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Dear Friends,
In this issue:
1. Benchmark Learning Events 2009
2. Support Staff Forum
3. Go to the Movies with Paul Newman
4. Foreclosure Watch
5. Free Stuff – MCLE, Publications, Law Student Internships
6. Student Loan Advocacy for Survivors of Domestic Violence 1/15/09
7. Let Elders Age Independently and with Dignity
Clearinghouse Review September-October 2008
8. Jobs
9. California Attorney MCLE Compliance Periods and Deadlines
We wish you — and those you love — a wonderful 2009.
And thanks for all that you do!
Rosemary, Marie & Marta
1.
Benchmark Learning Events 2009
Look to the left-hand column for locations and ballpark dates of
Benchmark events. In February, we’ll fill in the exact training
dates. Great learning, great faculty, great interaction!
2.
Support Staff Forum
January 22 San Francisco • January 29 Pasadena
Where would we be without our support staff? Pottersville! (For a
thirty second version of It’s A Wonderful Life, see the
result of George Bailey’s wish that he’d never been born
here.)
For the first time in a very long time,
Support Staff Forum 2009 brings together legal secretaries,
administrative assistants, receptionists, and other support staff to
enhance the ability to manage multiple priorities in a busy legal
services office or public interest law firm.
Be there and join the richest people in town!
3.
Go to the Movies with Paul Newman
January 23 San Francisco • January 30 Pasadena
Trash that tired old audio tape handed down from the Ancient
Phoenicians and
Go to the Movies with Paul Newman!
Receive all six special credit units relevant to legal aid
and public interest practice. We’d love to see you pro bono
advocates as well.
For our second GTM cycle (2009-2011), we’ve collected clips from
movies of the remarkable Paul Newman. His flawed heroes and winning
antiheroes — from the lawyers in The Young Philadelphians and
the Verdict to the rebellious Cool Hand Luke and
Hombre, and others — provide perfect spark to discuss day-to-day
issues that arise in a public interest/legal services practice.
4.
Foreclosure Watch
Whatever your practice area, whatever your job, you need to know
something about what’s happening in the deluge known as
foreclosure and how it’s affecting our client communities.
Things are moving quite fast; so we’ve described new laws, loan
modification policies and programs and listed some resources —
materials and web presentations archived on the web.
Don’t be left behind.
5.
Free Stuff – MCLE, Publications, Law Student Internships
Here’s to
free stuff! Beware of free stuff! Whatever your
view, we’ve listed things that we’ve run across that you might find
useful — that one unit of ethics credit, for example. Continuing
Education of the Bar is offering one year free online access to most
of their publications to lawyers who’ve been practicing less than 5
years (and a 15 day free trial for those with more). Also the ABA is
offering a $2500 stipend for a law student working with the homeless
population this summer.
6.
Student Loan Advocacy for Survivors of Domestic Violence
Thursday, January 15, 2009 PST 10a.m. – 11:30a.m. — Free
Whatever your practice area, whatever your job, you need to know
what to do and where to go when a client’s $153 weekly paycheck,
retirement or disability check gets garnished because of a student
loan to pay for the education to nowhere. This teleconference
describes steps to reduce payments and restore eligibility for
student loans so that clients may improve employability and
financial independence.
Register by January 11, 2009.
MORE
7.
Let Elders Age Independently and with Dignity
Clearinghouse Review September-October 2008
Did you know that almost four in ten SSI applicants 65 and older
request to be interviewed in a language other than English? So
says
What You Need to Know About Advocacy for Limited-English-Proficient
Elders in this Clearinghouse Review issue. Demographics,
Trends, and a Call to Action looks at a variety of legal
areas that affect elders. Check out other articles on
Medicare, Medicaid, Housing, Financial Abuse, Voting Rights and
Rights to Transportation.
Make sure that your organization
subscribes to this valuable resource.
Find good materials in the Shriver Center’s
Research Guides including the new webinar
Helping Low-Income Tenants Avoid Post-Foreclosure Eviction.
8. Jobs
Alliance for Children’s Rights (Los Angeles)
• Policy/Litigation Director
• Staff Attorney, Benefits Program
Asian Pacific American Law Center (Los Angeles)
• Staff Attorney-Housing
• Community Legal Advocate (Bilingual Korean)
• Policy Advocate, Immigrant Rights Project
Bay Area Legal Aid
• Bilingual Support Staff/Office Manager
San Mateo/Redwood City
California Indian Legal Services (Escondido)
• Controller
Disability Rights California (Protection & Advocacy Inc.)
• Administrative Assistant I, Fresno
• Outreach Assistant, Sacramento
Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights
Section — Washington, DC
• Supervisory Trial Attorney
Inland Counties Legal Services (Riverside/San Bernardino)
• Managing Attorney – Riverside
• Housing Attorney - Riverside
• Benefits Paralegal — Riverside
• Attorney — San Bernardino
• Elder Law and Homeless Advocacy Paralegal – Victorville
Law Foundation of Silicon Valley
• Development and Marketing Manager
Legal Assistance for Seniors (Oakland)
• Executive Director
Los Angeles Center on Law & Justice
• Staff Attorney – Housing Litigation
• The Family Development Network Coordinator
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
• Paralegal — Long Beach Self-Help Legal
• Social Worker, MSW — Various Offices (Long Beach, Los Angeles)
• Legal Secretary — Central Community Office
• Paralegal – Immigration Unit — West Office
• Administrative/Legal Secretary Floater — Various Offices
Public Justice (Oakland or Washington D.C.) PDF
• Staff Attorney
National Center for Lesbian Rights
• Senior Staff Attorney (San Francisco)
• Senior Organizer for Transgender Equality (D.C.)
Neighborhood Legal Services (Los Angeles)
• Paralegal, Administrative Law Advocacy Group (Glendale)
Public Counsel (Los Angeles) PDF
• Paralegal — Public Counsel’s Federal Pro Se Clinic
Public Law Center (Santa Ana)
• Immigration Attorney
9.
California Attorney MCLE Compliance Periods and Deadlines
Group 2 (H-M) Period: 2/1/06 - 1/31/09 Deadline: 2/1/2009
Group 1 (A-G) Period: 2/1/07 - 1/31/10 Deadline: 2/1/2010
Group 3 (N-Z) Period: 2/1/05 - 1/31/11 Deadline: 2/1/2011
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