We have created a best practices model in other programs. The city of Buffalo has created an Office for New Americans with this entent of affirming the city's commitment to the concerns of non-citizens in our city by increasing access to city services and programs. Because virtually every county in New York has seen an increase in the number of new Americans Elder Abuse Prevention - 9/15/2016 4:45 PM - 6:00 PM Elder Abuse Prevention: Recognizing and Responding When Your Elderly Client is at Risk for Exploitation. 1 MCL Skills Credit. This workshop of three panelists will educate participants on the signs, symptoms and red flags of elder abuse, with an emphasis on how these may manifest among legal services clients. Workshop attendees will learn practical tips and tools for taking a trauma-informed approach to working with potential elder abuse victims in a legal context, in order to maximize effective assistance. Participants will receive comprehensive statewide resource guides for assisting clients who are in abusive situations.
Thursday Reception, Dinner & Awards Select Title
We Will Do Our Best To Accommodate You Please make your meal choice. Thursday Dinner Regular Meal Thursday Dinner Vegetarian/Vegan Meal
Friday Continental Breakfast Select Title
Friday Breakfast - 9/16/2016 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Continental Breakfast
Friday Early Morning Conference Workshops Select Title
Evidence in Family Law Matters/Clearing Evidentiary Hurdles - 9/16/2016 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM DV/Family- Evidence in Family Law Matters: Clearing Evidentiary Hurdles. This panel will focus on training how to admit documentary, social media, digital and other evidence. 2 MCLE Professional Practice and 1 MCLE Skills Credit. Ethical Issues in Pro Bono - 9/16/2016 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM Pro Bono - Ethical Issues in Pro Bono. 2 MCLE Ethic Credits. Immigration 101 - 9/16/2016 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM Immigration - Immigration 101: Immigration Law for NonImmigration Attorneys. 2 MCLE Areas of Professional Practice Credits. Our Client's immigration status has an impact on almost every area of their lives, (employment, access to benefits housing options, etc). Understanding a client's immigration status can often help non-immigration lawyers better serve their immigrant clients and assist them in accessing essential benefits. This training will look at the different immigration statuses, what documentation corresponds to which status, as well as a broad overview of our nation's immigration policies. We will also explore the opportunitiesand obstacles facing undocumented clients. The LGBTQ Community and the Law - 9/16/2016 9:00 AM 10:45 AM Program Innovation/Management - The LGBTQ Community and the Law: A Discussion on Youth, Transgender Rights, and Legal Needs of Low-Income LGBT People. 1 MCLE Area of Professional Practice and 1 skills credit. This workshop will focus on the current state of the law in New York and Federally as it applies to the LGBTQ community, and best practices for practitioners representing this population. Particular attention will focus on LGBT youth in schools, including a discussion of DASA, bullying, Title IX protections for LGBTQ and female students, and protections for gender nonconforming students. Presenters will also discuss the new Human Rights Law protections for transgender individuals in New York State as recently promulgated by Governor Cuomo. Further, the workshop will delve into the many unique challenges low-income LGBT individuals face in New York. Tech Tips/Technology By Advocates for Advocates 9/16/2016 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Please note that there is NO MCLE CREDIT Associated with this Learning Lab. Learning Lab - Tech Tips/ Technology by Advocates for Advocates. This fast paced workshop will provide tips about free and low cost tools, apps and software covering a broad range of topics that everyone can use. Panelist will use their experience in the legal aid technology community as well as their interest in current consumer technology trends to
demonstrate how approachabe and exciting new technology trends can be. This workshop will focus on various technology tools advocates have successfully implemented for their organizations. It will focus on lower cost easily executable technology intitatives that allowed the advocates to better serve the clients by making their jobs easier or more efficient. Topics may include mobile device usage, video conferencing for hearings and collaboration and creative document management solutions. Disrupting the School To Prison Pipeline/Equal Access To Edu - 9/16/2016 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM Program Innovation/Management - Disrupting the School-toPrison Pipeline: Representing Students in School Discipline Matters/Equal Access to Education: Navigating New York Education Law and School District Policies. 2 MCLE Area of Professional Practice Credits. This workshop will focus on the substantive and procedural due process protections for students facing both short-term and long-term suspensions. Specific emphasis will be placed on representation at suspension hearings for all students, including those with disabilities. In addition, the wrokshop will address the process of appealing adverse decisions to school boards, the commissioner of education and in the courts.The alternative education to which suspended students are entitled, and the role of school resource officers will be discussed. The long term benefits and increased opportunities that a High School education can provide minority and low income students is unparalleled. Obtaining an appropriate education for students with disabilities, English Language Learners and students returning to their communities after incarceration is a challenge fraught with obstacle is often unfamiliarity with New York's Education Law and offer a road map for understanding how local school district policies and practices often serve to exclude those students most in need of an education. Panelists will offer advocacy-based strategies to remove the obstacles and obtain equal access to education.
Friday Late Morning Conference Workshops Select Title
DAP#3 -Limitations in Attention & Concentration At a Hearing - 9/16/2016 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM DAP Workshop #3- Presenting The Case for Limitations in Attention and Concentration at a Hearing: Direct and Cross Examination Strategies. 1.5 MCLE Areas of Professional Practice Credits. This session will address how to conduct an effective hearing before an SSA Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), focusing on issues related to limitations in attention and concentration in a work setting. It will also introduce proactive strategies to deal with issues that may arise at this type of hearing. Also, it will cover ways in which advocates can better elicit helpful testimony on direct examination, and sharpen skills necessary for cross examining SSA's vocational expert. Sample - or "mock" - direct and cross examinations will be conducted. Using the ADA To Help Clients Get Improved Acess To Public B - 9/16/2016 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Benefits - Using the ADA to Help Clients With Disabilities Get Improved Access to Public Benefits. 1.5 Area of Professional
Practice MCLE Credits. The ADA is a powerful tool advocates can use to assist clients and maintain access to public benefits. This panel will provide an overview of the ADA and other antidisability discrimination laws advocates can use with a focus on the use of "reasonable accommodations" and feature an overview of settlements reached in recent impact litigation using the ADA and the remedies available to individual clients. Lessons From the FEGS Collapse - 9/16/2016 11:00 AM 12:15 PM Please note that there is NO MCLE CREDIT Associated with this Learning Lab. Learning Lab - Lessons from the FEGS Collapse: A Discussion of Changes in Government Contracting and Nonprofit Risk Management. This workshop will present an overview of these two reports and discuss their application to New Yorks's nonprofit civil legal aid providers. Panelists will discuss strategies for improving the dynamic between funders and nonprofit service providers as well as steps that nonprofit managers and boards should take to mitigate the financial risks their organizations face. Using Chapter 13 Bankruptcy in Foreclosure Cases 9/16/2016 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM Using Chapter 13 Bankruptcy in Foreclosure Cases - 1 MCLE Areas of Professional Practice Credit. As lenders continue to become less likely to extend loan modifications to homeowners who could sustain them, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy has become a useful and alternative tool to the NY State Supreme Court System where judges are reluctant to enforce rules against lenders. The loss mitigation process before a federal bankruptcy judge is more streamlines, and does not afford the lender stalling tactics that they often enjoy in state court. The loan modification success rate in Chapter 13 bankruptcies far exceeds he state court system. This workshop will introduce civil legal service providers and pro bono attorneys to the tools of using Chapter 13 bankruptcy in foreclosure cases. This would open up a new practice area for legal service providers to better serve homeowners in their area by adding a tool to their legal remedies, allowing them to save more homes and communities. Student Loan Debt Advocacy and Litigation Strategies 9/16/2016 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Foreclosure & Consumer - Student Loan Debt Advocacy and Litigation Strategies for Defending Borrowers. 1 MCLE Areas of Practice and .5 Skills Credits. Student debt is the largest type of unsecured consumer debt in the U.S. with federal debt alone topping $1 trillion. For low-income borrowers, the dream of earning a degree and pursuing a better life can place students deep into debt. Worse, the combination of predatory schools, ineffective loan servicing, and extraordinary enforcement powers makes student debt particularly toxic--borrowers experience wage garnishment, SSA and tax offsets, and inability to continue their formal education. This session will cover the basics of assessing a student debt case to deternime if a client's concern stems from private student loans, federal student loans, schoolbased debt, or a combination. We will discuss the different rights and remedies that apply in those contexts including: (1) defenses to private student litigation; (2) federal student loan discharges and income-driven repayment plans; and (3) bankruptcy as a solution for school-based debt.
Friday Lunch Select Title
We Will Do Our Best To Accommodate Your Choice Please make your meal choice. Friday Lunch Regular Meal Choice Friday Lunch Vegetarian/Vegan Meal
Friday Afternoon Conference Workshops Select Title
DAP #4 - Identifying Issues in Appeals. - 9/16/2016 1:30 PM 3:00 PM DAP Workshop #4 - Identifying Issues in Appeals: Analyzing the ALJ Decision for Appeals Council Review and Beyond. 1.5 MCLE Credits. This panel session will focus on how to review an unfavorable ALJ decision for appeal where the ALJ has denied the claim without properly taking into account the claimant's limitations in ability to concentrate and attend, or similiar vocational considerations. It will cover the difficult but crucial distinctions between the appelate standards of review: error of law and lack of substantial evidence. It will explore how best to structure claims on appeal given the standards of review, and current case law governing vocational issues, including ability to concentrate and attend. This session will be important to all advocates, including those who do not do appellate work. It is critical for advocates to understand how evidence presented at the administrative level can affect appeals. Using Article 78 Proceedings To Get Far Reaching Results 9/16/2016 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM Benefits - Using Article 78 Proceedings to Get Far Reaching Results. 1.5 MCLE Credits. This training will provide an overview of Article 78 practice and procedure in the public benefits context. It will cover post-hearing opions for getting compliance with or appealing administrative fair hearing decisions. It will address strategic considerations in bringing an Article 78 proceeding, such as choice of respondents, crafting claims, whether to bring as a combined declaratory judgement or class action, and defeating mootness and exhaustion defenses. The training will also provide examples of Article 78 proceedings that obtained relief for the individual client and also resulted in agency policy changes benefitting recipients/applicants generally. A Fresh Start:Using Bankruptcy To Help Deal With Debt 9/16/2016 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Foreclosure & Consumer: How Bankruptcy Can Help Your Clients Deal with Debt, Student Loans, Losing Their Home and More. 1 MCLE Area of Professional Practice and .5 skills credit. This session will cover using bankruptcy as a tool to help clients who are drowning in consumer debt, (medical, credit card, utility, etc.), can't pay back student loans because of an "undue hardship", whose wages are being garnished especially due to default judgements where they were not served, or who are in jeopardy of losing their home because of a land contract or foreclosure. You will leave the session knowing the differences
between Chapter 7 and Chapter 13, how to issue and spot when bankruptcy may be a good option for your client and an introductory understanding of what a bankruptcy case involves. Strategies for Opposing Termination of Subsidized Housing 9/16/2016 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM Housing - Strategies for Opposing Termination of Subsidized Housing.1.5 Area of Professional Practice MCLE Credits. Subsidized Housing represents a valuable and ongoing opportunity for low-income tenants to secure and maintain safe, affordable housing. Numerous circumstances and allegations may result in proceedings seeking to terminate this benefit. The training will review the requirements with which landlords or agencies must comply in order to terminate a housing subsidy, and will present law and strategies which may assist in preventing terminations. To Be or Not To Be: The Future of Non Attorney Advocates 9/16/2016 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Please note that there is NO MCLE CREDIT Associated with this Learning Lab. Learning Lab - To Be or Not To Be: The Role and Future of Volunteer Non Attorney Advocates in Legal Services. This workshop will create a space for legal services attorneys and staff to discuss, debate and strategize regarding the use of nonattorney volunteer advocates in the provision of legal services. The panel will have individuals representing differing points of view regarding wheter the direction towards incorporating non attorney volunteer advocates is positive for our clients and our community, and will provide an opportuntiy for audience discussion and debate. This workshop will create a space for the legal service community to be at the front end of the discussion pf new steps to involve non attorney volunteers as advocates. Coercive Control Dynamics in Family Offense and Custody 9/16/2016 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM DV/Family - Coercive Control Dynamics and their Impact on Family Offense and Custody Matters. This panel will focus on the non-physical methods abusers use to control their victims, such as financial abuse, litigation abuse and other such forms of control. The panel will discuss how to present these issues to a court and ways to overcome hurdles to presenting such evidence to a court. 1 Areas of Practice and .5 Skills Credit.
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