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SUMMARY:Webcast: Representing the Pro Bono Client: Advocac
 y Skills for Administrative Hearings 2018 (Free)
LOCATION:PLI Webcast
DESCRIPTION:The need for pro bono assistance with administ
 rative hearings has never been higher. Clients who
  have been denied or are at risk of losing vital b
 enefits, housing subsidies, or are facing school d
 iscipline have a right to an administrative hearin
 g, but are often unrepresented in what can be a co
 nfusing and adversarial process. Significant chang
 es to key public benefits programs, including Soci
 al Security, CalWORKs, CalFresh, Medi-Cal and In-H
 ome Support Services have occurred in recent years
  imposing new complex rules. On the unemployment i
 nsurance front, while the number of applications h
 as overall declined, we have yet to see a reverse 
 of the recession-based trend of employers challeng
 ing many unemployment insurance benefit applicatio
 ns. Housing Authorities frequently seek to deny an
 d revoke housing subsidies often due to tenuous al
 legations of criminal activity. Meanwhile, low-wag
 e workers are experiencing wage theft at unprecede
 nted rates and relying on the Labor Commissioner m
 ore than ever before to recover their unpaid wages
 .    

Legal aid services have also suffered fun
 ding problems and staffing cuts with reduced abili
 ty to meet the demand to represent clients in thes
 e cases. Unfortunately, there are many individuals
 , who have been unlawfully deprived of critical be
 nefits, are at risk of losing a housing subsidy, h
 ave not been paid according to basic wage and hour
  laws, and who are discontinuances from public ben
 efits. This vulnerable population cannot navigate 
 the administrative hearing process on their own. A
 s a result, low-income families face hunger, homel
 essness, and economic instability.   

This trai
 ning is designed to help mitigate the crisis faced
  by low-income families everywhere by providing at
 torneys with a basic understanding of common issue
 s and strategies in providing pro bono assistance 
 with administrative hearings. The program will foc
 us on California law, but will also cover many top
 ics such as due process and other rights that appl
 y nationwide; therefore, advocates from other foru
 ms would benefit from the information and attendin
 g the program.   

What You Will Learn 
 • An o
 verview of administrative hearings low-income clie
 nts most frequently need involving: 
 • State pub
 lic benefits, including CalWORKs, CalFresh, Medi-C
 al; 
 • Federal public benefits, including Supple
 mental Security Income; 
 • Federally assisted ho
 using programs, including public housing and Housi
 ng Choice Voucher Program (HCVP or "Section 8"); 

 
 • Unemployment and state disability insurance cl
 aims and overpayments; 
 • Unpaid wages, and othe
 r wage and hour-related rights; and 
 • Best prac
 tices and common advocacy strategies, preparation,
  and procedures for administrative hearings, inclu
 ding: 
 • Obtaining evidence: informal and formal
  discovery; 
 • Drafting position statements/hear
 ing briefs; 
 • Presenting your case at hearing; 
 and 
 • Alternatives: Informal resolution. 
 • R
 ehearings and further appeals 
 • California law 
 and practice specifics   

Who Should Attend 
 
 All attorneys interested in or currently assisting
  pro bono clients with administrative matters thro
 ugh representation or in clinical settings; law fi
 rm pro bono coordinators, managers and partners; l
 egal clinic faculty and law students; and public i
 nterest and non-profit legal services attorneys an
 d staff would benefit from attending this program.
  
 PLI Group Discounts   

Groups of 4-14 from 
 the same organization, all registering at the same
  time, for a PLI program scheduled for presentatio
 n at the same site, are entitled to receive a grou
 p discount. For further discount information, plea
 se contact membership@pli.edu or call (800) 260-4P
 LI.   

PLI Can Arrange Group Viewing to Your Fi
 rm   

Contact the Groupcasts Department via ema
 il at groupcasts@pli.edu for more details.   

C
 ancellations   

All cancellations received 3 bu
 siness days prior to the program will be refunded 
 100%. If you do not cancel within the allotted tim
 e period, payment is due in full. You may substitu
 te another individual to attend the program at any
  time.
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