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10:30am EST

Civil Caucus Grand Ballroom

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

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

8:30am EST

Advanced Lessons in Evidence-Based Legal Practice Meeting Room 3 Combatting Sexual Harassment in Housing: Identifying, Addressing, and Reporting Meeting Room 12 Educating Legislators about Legal Aid 2.0 Mt. Vernon Square A Lawyers and Public Libraries: A Story Worth Reading Meeting Room 9 Managing Up, Down, and Sideways in Legal Aid! Meeting Room 2 Providing Disaster Legal Services to Non-Citizens and Other People Ineligible for Services from LSC Congressional Ballroom B The ABA Standards for the Provision of Civil Legal Aid: Are Substantial Revisions Needed? Meeting Room 4 Urban Pro Bono Meets Rural Clients: Remote Services Delivery Models in Action Meeting Room 8

10:30am EST

Addressing the Legal Needs of Homeless Youth Meeting Room 2 Advocacy Through a Regional Medical-Legal Partnership Collaborative Meeting Room 12 Big Ideas: The Future of Pro Bono Meeting Room 4 Building Relationships with Reporters and Lawmakers to Bolster Local Press Coverage Meeting Room 5 Combatting Inequitable and Unconstitutional Imposition and Enforcement of Court Fines and Fees: Advocacy Opportunities for LSC-Funded Programs Mt. Vernon Square B Empowering Immigrant Clients to Protect Themselves, Their Families, and Our Communities Meeting Room 3 Essential Staff May Soon Retire: What Do We Do to Preserve Their Knowledge? Meeting Room 16 Less Than Honorable: The Legal Aid Response to the Military Discharge Crisis Mt. Vernon Square A

2:30pm EST

A Fresh Approach to Community Lawyering: Lessons Learned Meeting Room 2 ABA Free Legal Answers: How to Integrate It Meeting Room 5 GIS for Justice: Using a Tool from Outside the Lawyer's Toolbox Meeting Room 9 In It to Win It: Florida's Statewide Medical-Legal Partnership Initiative Meeting Room 3 Look Before Your Leap: Machine Translation and Legal Services Providers Meeting Room 8 LSC Compliance Oversight: What Every Grantee Should Know about Recent Regulatory Changes and Common Compliance Concerns Congressional Ballroom B Pro Bono Innovation Fund: Pro Bono That Works for Clients and Communities Meeting Room 16 Recent Developments in Immigration Law, Policy, and Enforcement Meeting Room 4 The Importance of Delivering Trauma-Informed Civil Legal Services to Clients in Crisis Meeting Room 12

4:15pm EST

A Year in the Life of a Victim: A Case Study in Providing Holistic Legal Services Congressional Ballroom B Alternative Schools: A Needed Hand Up, or Second Class Education for Students of Color? Meeting Room 8 Building the Culture and Practice of Strategic Advocacy in Civil Legal Aid: Advice from the Field Mt. Vernon Square A Delivering Innovative and Inclusive Legal Services for Transgender Clients Meeting Room 3 Disaster Preparedness and Response: Assisting Homeowners and Native American Tribes before and after Disaster Strikes Meeting Room 9 How You Can Leverage Online Forms to Enhance Your Staff and Pro Bono Attorneys' Work: Barriers and Models Meeting Room 4 Language Access for LEP Immigrants Meeting Room 2 MIE Roundtable for Legal Services Executive Directors and Managers Meeting Room 16 Stronger on the Other Side: Surviving and Thriving during Lean Times Mt. Vernon Square B What We Can Learn for the Future from Legal Aid History Meeting Room 12

8:30am EST

All Hands on Deck: Taking a Holistic Approach to the Complex Legal Problems of Housing Insecurity and Displacement Meeting Room 12-13-14

10:30am EST

Hot Topics in Civil Legal Aid Renaissance Ballroom West