Please join us next Thursday, June 28 at 4 pm ET/1 pm PT /3 pm CT for this month's roundtable discussion on best practices.
 
Disaster Legal Aid 2018 Roundtable Series | 5+ Pro Tips for Working with FEMA: Lessons Learned That Work
 
Harvey. Irma. María. Wildfires. 2017 was a reminder of the widespread impact disasters have on vulnerable communities. Join us for a dialogue on pro tips for working with FEMA. All legal aid advocates with experience in dealing with disasters are invited join this webinar to share your experience with others and learn tips that even the experienced ones among us might not have. There's always more to learn.
Discussion by Saundra Brown, Directing Attorney- Disaster Legal Services at Lone Star Legal Aid
Moderated by Liz Keith, Program Director, and Jeanne Ortiz, Disaster Response Legal Fellow at Pro Bono Net
To register, click here.
DisasterLegalAid.org  
 
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Pro Bono Net joined with others in the legal community to create a national website -?DisasterLegalAid.org?- to provide legal rights resources for people affected by disasters and networking tools for advocates serving them.
 
Visitors can access a collection of training and webinars by subject, manuals, resources for law students, and opportunities for pro bono attorneys. DisasterLegalAid.org is a joint effort of Pro Bono Net, Lone Star Legal Aid, the American Bar Association, the Legal Services Corporation, and the National Legal Aid & Defender Association. To learn more, please click here.
 
National Disaster Legal Aid Advocacy Center
 
In 2018, Pro Bono Net and Lone Star Legal Aid developed a new Advocacy Center for DisasterLegalAid.org to address a nationwide need to network public interest legal advocates working on disaster legal aid and share advocacy resources and tools across regions. Advocates and volunteers from nonprofit legal aid organizations, bar associations, pro bono counsel from law firms and corporations, law school students and faculty, and allied nonprofits working on disaster legal aid are welcome to join.
 
By joining, members can access:
 
• The national disaster legal aid listserv
• Information on roundtable discussions
• A FEMA appeals brief bank with templates provided by leading legal aid organizations working on disaster response
• A library with specialized advocacy resources  
• A calendar of training, workshop, conference, and webinar events relevant to the community
• News of interest to the community
 
Thank you,
 
Jeanne Ortiz Ortiz, Esq.
Disaster Response Legal Fellow
Pro Bono Net | disasterlegalaid.org | femaappeals.org
151 West 30th Street, 6th floor | New York, NY 10001
@: jortiz@probono.net
T:  212.760.2554 ext. 456