Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc.

Presents:

2023 Annual Sonya L. Patterson Memorial Elder Abuse Symposium: A Virtual CLE Event

When: June 8th, 2023 from 8:45 am to 5:15 pm
Where: Webinar

Schedule:

8:45 - 8:55 a.m.	Welcome and Opening Remarks
	Michael Figgins.
9:00—10:00 a.m.	Introduction to Elder Abuse: Litigation, Recognition, and Prevention
	Rick Goralewicz, Melissa Brooks, and Cassandra Bobbitt.
10:15—11:15 a.m.	Confidentiality Rule 1.14: Who is Your Client?
	Richard Stevens
11:30—12:30 p.m.	Trauma Informed Caregivers
	April Merrill
12:30—1:15 p.m.	Lunch with the Bench
1:25—2:25 p.m.	Legal Aid: Critical Role in Elder Justice Justice
	Hilary Dalin, Detective M. Callaway, and Detective Hoehner
2:35—3:35 p.m.	Financial and Domestic Elder Abuse in the 2SLGBTQ+ Community
	Ann Laatsch, Reynaldo Mireles, Jr., Bria Winston, and Kelley Blair
3:34—5:15 p.m.	Elder Abuse: Community Building Tools Already Available
	Michael Hackard

About the Speakers:

• Michael Figgins: Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc., Executive Director
• Rick Goralewicz: Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc., Senior Law Project Attorney
• Cassandra Bobbitt: Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc., Senior Law Project Attorney
• Melissa Brooks: Oklahoma Access to Justice Foundation, Director of Legal Information and Engagement
• Richard Stevens: Oklahoma Bar Association, Ethics Counsel
• April M. Merrill: Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc., Staff Attorney
• Hilary Dalin: Office of Elder Justice, and Adult Protective Services, Director
• Detective M. Callaway: OKCPD, Domestic Violence Unit
• Detective Hoehner: OKCPD, Assault Unit
• Ann Laatsch: The National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life, Justice System Coordinator
• Reynaldo Mireles, Jr.: SAGE, Director of Coalition Building
• Bria Winston: Ball Morse Lowe, Partner
• Kelley Blair: The Diversity Center of Oklahoma, Executive Director
• Michael Hackard: Hackard Law Corporation, Senior Partner

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Join us for a virtual CLE event for volunteer attorneys willing to accept a case from Legal Aid.

Attendees must be enrolled volunteers with Legal Aid. Please reach out to Ana Reynolds (Ana.Reynolds@laok.org) for more information. Links to the webinar and additional information will be sent out as the event nears.

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This course has been approved by the Oklahoma Bar Association Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Commission for 5 hours of CLE credit, including 2.5 hours of legal ethics credit.

 

LEGAL AID SERVICES OF OKLAHOMA, INC.
ANNUAL CLE FOR PRO BONO ATTORNEYS

Presents

CELEBRATE PRO BONO SEMINAR

All Live Speakers
To be held at the United Way Office, 1116 SW A Avenue, Lawton, OK.
Friday, October 20, 2023

This course has been approved by the Oklahoma Bar Association Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Commission for 6 hours of CLE credit, including 1 hour of legal ethics credit.  Paralegals welcome.

 

8:30 - 8:55	Sign in and continental breakfast
8:55 - 9:00	Welcome
	Kade A. McClure, Managing Attorney for Lawton Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc.
9:00 - 9:50	Child Support Services: What You Need to Know and Calculating Support
	Vicki Spurgeon, Oklahoma Child Support Office
10:00– 10:50	Statutory and Caselaw Updates in DV and Family Law 2022-2023
	Jamie Phipps and Beth Anne Patterson, Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc.
11:00-11:50	Discovery Master Appointment and Authority
	The Honorable Judge Emmit Tayloe
12:00-12:30	Break for Lunch – Lunch will be provided
12:30-1:20	Confidentiality, Rule 1.14, and Who Is Your Client?
	Richard Stevens, OBA Ethics Counsel
1:30 – 2:20	Update on Criminal Fines & Fees Practice: How to Save your Clients Money
	Ed Wunch, Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc.
2:30 – 3:20	No Easy Route to Citizenship
	Javier Hernandez, Dunn & Hernandez Law Firm

 

This free seminar is for pro bono attorneys. Please register by October 16th.

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In an effort to keep costs down CLE written materials can be printed from the Pro Bono Net website: www.probono.net/ok they will be available closer to the date of the event.  Legal Aid will not be furnishing written materials at the seminar, if you are unable to receive these materials electronically please contact our office. 

If you have any questions feel free to contact: Donna Ellsworth (580) 248-4675 or donna.ellsworth@laok.org.