2024 NLADA Annual Conference

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2024 NLADA Annual Conference

Welcome to the 2024 NLADA Annual Conference! We are so excited to host you in Atlanta this year.

Session materials are available in the Learning Lab, where you can also claim CLE credit and provide session feedback.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to learninglab@nlada.org.

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7:30am EST

Pre-Conference Registration Athens, 2nd floor

8:30am EST

Pre-Con: Train the Trainer Athens, 2nd floor

7:30am EST

Pre-Con and Conference Registration Capitol Registration

8:00am EST

Lactation Room Georgia 14 Frontline Justice NLADA Community Justice Workers Pre-Conference Georgia 7, 8 Pre-Con: MIE New Executive Director Training Georgia 2, 3

8:30am EST

Pre-Con: Train the Trainer Athens, 2nd floor

6:00pm EST

Farmworkers Directors Meeting Atlanta 4, 5

8:00am EST

Lactation Room Georgia 14 Pre-Con: MIE New Executive Director Training Georgia 2, 3

8:30am EST

Pre-Con: Train the Trainer Athens, 2nd floor

10:30am EST

NAILS Meeting Georgia 7, 8

11:00am EST

Pre-Con: Client Leadership Summit (Part 1) Atlanta 1, 2, 3

2:00pm EST

Conference Registration Capitol Registration Help Desk Capitol Registration

3:00pm EST

Exhibit Hall Georgia Pre-Function

3:30pm EST

Pre-Con: Client Leadership Summit (Part 2) Atlanta 1, 2, 3 BPDA Section Meeting Augusta, 2nd Floor Native American Section Meeting Georgia 7, 8

5:30pm EST

Meeting of the Members Capitol Ballroom

7:00pm EST

Welcome Reception Courtyard

7:00am EST

Help Desk Capitol Registration Conference Registration Capitol Registration

7:30am EST

Exhibit Hall Georgia Pre-Function

8:00am EST

Breakfast Capitol Pre-Function Lactation Room Georgia 14

9:00am EST

Open Plenary Capitol Ballroom

10:30am EST

Civil Caucus Georgia 4, 5, 6 Client Caucus Atlanta 1, 2, 3 Defender Caucus Georgia 7, 8

12:00pm EST

ACCD Section Meeting Atlanta 4, 5 Latina-o-x- Section Meeting Georgia 2, 3 Help Desk Capitol Registration Lunch (food trucks available) TBA

1:30pm EST

NEW: Exhibitor Showcase Georgia Pre-Function

2:30pm EST

Language Justice 101 - From Margin to Center Georgia 2, 3Shawntel Williams • Silvia Argueta • Jessica Jewell • Joel Minor • Arash Jahanian Leaving The Window Open: Calming the Tension between Case Numbers, Impact Work, Equitably Sensitive Representation, Effective Supervision and Other Impossible "Asks" of our Public Interest Law Firms Georgia 4, 5, 6Robert Bush • Shannon Mills Uniting Health and Justice: Enhancing Outcomes for Immigrant Communities Augusta, 2nd FloorJulie Babayeva • Kelly Chen • Nigar Shaikh The Power of the Client's Voice Atlanta 1, 2, 3Eddie Ellis Jr. • Regina Kelly • Ronald Simpson-Bey • Soummer Crawford • Marquita Wise Jones Representing clients with disabilities and those who are Deaf: A conversation about opportunities and challenges Georgia 11, 12Kaitlin Kall Using Data to Promote Racial Justice In and Out of the Courtroom Georgia 7, 8Stan Hickman • Celia Joyce • Vickie Mwitanti • Estée Rubien-Thomas Building & Supporting the Next Generation of Attorneys Expanding Access to Justice in Tribal Court Systems Georgia 9, 10Andrew Dugan • Auston Jimmicum • Jessica Pouley Increasing Family and Community Capacity for Self-Advocacy in Rural School Districts through Skills-Based Education Advocacy Workshops Macon, 2nd FloorChelsea Helena • Hannah Meza • Elizabeth Valldejuli Legal Empowerment: Scaling Alaska's Model of Community Justice Workers Grand D, 3rd FloorSarah Carver • Stephanine Hudson • Nikole Nelson • Cody Nelson • Hayden Ramsey • Izzy Williamson Cyber risks and AI for Attorneys: Create Your Own GPT with ChatGPT-4 Athens, 2nd floorTodd Scott

4:00pm EST

Advanced Topics in Systemic Advocacy: A Roundtable Discussion Georgia 4, 5, 6Brenda Adams • Erica Ettinger • Sarah Reisman Reducing Intergenerational Family Violence and Trauma - "It Takes A Village" Georgia 11, 12Vicky Kimbrell • Lyddy O'Brien The Ripple Effect of SB63 Atlanta 1, 2, 3Robyn Hasan-Simpson • Dominique Grant • Deshaneir King Holistic Defense Model: Innovation in Action = Big Impact Georgia 9, 10Lawrence Elder • Colleen Higgins • Adrienne Journey • Justin Murray • Deldrick Wilson Conspiring Better Together Valdosta, 2nd FloorKatharine Boasberg • Vichal Kumar Pay-to-Stay Fees and the Excessive Fines Clause Athens, 2nd floorCharles Moore • Elana Bildner • William Maurer Practicing public interest law under Rule 1.8(e) with and without a humanitarian exception Grand D, 3rd FloorJeanne Philips-Roth • Shannon Lucas • Connor Barusch • Lora Livingston Sustainability Practices for Public Interest Legal Staff: Beyond Self-Care Macon, 2nd FloorRachel Goldsmith They Took My Client’s Phone, Now What?: Protecting Client Data Using Civil and Criminal Law Georgia 7, 8Anca Grigore • Talia Kamran • Elizabeth Daniel Vasquez No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Augusta, 2nd FloorSean Pierce State/Territorial Legislative Funding Roundtable Georgia 2, 3Shubi Deoras • Jared Smith • Luise Stone

5:00pm EST

Help Desk Capitol Registration

5:30pm EST

LSC 1607 Listening Session Georgia 2, 3 Client Section Meeting Atlanta 1, 2, 3 AAPDA Meeting Atlanta 4, 5

7:00pm EST

Client Reception & Dance Capitol Ballroom

7:00am EST

Help Desk Capitol Registration Conference Registration Capitol Registration

7:30am EST

Exhibit Hall Georgia Pre-Function

8:00am EST

Breakfast Capitol Pre-Function

9:00am EST

Access to Courts for People with Disabilities Georgia 2, 3Eric Zell • Jennifer Kinsley Smith Bridging the Gap in Veterans Legal Services with Pro Bono Support: LAFLA’s Veterans of Color Advocacy Project Georgia 11, 12Alisa Buriel • Tyler Nicole Smith • Phong Wong Civil Legal Needs of Gun Violence Survivors Augusta, 2nd FloorTianna Mays • Carly Pick • Albert Stancil • Lydia Watts Has the Time Come? Litigating the Constitutional Right to Counsel for Tenants Facing Eviction Georgia 9, 10Hannah Adams • John Pollock My Today is not My Past: Reclaiming our Humanity Atlanta 1, 2, 3Eddie Ellis, Jr. • Robyn Hasan-Simpson • Soummer Crawford Just Juries: Balancing the Scales of the Jury Box Georgia 7, 8Will Snowden • Porsha-Shaf'on Venable Building and Sustaining Partnerships with Tribal Communities and Organizations Macon, 2nd FloorRodolfo Sanchez • Stephanie Hudson • Mary Rodriguez • Johanna Farmer Using Evidence-based Approaches to Develop Community Justice Worker Training Programs Georgia 4, 5, 6Nikole Nelson • Rebecca Sandefur Educating Legislators About Legal Aid 2.0 Grand D, 3rd FloorCarol Bergman • Colleen Cotter • Ron Flagg • Betty Bali Torres • Laura Tuggle Malpractice Prevention and Ethical Compliance Athens, 2nd floorKathleen Buck • Danielle Parry

10:15am EST

Coffee Break Capitol Pre-Function

10:45am EST

Access to Justice for Veterans: Insights and Updates from the Veterans Affairs Georgia 2, 3Madolyn Gingell • Bethany Hamilton • Kristin Nelson Verrill AI Policy Primer: How New AI Laws Can Protect Our Clients Georgia 11, 12Elizabeth Edwards • Kevin De Liban Civil Hot Topics Grand D, 3rd Floor Disaster Ready: Preparing Your Legal Services Program for When Disaster Augusta, 2nd FloorDavid Bonebrake • Brittany Perrigue Gomez • Jessica Radbord • Amanda Young Governance Essentials: Board Leadership with Purpose Atlanta 1, 2, 3Angelyn Frazer-Giles Litigating Racism: Incorporating Race into Legal Arguments. Georgia 9, 10Fresco Rollins • Bethany Bonsu • Jonel Edwards Holistic Defense Project: Leveraging Community Justice Workers to Provide Wrap-Around Services Georgia 4, 5, 6Joy Anderson • Leigh Dickey • Yonna Pereyra Why it's Called the Practice of Law: Empowering Advocates to Turn Mistakes into Lessons Georgia 7, 8Roxanne Hernandez • Laura Luu • Jonathan Gibson Developments and Trends in Lawyer Ethics and Regulation impacting Legal Aid and Public Defense Practitioners Athens, 2nd floorJames J Hunter • David Anderson MIE Roundtable for Legal Services Executive Directors and Managers Augusta, 2nd FloorColleen Cotter • Maria Thomas-Jones

11:30am EST

Help Desk Capitol Registration

12:00pm EST

Awards Luncheon Capitol Ballroom

2:00pm EST

Conference Registration Capitol Registration

2:45pm EST

Hot topics from the FTC, including briefings on some of the top cases Grand A, 3rd FloorMargaret Burgess LSC’s New 1610 Program Integrity Compliance Guidance (Issued August 26, 2022) - Everything You Always Wanted to Know and More! Grand D, 3rd FloorCarolina Caicedo • Stefanie Davis • Shila Mashhadishafie • Joseph Hinkley • Lora Rath Next Gen Right to Counsel - Integrating Economic Justice with Housing Defense Georgia 9, 10Denise Acron • Luis Henriquez Carrero • Jenna Coudin • Sagar Sharma Unpacking the Intersectionality of Race, Language, Poverty, & AI Macon, 2nd FloorShawntel Williams • Meredyth Yoon • Samantha Hamilton • Kevin De Liban Working Ourselves Out of a Job: How Legal Aid Lawyers Can Support Guaranteed Income Projects Macon, 2nd FloorRaegan Joern • Jessica Mark Community Reslience Model Atlanta 1, 2, 3Liza E.L. Merrill • Justin Heim Power to the People: Holistic Revolution to End Mass Incarceration through Participatory Defense Grand B, 3rd FloorAskari Abdul-Muntaqim • Mitchelle Woodson SSA Anti-Alienation and Court Debt: Reform Across State Lines and Funding Restrictions Athens, 2nd floorEmily Hardy • Alex Kornya • Pat Levy-Lavelle • Ed Wunch The Not-So-Collateral Consequences of the Criminal Court System: The Importance of Collaboration Between Public Defenders and Civil Legal Aid Lawyers Athens, 2nd floorAlyssa Golden • Lipou Laliemthavisay Civil & Human Rights with a Pro Bono Focus Georgia 2, 3April Frazier Camara Investment and Opportunity: How Data & Technology Can Advance Your Mission, Enhance Staff Growth, and Support Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Augusta, 2nd FloorSilvia Argueta • Mallory Curran • Melissa Huerta • Marabi Madrigal

3:45pm EST

Help Desk Capitol Registration

4:30pm EST

National Organization of Client Advocates Meeting Georgia 2, 3

7:00am EST

Conference Registration Capitol Registration

7:30am EST

Exhibit Hall Georgia Pre-Function

8:00am EST

Breakfast Capitol Pre-Function

8:30am EST

LSC Compliance Oversight – Common Compliance Concerns, Oversight Tools, and Recent Trends Georgia 4, 5, 6Megan Lacchini • Lora Rath Transforming Your Pro Bono Program for Greater Social Impact Georgia 7, 8Marissa LaVette • Mike Monahan

10:00am EST

Strategic Advocacy Discussions TBA