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7:30am EST

Continental Breakfast Grand Ballroom Foyer Cyber Café (sponsored by NLADA Insurance Program) Grand Ballroom Foyer Exhibits Grand Ballroom Foyer Registration Grand Ballroom Foyer

8:30am EST

Opening Plenary Session Grand Ballroom

9:00am EST

Breakout Session Evaluations TBA

10:00am EST

Break Grand Ballroom Foyer

10:30am EST

Civil Caucus Grand Ballroom Client Caucus Congressional Ballroom A Defender Caucus: Pre-Trial Justice: A Discussion about Bail Reform, Risk Assessments, and Race Renaissance Ballroom A

12:00pm EST

Lunch on Your Own See restaurant list in your registration bag

12:45pm EST

Services for Older Americans: An Opportunity for Discussion with the Federal Office of Elder Justice and Adult Protective Services Meeting Room 2 NLADA Latino Advocates Section Meeting and Kincare Meeting Room 16

2:15pm EST

A New Route to Access to Justice: Appointment of Counsel Under the Americans with Disabilities Act Meeting Room 3 Being an Advocate: Community Organizing and Community Lawyering Meeting Room 2 Building a Successful Partnership Between the Board of Directors and Executive Director Renaissance Ballroom West B Medical-Legal Partnership Fundamentals: Benefits of Integrated Care Meeting Room 10-11 Pro Bono Collaborations Between Legal Services and Law Firms: Opportunities to Combat the Unfair Imposition of Fees and Fines Renaissance Ballroom West A Promoting Elder Rights and Maximizing Legal Assistance for Older Adults Meeting Room 5 The New New Thing: Strengthening Communications Capacity for Civil Legal Aid in Your State Congressional Ballroom B Using Data and Technology to Protect Low-Income Populations from Consumer Fraud Meeting Room 4 The New Disability: Homelessness vis a vis Incarceration – An Interactive Reentry Simulation Congressional Ballroom A Annual Supreme Court Review Meeting Room 12 Innovative Solutions in Public Defense: Two Approaches to Quality Representation Meeting Room 13-14 Clearing Criminal Records for Immigrant Clients Meeting Room 15 Public Service Loan Forgiveness and Student Loan Repayment: Understanding Potential Changes and Their Impact Mt. Vernon Square A Talking about What We're Talking about: Low-Income Households in the Age of Black Lives Matter Meeting Room 16 Untangling the Spaghetti Monster: Operational and Strategic Management of Technology in Civil and Criminal Legal Services Mt. Vernon Square B

3:45pm EST

Break Grand Ballroom Foyer

4:15pm EST

Building the Tools for Self-Represented Litigants: Law Help Interactive and A2J Author Renaissance Ballroom West A From Process to Product: A Review of the LSC Grantee Data Users Group Process and New Research Being Done with Grantee Activity Report (GAR) Data Mt. Vernon Square A How to Set Up and Run a School-Based Legal Aid Clinic Renaissance Ballroom East Implicit Bias in the Workplace: Managing Skepticism, Belief, and Micro-Aggressions Congressional Ballroom B Responding to the Opioid Crisis: Providing Access to Justice and Building Successful Partnerships Mt. Vernon Square B The Benefits of Rural Legal Aid and What Big Cities Can Learn Meeting Room 2 The Role of Diverse Language Access Advisory Committees in Ensuring Equal Access to State Courts Meeting Room 16 Recruiting & Retaining Successful Client Board Members: The Role of the Executive Director Congressional Ballroom A Defender Listening Session: What Do Clients and Directly Affected Communities Think about Bail Reform? Meeting Room 13-14 The Why and How of Making a Mitigation Film Meeting Room 10-11 State Legislative Funding Roundtable: Increasing Funding in 2018 and Beyond Meeting Room 4 CANCELLED -- Holistic Defense: Intake through Resolution--Best Practices for Cross Practice Collaboration Meeting Room 3 Clearing Criminal Records: Clinics, Community Partnerships, and Using Data to Inform Need Renaissance Ballroom West B Representing Clients with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Meeting Room 5

6:00pm EST

Listening Session with the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division: Sexual Harassment in Housing Meeting Room 16 The Outcomes Project: A Conversation with the National Center for Access to Justice Mt. Vernon Square A NLADA Client Section Meeting Congressional Ballroom A NLADA Technology Section Meeting Meeting Room 15 Across the Great Chasm: Participating in Community-Led Partnerships to Bridge the Racial Divide (Hosted by the African American Project Directors Association (AAPDA); Beer, Wine, & Light Refreshments) Meeting Room 5

7:00pm EST

Client Reception Congressional Ballroom C

8:00pm EST

NLADA Game Night Congressional Ballroom C