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Friday, November 6 • 4:15pm - 5:45pm
Hot Topics in Civil Right to Counsel: Housing, Court Debt, and More

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With coverage in the New York Times and Newsweek, the civil right to counsel movement has hit the mainstream, and you many have heard about the securing of new rights to counsel over the past few years in places like Montana (adoption), Hawaii (child welfare), and Massachusetts (private child guardianship). But do you know about exciting developments related to housing cases, or license suspensions, or debt collection, or pilot projects measuring the impact of providing systemic representation? Come hear about the latest work around the country, which may even be happening in your state!
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Cassandra Goodman

Director, Housing & Homelessness, Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County
Cassandra Goodman is the Director of Housing and Homelessness at Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County (NLSLA) and oversees several of their collaborative housing projects that seek to protect the rights of low-income tenants and their families at risk of homelessness... Read More →
avatar for Alec Karakatsanis

Alec Karakatsanis

Co-Founder, Equal Justice Under Law
Before starting Equal Justice Under Law, Alec was an attorney with the Special Litigation Division of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, where he litigated complex criminal law issues and bigger-picture civil rights cases in federal and D.C. trial and appellate... Read More →
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John Pollock

Coordinator, National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel
John Pollock is a Staff Attorney for the Public Justice Center who has served since 2009 as the Coordinator of the National Coalition for the Civil Right to Counsel (NCCRC).  The NCCRC works in 41 states to establish the right to counsel for low-income individuals in civil cases... Read More →
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Ronnette Ramos

Managing Attorney, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
Ronnette Ramos (she/her) oversees the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles’ attorneys and paralegals working with healthcare professionals to identify and help patients reach their optimal health. As Managing Attorney of Medical-Legal Partnerships, Ronnette oversees our clinics located... Read More →
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Andrew Scherer

Policy Director, New York Law School
Andrew Scherer is the Policy Director of the Impact Center for Public Interest Law at New York Law School, which launched in the fall of 2014, and a Distinguished Adjunct Professor at NYLS. In 2010, Mr. Scherer stepped down after nine years as Executive Director of Legal Services... Read More →

Friday November 6, 2015 4:15pm - 5:45pm CST
Nottoway
  Civil

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