Justice in a Challenging Time, the 2008 Legal Assistance Partnership Conference, will cover a broad range of hot topics in poverty law.

Please vists the NYSBA Partnership Conference Website for the most current details.

Tuesday, September 23
9:00am - 10:40am - A Right To Counsel: The History and a View To the Future...

9:30am - 10:30am - Consumer Law Roundtable
                                   - Diversity Coalition
                                   - Medical Legal Collaboration Roundtable

10:55am - 12:35pm - PRO: A Firm Commitment: Pro Bono Partnerships with Local Law Firms

10:55am - 12:35pm - CON: Debt Collection Harassment and Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
                                     - DAP: Exploring Social Security
                                     - Div: Language Access 101: Rights of Limited English
                                     - FAM: Evidence In Custody Litigation-An Interactive
                                     - HOU: Project Based Section 8 Housing: Successfull
                                     - OTH: Legal Essentials of Not-for-Profit Incorporation and
                                     - WEL: The 17% Solution: Child Support Issues...


2:40pm - 4:20pm - CON: Mortgage Foreclosure Defense
                                - DAP: Medical Presentation on HIV
                                - FAM: Immigration Options for Survivors of Domestic
                                - HEA: Medicare With Medicaid: Maximizing Health Coverage
                                - HOU: Protections for Tenants With Disabilities
                                - MAN: Risk Management for Employers
                                - OTH: Ethics In The Age of Outcome Driven Funding
                                - TEC: Clicking Your Way To Justice: Tapping Into the


4:35pm - 6:15pm - DAP: A Detailed Look At Non-exertional Impairments
                                 - FAM: Domestic Violence Seen Through the Lens of
                                 - HEA: What's Happening in Medicaid: Recent Changes To
                                 - HOU: Emerging Issues In Public Housing and Section 8
                                 - IMM: Immigration 101: How To Obtain Legal Status In the
                                 - MAN: Creating Leader FULL Organizations and Advancing
                                 - OTH: Criminal Law 101: What Every Poverty Lawyer
                                 - WEL: Drug and Alcohol Issues Affecting Low Income

Wednesday, September 24
8:30am - 10:10am - DAP: Confronting Vocational Expert Testimony
                                   - DIV: The Art of Partnering
                                   - FAM: Pensions Retirement Accounts and QDRO's the
                                   - HEA: Bringing the Law Office Into the Healthcare Setting:
                                   - HOU: Housing Consequences of Criminal Proceedings for
                                   - IMM: Know Your Rights Regarding Detention Raids and
                                   - OTH: Tax Law 101:
                                   - WEL: Welfare Fraud: Civil and Criminal Defenses and


10:30am - 12:10pm - DAP: Winning On Appeal
                                     - DIV: Implicit Bias and The Ten Commandments of Cultural
                                     - FAM: Child Support From the Perspective of Both Parties
                                     - IMM: Immigration Status Requirements In Public Benefit
                                     - MAN: Management of Legal Work
                                     - OTH:What Legal Aid Lawyers & Other Staff Members Should
                                     - PRO: Pro Bono Collaboration in the Judicial Districts Pro
                                     - WEL: Welfare Hearing Rights & Procedures

2:10pm - 3:50pm - OTH: Special Education Litigation: Achieving Systemic
                                - OTH: Wage and Hour Primer
                                - TEC: LawHelp/NY's Stakeholders Forum
                                - WEL: The Welfare Work Rules: Sanctioning Work or