2018 NLADA Annual Conference--Resilient Justice has ended

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2018 NLADA Annual Conference--Resilient Justice

This year’s conference includes a special focus on Racial Justice, Diversity, and Inclusion Programming. Workshops that will address this overarching theme include [RJ] after the session title.

8:30am CDT

New Executive Director Training -- Day 1 Post Oak Train the Trainers: Creating Training Programs and Culture in Defender and Civil Organizations -- Day 1 Tanglewood

6:30pm CDT

NLADA NAIDE Section Meeting West Alabama

7:00pm CDT

National Organization of Client Advocates (NOCA) Membership Meeting Plaza Ballroom I

8:30am CDT

Train the Trainers: Creating Training Programs and Culture in Defender and Civil Organizations -- Day 2 Tanglewood New Executive Director Training -- Day 2 Post Oak

2:00pm CDT

Exhibits Galleria Foyer Registration Galleria Foyer

4:00pm CDT

Orientation for New Members and First-Time Conference Attendees Plaza Ballroom I

5:30pm CDT

Annual Meeting of Members - A Discussion on Racial Justice, Diversity, and Inclusion Galleria Ballroom I-IIMaha Jweied • Te’iva Johnson Bell • Tracy Figueroa • Regina Kelly • Kimberly Merchant

7:00pm CDT

Host Committee Welcome Reception Galleria Foyer & Galleria Ballroom III

7:30am CDT

Continental Breakfast Galleria Foyer Exhibits Galleria Foyer Registration Galleria Foyer

8:30am CDT

Opening Plenary Session Galleria BallroomRodney Ellis • Max Laun • Lora Livingston • Ariel Simon • Rhodia Thomas • Jo-Ann Wallace

10:00am CDT

Break Galleria Foyer

10:30am CDT

Civil Caucus - Ensuring Individual and Systemic Justice in a World of Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, and Automation Galleria Ballroom Client Caucus - Clients Engaging the Community TanglewoodEd Burnette Defender Caucus - Pretrial Reform Plaza Ballroom I

12:00pm CDT

Lunch on Your Own See restaurant list

12:15pm CDT

ACCD Meeting – Leadership Training: How to Make the Case for Public Defense Resources (NOTE: This meeting is by invitation only.) MonarchKeir Bradford-Gray • Vivian King • Tami Sawyer • Kevin Tully

12:30pm CDT

NLADA Farmworkers Law Section Meeting Oak -- Across Mall in Westin Oaks hotel

2:15pm CDT

Another Brick in the Wall: Education Rights of Immigrant and Refugee Students in Times of Uncertainty [RJ] Woodway IMichelle Lapointe • Tere Ramos • Julie Sugarman Educating Legislators about Legal Aid 2.0 Plaza Ballroom IIJim Sandman • Nan Heald • Nikole Nelson • Betty Balli Torres Impact Litigation and Movement Lawyering to Support Communities in a Changing Landscape Woodway IIKevin De Liban • Julia Simon-Mishel MLCP-LA: Showcasing Innovations in Technology, Partnership, and Funding to Bring Legal Services to Most Vulnerable Los Angeles County Residents Chevy ChaseSilvia Argueta • Yvonne Mariajimenez • Gerson Sorto • Helen Tran Moving Toward Meaningful Access: Access to Justice Commissions and Justice For All Efforts, an Update on Our Progress San FelipeRadhika Singh • Mary Lavery Flynn • Nalani Fujimori Kaina • Shelley Spacek-Miller Providing Culturally Competent Services for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Clients SageAmelia Schlossberg • Shin-Ming Wong What Supporting Justice IV Tells Us about Pro Bono MonarchApril Faith-Slaker • Cheryl Zalenski The Importance of Reentry in Achieving Meaningful Justice [RJ] TanglewoodEddie Ellis • Ronald Simpson-Bey Community Listening: A Response to an Established Community Lawyering Practice [RJ] West AlabamaMeaghan McDermott, Esq. • Kathryn Frey-Balter • Amy Petkovsek • Veryl Pow Fighting the Criminalization of Poverty: Court Debt Litigation Strategies Woodway IIILeslie Bailey • Brian Hardingham • Hillary Madsen • Caren Short Innovative Public Defense in America Post OakGeoff Burkhart • Scott Ehlers • Morgan Shell Mentoring in Public Defense WestchesterMalia Brink • Genesis Draper • Jonathan Rapping • Drew Willey • Sarah Wood Building Sustained Partnerships with Funders, Contributors, & Supporters Plaza Ballroom IJo-Ann Wallace • Sandra Ambrozy • Max Laun • Mr. Jack W. Londen

3:45pm CDT

Break Galleria Foyer

4:15pm CDT

Continuing the Conversation on Race [RJ] San FelipeMaha Jweied • Gina Polley • Rhodia Thomas • Anthony Young Incubating Innovation in the Aloha and Midnight Sun States: Updates on the Justice Portal Initiative Plaza Ballroom IILester Bird • Nalani Fujimori Kaina • Liz Keith • Nikole Nelson • Glenn Rawdon Job Placement Centers and Attorneys: A Partnership that Works [RJ] West AlabamaWalter Morris • Amy Petkovsek Lawyers Without Borders: Building a Two-State Rural Partnership Woodway IEd Marks • Patrick McMonigle • Tom Stutz MIE Roundtable for Legal Services Executive Directors and Managers MonarchJan Allen May • Patricia Pap Organizational Redesign for Pro Bono Woodway IIISandhya Kidd • Ms. Marissa LaVette • Claud Nelson • Mytrang Nguyen • C. Kenneth Perri Tracking Outcomes: Challenges and Opportunities for Civil Legal Aid Providers and Funders Woodway IIDavid Udell LSC and the Client Voice TanglewoodJulie Anne Reiskin • Jim Sandman Holistic Representation in Family Court: The Ins and Outs of Civil and Immigration Consequences SageVichal Kumar • Gigi Parris • Emily Ponder Williams Jail is Not the Solution: Innovative Alternatives to the Criminalization of Homelessness Plaza Ballroom IAnne Rios • Mary Vosburgh • Mitchelle Woodson • Jeff Yungman Building Rural Defense Post OakGeoff Burkhart • Kimberley Simmons Defending Communities in Service: Defender Program Capacity-Building through National Service and NLADA Chevy ChaseEmily Flanagan • Anna Ladd • Kameryn Sessoms Don't Leave Money on the Table: Diversifying Funding and Building a Comprehensive Fundraising Plan WestchesterJennifer Luczkowiak • Alyson Robbins

6:00pm CDT

African-American Project Directors Association Meeting Westchester Texas Legal Services Center Meeting Chevy Chase When tenants are sexually harassed, who can help? A discussion with the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division West Alabama NLADA Black Public Defender Association Meeting San Felipe NLADA Client Section Meeting Tanglewood

7:00pm CDT

Client Reception Monarch

8:30pm CDT

NLADA Game Night Monarch

7:30am CDT

Continental Breakfast Galleria Foyer Exhibits Galleria Foyer Registration Galleria Foyer

8:30am CDT

Developing Diverse Legal Services Leadership [RJ] Woodway ILillian Moy • Gina Polley • Rhodia Thomas Reimagining Legal Help: Using Design Thinking to Better Serve Clients-Part 1 Chevy ChaseAnna Dorn-Gulotta • Alex Gulotta • Nalani Fujimori Kaina • Nikole Nelson An Overview of LSC’s Fiscal Regulations Plaza Ballroom IIStuart Axenfeld • Lora Rath • Kate Schillinger Building and Sustaining Disaster Response Networks: Lessons Learned from 2017 MonarchClarissa Ayala • Saundra Brown • Liz Keith • Lauren Lofton New Age of Immigration: Impact on Communities of Color [RJ] Woodway IITanya Douglas • Nana Gyamfi • Joann Lee Things to Think About in Planning Your Research and Evaluation Plaza Ballroom ISteven Eppler-Epstein • April Faith-Slaker • John M. Greacen • Christopher L. Griffin Jr. For Such a Time as This: Inspiring a Shared Vision [RJ] TanglewoodRosita Stanley • Chuck Wynder The Power of Partnership: Juvenile Defenders and Civil Legal Aid Attorneys Collaborating to Build Pathways for Youth Success Woodway IIISerena Holthe Holistic Defense: Intake through Resolution Best Practices for Cross Practice Collaboration SageMs. Michelle Burrell • Vichal Kumar • Porsha-Shaf’on Venable How to Work Collaboratively with System Stakeholders to Advance the Right to Counsel San FelipeStan Germán • David LaBahn The State of Texas Indigent Defense Post OakRobert Doggett • Alyse Ferguson • Ray Keith • James McDermott • Wesley Shackelford State Legislative Funding Roundtable: Strategies for Success in 2019 West AlabamaRandy Chapman

10:00am CDT

Break Galleria Foyer

10:30am CDT

Effective Succession Planning: Preparation for Continuity and Change Post OakSteven Eppler-Epstein • Patricia Pap • Cesar Torres Reimagining Legal Help: Using Design Thinking to Better Serve Clients-Part 2 Chevy ChaseAnna Dorn-Gulotta • Alex Gulotta • Nalani Fujimori Kaina • Nikole Nelson Domestic Violence Education & Outreach through Community Empowerment [RJ] WestchesterTatjana Anne Johnson • Joanne Loeak • Kace Rodwell • Mary Beth Williams Preparing Your Community for a Larger Undocumented Population [RJ] MonarchVictoria Giambra • Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. Serving Those Who Serve Woodway IIILeslie Ginzel • Nan Heald • Alec Lawton • Andrew Lehmann The 850,000 Left Out: Where to Send Them Plaza Ballroom IITali Albukerk • Hannah Allison • Jessie Campbell • Chanita Chantaplin-McLelland Thinking Outside the "Legal" Box: Using Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Assist Vulnerable Clients [RJ] Woodway ISarah Duval • Katie Earl Legal Services’ Community Engagement & the Poor People’s Campaign of Today [RJ] TanglewoodRosita Stanley • Chuck Wynder Language Access in State Courts [RJ] SageChristine Clarke • Daniel Hu • Joann Lee • Michael Mulé • Kevonne Small Who Me, Biased? Recognizing & Responding to Bias & Microaggression in the Legal Profession [RJ] Woodway IITanya Douglas • Latonia Haney Keith • Lillian Moy • Dina Shafey Scott Defending Our Own: The Life and Journey of the Black Public Defender [RJ] San FelipePatrice James • Keir Bradford-Gray • Kevann Gardner • Lori James-Townes • Martesha Johnson • James King • Adeola Ogunkeyede Surveys, Data, and Client Satisfaction in Indigent Defense West AlabamaRebecca Ackerman • Sergio De La Pava • Nicole Taylor May the Force of Social Change Be with You Plaza Ballroom IHelen Tran • JAVIER BELTRAN • Ronnette Ramos • Tyler Nicole Smith • Gerson Sorto

12:05pm CDT

NLADA Awards Luncheon Galleria Ballroom

2:30pm CDT

Ethical Dilemmas in Client Representation Plaza Ballroom IIAnne Sweeney • John Whitelaw Expanding Our Reach: Rural Environment Drives Innovation and Powerful Cross-Sector Interventions [RJ] Woodway ILiz Keith • Nikole Nelson • Bob Onders • Izzy Williamson Faith & Justice Partnerships: Engaging the Faith Community for Enhanced Access to Legal Care Chevy ChaseAndrae Crismon • Kimi deMent • Kathryn Ellis • Tabitha Ponder Natural Disasters: The New Gentrification [RJ] Woodway IIILesley Albritton • Richard Klein • Yolanda Taylor Really Doing It! Assessing Community Needs and Setting Priorities [RJ] Woodway IIKelly Carmody • Bristow Hardin • Lillian Johnson • Lillian Moy • Deedee Peterson Systems Thinking for Creating Impact SageCatherine C. Carr • Nalani Fujimori Kaina • Ellen Lawton • Angela Lovitt What to Do When the Unexpected Happens: Media Preparedness and Crisis Communications Plaza Ballroom ISaundra Brown • Miriam Camero • Anne Chandler • Søren Rasmussen • Carl Rauscher Lifting up Community Voices in State Administrate Proceedings [RJ] TanglewoodPatrick Cicero • Rochelle Jackson • Ms. Marsha White Mathis #MeToo: Empowering Voices and Supporting Changes to Upend Norms of Sexual Assault and Harassment and Their Impact San FelipeCynthia Chavez • Nan Heald • Alison Paul • Dina Shafey Scott Building the Civil Justice System Reform Movement, Including as a Next Front in the Criminal Justice Reform Movement [RJ] MonarchDavid Udell Race and Wrongful Misdemeanors [RJ] Post OakNikki Trautman Baszynski Advocacy Meets Funding and Finance: Managing Program Finances and Fund Development to Support Strong and Broad Advocacy [RJ] West AlabamaJacquelynne Bowman • Colleen Cotter • Steven Eppler-Epstein • Cesar Torres

4:00pm CDT

Break Galleria Foyer

4:15pm CDT

Private Partnerships and Immigration Advocacy Woodway IIIEllyn Josef • Allegra R. Nethery • Monique Sherman #Engage: Get Social (Media) with Your Volunteers, Board Members, Clients, and More! Chevy ChaseClaud Nelson • Kate York Advancing Justice through Storytelling & Strategic Communications West AlabamaCaitlin Brown • Christine Clarke • Ambar Mentor-Truppa Home Safe: Integrating Housing and Domestic Violence Practice SageVinita Kamath • Marcie Kobak So You’re Interested in Form Automation-Now What? A Document Assembly Overview MonarchChanita Chantaplin-McLelland • Jessica Frank • Michael Hofrichter • Claudia Colindres Johnson • Aaron Varner Worth the Work: Building an Information Clearinghouse Website with an Interactive Map Woodway IIGayle Carney • John Pollock Clients and Board Positions TanglewoodJessica Keith • Raymond Macchia Leveraging GIS and Mapping Technology for Improved Strategic Advocacy [RJ] Woodway IAlison Davis-Holland • Alex Gulotta • Anthony Gulotta The Trauma-Informed Advocate: Understanding and Advocating for High-Needs Clients WestchesterMonte Jewel • Riddhi Mukhopadhyay From Criminal Defense to Civil Action, Pre-Entry to Re-Entry: Recognizing the Transformative Power of Embedded General Civil Legal Services in Public Defender Offices [RJ] Post OakWesley Caines • Runa Rajagopal • Cecilia Riera • Mohammed Sheriff The Right to Counsel National Campaign: Championing Public Defense by Garnering Support from Unlikely Allies Plaza Ballroom IIKim Ball • Genevieve Citrin Development Outreach and Strategic Communications: Connecting with Your Audience Plaza Ballroom IClarissa Ayala • Nadia Elguindy • Carl Rauscher

6:00pm CDT

Mountain West Agricultural Workers Meeting Westchester NLADA Latino Advocates Section Meeting San Felipe

7:30am CDT

Continental Breakfast Galleria Foyer Exhibits Galleria Foyer Registration Galleria Foyer

8:30am CDT

LSC Compliance Oversight: What Every Grantee Should Know about Recent Regulatory Changes, Common Compliance Concerns, and Expected Changes to Oversight in 2019 and Beyond San FelipeMegan Lacchini • Lora Rath #FamiliesBelongTogether: How Legal Aid, Defender Organizations, and Other Legal Service Providers Are Supporting Families Separated at the Border [RJ] West AlabamaNatalia Cornelio • Shalyn Fluharty • Mary Harper • Andrea Nieves • Mr. Ben Obregon Wills, Trusts, and Estates TanglewoodTerry Hamilton Creating Effective Communication Strategies When Serving Deaf Clients Chevy ChaseKristi Cruz • Amber Farrelly • Marilyn Lovo Veterans Justice Is Racial Justice: A Dialogue on Challenging Racial Injustice Through Veterans Advocacy [RJ] SageNicole Perez • Michael Roosevelt Protecting Clients at the Intersection of Immigration and Public Defense Post OakFranklin Bynum

10:00am CDT

Break Galleria Foyer

10:30am CDT

Hot Topics in Civil Legal Aid Plaza Ballroom Now That You’ve Become a Board Member . . . What’s Next? TanglewoodEvora Thomas People with Mental Illness in Prison West AlabamaAlan Mills Hot Topics in Public Defense: Race, Research, and Resources – Oh My! [RJ] San FelipeEmily Flanagan • Maha Jweied • Michael Mrozinski