For the Record – What are Your Ethical Obligations to Create One?

When you last appeared in court, did your client receive a verbatim record of the hearing? If it was a family law, probate, or unlimited civil case, they may not have. California’s statewide court reporter shortage means that thousands of hearings are going unrecorded every day. Verbatim records are essential for safeguarding your client’s rights: […]

Listen4Good: Soliciting feedback from Volunteers, Employees, and Community Partners

Legal aid providers need great data to do great work. Data that tells you whether clients feel informed and supported. Data that reveals what motivates volunteers. Data that shows how partner organizations experience collaboration. Data that surfaces staff concerns before they become crises. In this training, we’ll explore how legal aid organizations can gather meaningful […]

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 […]

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 […]

Cultural Humility in Practice: Serving Clients with Trauma-Informed and Culturally Sensitive Skills

This training explores best practices for serving and engaging with diverse clients, managing challenging conversations, and improving the quality of interactions for both staff and clients. Participants will also learn how to apply trauma-informed skills to support clients as they navigate legal issues while protecting themselves from vicarious trauma. Presenter: Franco Torres, Esq.   Franco […]

Legal Aid Online Security Awareness and Privacy Training

Join us for a presentation on protecting client data – a critical topic for our community now. Jesse Magano from Disability Rights California will lead a presentation on client data from an IT perspective. This session will include a training and Q&A on network infrastructure security, covering topics such as multifactor authentication (two-step identity verification), […]