Do You Solemnly Swear to Interpret Accurately and Without Bias?: A Brief History of Professional Court Interpreting in the United States
A presentation on the recent history of courtroom interpretation. Professor Cozzens, who has also written about the history of California Rural Legal Assistance and legal representation of farmworkers, is a certified courtroom interpreter. He will discuss court interpretation in the United States from the perspectives of interpreters themselves and the individuals they try to serve. […]
Title IX’s 54th Anniversary: Sports-Oriented Gender Equity in Education – a Primer
Staff at legal aid nonprofits and related stakeholders will learn the basics of Title IX to ensure gender equity in federally-funded K-12 educational athletics contexts, with a focus on intersectional equity, easy-to-apply tools, and updates on the rapidly-shifting enforcement landscape.
How to Help Borrowers with Private Student Loan Collection
How to assist private student loan borrowers both before and in litigation using California borrower protection laws.
From the California Medical Debt Playbook: Offensive and Defensive Strategies to Protect Consumers
Navigating pre-litigation remedies, including hospital financial assistance, and protecting patients from aggressive debt collection.
Desperate Impact: On The Future of Disparities in Anti-discrimination Law (Part 3)
This is a three part series of webinars presented by Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. Attendance at all three is strongly encouraged but not required. Part 1 gave an overview of pre-Trump II federal policy on disparate impact analysis in employment and housing discrimination law and how that form of analysis bears on the […]
Protected: Managing an Effective Litigation Program
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Desperate Impact: On The Future of Disparities in Anti-discrimination Law (Part 2)
This is a three part series of webinars presented by Legal Services for Prisoners with Children. Attendance at all three is strongly encouraged but not required. Part 1 gave an overview of pre-Trump II federal policy on disparate impact analysis in employment and housing discrimination law and how that form of analysis bears on the […]
What’s Credit Got to Do with It? Helping Tenants and Workers using the federal and California consumer reporting laws
Learn how the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act and California’ s credit reporting laws govern third-party tenant screening and employment background checks. This webinar will cover: Tenant Screening Employment Background Checks Fixing errors When to litigate and possible damages Presenters: Chi Chi Wu and Ariel Nelson of NCLC and Sparky Abraham of Jubilee Legal MCLE: […]
Student Loan Practice for Legal Aid
In this training, you will learn: • The state of the student loan system today(how much debt, how many borrowers, who they are) • The need for legal aid help to address the student loan crisis ● What a typical student loan case involves • Model legal aid programs that are helping student loan borrowers […]
WorkLife Law: Employment Protections for Pregnant People and Family Caregivers
This webinar for legal aid attorneys will provide a practical overview of the wide range of legal protections that ensure working people are able to continue earning an income when they are pregnant, postpartum, and caring for loved ones, including: – Paid family and medical leave – Reasonable accommodations for pregnancy, childbirth, and lactation – […]