Eliminating Barriers to Justice III: Language Access, the Americans with Disabilities Act and Georgia’s Criminal and Civil Justice Systems

  • 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Eastern Time (US & Canada)
  • By: Georgia Legal Services Program® , A.B. Olmos & Associates, Chief Justices Commission on Professionalism LSC funded
  • Georgia State University College of Law
    Map:
    85 Park Place
    Atlanta, GA
  • Source: Georgia > Georgia Online Justice Community
Topics:
  • Continuing Legal Education Program (CLE)

What:  A comprehensive *FREE 3.5 hour CLE where access to justice stakeholders, including attorneys and judges, will attend sessions discussing Access to Georgia’s Civil and Criminal Justice Systems for Persons with Disabilities under the American with Disabilities Act and Access to Justice for Limited English Proficient (LEP) and Deaf/Hard of Hearing (DHH) Criminal Court Participants: Ethical Considerations for Lawyers and Judges.  The CLE will also include a session on innovative practices by key stakeholders that effectively address access to justice  issues in Georgia in addition to a judicial roundtable featuring Justice Keith Blackwell (Supreme Court of Georgia/ Chair, Georgia Commission on Interpreters), Justice Harold Melton (Supreme Court of Georgia/ Immediate Past Chair, Georgia Commission on Interpreters), Chief Judge Sara Doyle (Georgia Court of Appeals / Member, Supreme Court of Georgia Access, Fairness, Public Trust and Confidence Committee), Judge Horace Johnson (Superior Court of Newton County / President, Council of Superior Court Judges) and Chief Magistrate Judge Kristina Hammer Blum (Magistrate Court of Gwinnett County / President, Council of Magistrate Court Judges).

When: Thursday, October 20, 2016
10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Where: Georgia State University College of Law                                                      
85 Park Place, NE, Atlanta, GA 30303

*  No cost to attend. Lunch will be provided. General, Professionalism and Ethics continuing education credits for attorneys and judges will be applied for. Attendees will be responsible for self-reporting desired CLE credit hours.  Additional details, including how to register, will be available September 23, 2016. Questions?  Please contact Jana J. Edmondson-Cooper, Eliminating Barriers to Justice III CLE Co-Chair, at jedmondson-cooper@glsp.org .

*  No cost to attend. Lunch will be provided. General, Professionalism and Ethics continuing education credits for attorneys and judges will be applied for. Attendees will be responsible for self-reporting desired CLE credit hours.  Additional details, including how to register, will be available September 23, 2016. Questions?  Please contact Jana J. Edmondson-Cooper, Eliminating Barriers to Justice III CLE Co-Chair, at jedmondson-cooper@glsp.org .

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