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2015 NLADA Annual Conference

8:30am CST

MIE New Executive Director Training - Day 1 Bayside A

9:00am CST

PLI Train-the-Trainer - Day 1 Bayside C

6:30pm CST

National Organization of Client Advocates (NOCA) Board Meeting Bayside B

8:30am CST

MIE New Executive Director Training - Day 2 Bayside A

9:00am CST

PLI Train-the-Trainer - Day 2 Bayside C

12:45pm CST

Become a Storyteller to Advance Justice Bayside B

2:00pm CST

Cyber Café & Wi-Fi Lounge Napoleon Foyer Exhibitor Showcase Napoleon Foyer Conference Registration Napoleon Foyer

3:45pm CST

New Member & First-Time Attendee Orientation Napoleon A2-3

5:00pm CST

Annual Meeting of Members Napoleon BC

6:30pm CST

Exhibitor Showcase Napoleon Foyer Welcome Reception Napoleon Foyer

7:30am CST

Continental Breakfast Napoleon Foyer Cyber Café & Wi-Fi Lounge Napoleon Foyer Exhibitor Showcase Napoleon Foyer Conference Registration Napoleon Foyer

9:00am CST

Opening Plenary Session Napoleon BC

10:30am CST

Coffee Break - Sponsored by Mutual of America Napoleon Foyer

11:00am CST

Civil Caucus - The Future of Civil Legal Aid in the United States Napoleon BC-2-3 Client Caucus - Our Lives Matter: Justice, Community-Building & Transformation Napoleon D2-3 Defender Caucus - Independence Under Siege Napoleon A2-3

12:30pm CST

Lunch - Click Here for Options TBA

1:00pm CST

NLADA Latino Advocates Section Meeting Southdown

2:15pm CST

Balance, Professionalism, and Commitment to the 'Cause': A Discussion of Generational and Gender Differences and their Implications for Managers Nottoway Brown, Battered, but Unbowed: Civil Rights of the Latino Community and Legal Services Role in Their Defense Southdown Building a National Racial Justice Advocacy Capacity Maurepas Critical Concepts for Proper Cost Allocation Gallier AB Leveraging Bipartisan Momentum around Criminal Justice Reform to Advance State Policy Change Bayside C NLADA & NAPABA Joint Forum on Language Access Oak Alley Teamwork Matters: A Holistic Approach to Providing Legal Services to People Who Are Homeless Napoleon A3 The Essentials of the Compliance Supplement for Audits of LSC Recipients Edgewood AB Using Individual & Community-Based Advocacy to Help Children Prosper, Learn, Work, and Play Napoleon A2 What You Should Know About the NLADA Website (& App) Napoleon D3 American Council of Chief Defenders (ACCD) Meeting Borgne Community Activists for Criminal Defense Clients Napoleon D1-2 State Legislative Funding Roundtable: 2015 Results, 2016 Plans Bayside B Transforming Legal Services for Survivors of Crime: How Victims of Crime Act Funding Can Support Legal Services for Survivors of Crime Bayside A

3:45pm CST

Break Napoleon Foyer

4:15pm CST

Developing Positive Working Relationships with Journalists Bayside B Essential Staff May Soon Retire: What Do We Do to Preserve Their Knowledge? Borgne Hands on With Data: A Practical Workshop on Taking Raw Data and Turning it into an Advocacy Tool Napoleon A3 Long Distance: Using Clinics and Technology to Empower Low-Income Consumers in Large Service Areas Napoleon D1-2 On the Operation of Veteran Legal Clinics in VA Medical Centers Gallier AB Unaccompanied Minor Immigrants: The Legal Crisis Continues Edgewood AB Clear that Record! The Key to Moving Past Criminal Records Bayside A From Victim to Survivor: Human Sex Trafficking Collaborative Efforts Between Interdisciplinary Practices Oak Alley Holistic Legal Assistance Networks to Reduce Poverty: Development, Implementation, and Efficacy Nottoway Strengthening Civil Rights Language Access Remedies Bayside C LSC and the Client Voice Napoleon D3 Access to Counsel for Detained Immigrants: Public Defender Napoleon A2 How to Talk about What We Do: Storytelling Advocacy for the Public Defense Brand Southdown News you can use: Federal Funding and Other Resources to Support Civil Legal Aid as a Partner in Federal Programs Maurepas

6:00pm CST

NLADA Client Section Meeting Napoleon D3 NLADA Technology Section Meeting Napoleon A3

7:00pm CST

Client Awards Reception Gallery

7:30am CST

Continental Breakfast Napoleon Foyer Cyber Café & Wi-Fi Lounge Napoleon Foyer Exhibitor Showcase Napoleon Foyer Conference Registration Napoleon Foyer

8:30am CST

What Board Members Need to Know About LSC Restrictions Napoleon D3 Developing Systemic, Long-Term Legal Remedies by Incorporating Two Generations As Part of the Solution Maurepas Ethics in the Legal Aid Setting Napoleon A3 Expanding Access to Justice Through Executive Leadership Development Napoleon D1-2 Financially Empowering Clients: CFPB's Your Money, Your Goals for Legal Aid and Pro Bono Staff Napoleon A2 Innovations in Civil Legal Services Bayside B Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina, Then and Now Nottoway Metrics for Access to Justice: What Is an Indicator? What Are the Right Indicators? Why Do We Want and Need Access to Justice Indicators? Borgne Strategic Technology Planning: Using LSC's Baselines to Innovate and Grow Southdown The Fundamentals of Medical-Legal Partnership: From Planning to Implementation to Sustainability Oak Alley A New Vocabulary for a New Paradigm: Race, Gender, Language, Inclusion, Identity, and More Bayside C Working with Interpreters Edgewood AB Assessing Defendants for Crimogenic Risk and Need: Navigating the Theory and Potential Pitfalls of Evidence-Based Assessments Gallier AB What Clients Want: Why Measure Client Satisfaction, What It Means, and How to Measure It Bayside A

10:00am CST

Coffee Break - Sponsored by Mutual of America Napoleon Foyer

10:30am CST

How to Recruit, Retain, and Engage Client Board Members Napoleon D3 Defending Tenants amidst Los Angeles' Housing Crisis Bayside B Developing Best Practices for Civil Litigation in State Courts: A Discussion Regarding Emerging Recommendations from the Conference of Chief Justices Oak Alley Educating Legislators about Legal Aid: What Is Permitted? Southdown Empowering Diverse Leadership Borgne Organizational Language Access Planning: Examining Data to Serve LEP Communities Bayside C Body-Worn Cameras: Are They the Answer to Improved Relations between the Police and Communities? Bayside A Criminal Justice System Reform is a Civil Rights Issue: Innovative strategies for Legal Advocacy & Collaboration Maurepas Drive Down the Debt: Legal Strategies to Combat Driver's License Suspension for Non-Payment of Court Costs Gallier AB Free Elimination of Bias CLE Resource You Can Use to Teach Attorneys about Poverty Edgewood AB Pretrial Justice Reform: Defenders Partnering to Reduce Disparity Napoleon D1-2 Cy Pres: Growing this Funding Source for Your Program and Your State Nottoway

12:00pm CST

Annual Awards Luncheon - Ticketed Event Napoleon ABC

2:30pm CST

Civil Responses to Abuse in Later Life Gallier AB Holistic Online Tools for Individuals who Experience Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Bayside C Integration Now: Using Fair Housing and Civil Rights to Overcome Systemic Racial Injustice and Increase Access to Opportunity Napoleon D1-2 LSC 40 Years Later: What Have We Learned? Southdown LSC Compliance Update: Ongoing and Emerging Trends Borgne The Data Revolution Meets the Civil Legal Aid Movement Maurepas Expanding Access to Justice for Limited English Proficient Court Users: Collaborative Community Efforts Nottoway Improving Legal Advocacy for Children by Addressing Implicit Bias Oak Alley Risk Management in Legal Aid and Indigent Defense Organizations: Updates & Best Practices Edgewood AB Leadership is Everybody's Business: Post Ferguson – Part 1 Napoleon D3 Defense Without the Defendant: Rethinking and Challenging Language in the Courtroom through Holistic Advocacy Bayside A Supreme Court Review Bayside B

4:00pm CST

Break Napoleon Foyer

4:15pm CST

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Edgewood AB Closing the 'Justice Gap': Using Economic Impact and Legal Needs Study Data to Make A Powerful Case and Expand Resources for Civil Justice Programs Southdown Combatting the School to Prison Pipeline: Ferguson and Beyond Borgne Effective Communications: Shaping Your Story and Generating National Media Attention Oak Alley Hot Topics in Civil Right to Counsel: Housing, Court Debt, and More Nottoway LSC's Pro Bono Task Force Recommendations in 2015: Current Efforts Napoleon A3 MIE Roundtable for Legal Services Executive Directors and Managers Bayside B Order in the Court Napoleon A2 Criminal Justice Policy Advocacy in the Koch Era Bayside C The Developmental Planning for National Surveys of Indigent Defense Providers and Civil Legal Aid Providers Bayside A Leadership is Everybody's Business: Post Ferguson – Part 2 Napoleon D3 Ethical, Legal, and Strategic Issues in Holistic Juvenile Defense Napoleon D1-2 Where's My Attorney? Providing Counsel at Three Stages Gallier AB Keys to Sustainable Fundraising: What Staff, Management, and Boards Need to Know Maurepas

6:00pm CST

African-American Project Directors Association Meeting Napoleon A2 LGBT Affinity Group Napoleon D2 NLADA Farmworker Section Meeting Oak Alley

7:00pm CST

National Organization of Client Advocates (NOCA) General Session Borgne

7:30am CST

Continental Breakfast Napoleon Foyer Cyber Café & Wi-Fi Lounge Napoleon Foyer Exhibitor Showcase Napoleon Foyer Conference Registration Napoleon Foyer

8:30am CST

A Cell is Not a Home: Advocacy to Protect Indigent Residents against Displacement and the Rampant Criminalization of Homelessness Bayside C Delivery of Veterans Legal Aid Napoleon A3 How to Start or Expand Your Legal Service Community Development Practice Napoleon A2 Legal Services Corporation Outcomes Toolkit Borgne Title VI and Executive Order 13166 in Emergencies and Disasters: Ensuring Access to Federally Assisted and Federally Conducted Programs and Activities Nottoway Toward a Modern Village: Seeking Justice for Youth of Color through Collaboration Oak Alley Advocating for the Elephant in the Room: Using Special Education Advocacy to Address the Mental Health Needs of Older Teens Bayside A The Future of Student Debt Relief: Preserving Public Service Loan Forgiveness Maurepas

9:00am CST

ABA Standing Committee on Legal Aid & Indigent Defendants Napoleon D2-3

10:00am CST

Break Napoleon Foyer

10:30am CST

A Brave New World: Going Beyond Legal Data to Assess Quality & Impact -- The Medical-Legal Partnership Approach Bayside C ADA: A Powerful Tool for Justice Napoleon A3 Filing Administrative Complaints with the Justice Department: A Tool for Advocating Civil Rights, Including Protections for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Napoleon A2 Hot Topics in Civil Legal Aid Borgne The New Sword of Justice: Using Data to Create An Effective Advocacy Campaign Oak Alley Using Standards to Drive Quality Public Defense: Overcoming Fear, Moving Forward for Clients Bayside A Connecting with Care: Funding Opportunities Created by the Affordable Care Act Maurepas