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2016 NLADA Annual Conference

1:00pm PST

National Organization of Client Advocates (NOCA) Board Meeting Atlanta

8:30am PST

MIE New Executive Director Training-Day 1 Marriott 3 NAIDE Defender Train-the-Trainer-Day 1 Marriott 1

7:00pm PST

National Organization of Client Advocates (NOCA) Membership Meeting Sante Fe

8:30am PST

MIE New Executive Director Training-Day 2 Denver

9:30am PST

NAIDE Defender Train-the-Trainer-Day 2 Sante Fe

2:00pm PST

Cyber Café (sponsored by NLADA Insurance Program) Marriott Foyer Exhibits Marriott Foyer Registration Marriott Foyer

4:00pm PST

Orientation for New Members and First-Time Conference Attendees Marriott 4

5:30pm PST

Annual Meeting of Members--Standing for Racial Justice: Shaping the Roles of Legal Aid, Public Defenders, and Client Advocates Marriott 5-6

7:00pm PST

Welcome Reception (sponsored by Indiana Bar Foundation) Marriott Foyer

7:30am PST

Continental Breakfast Marriott Foyer Cyber Café (sponsored by NLADA Insurance Program) Marriott Foyer Exhibits Marriott Foyer Registration Marriott Foyer

8:30am PST

Opening Plenary Session Marriott 5-6

10:00am PST

Break Marriott Foyer

10:30am PST

Civil Caucus: The Future of Civil Legal Aid in a New Political Environment Marriott 5-6 Client Caucus: Clients' Role in Leading the Fight for Racial Justice Marriott 7-8 Defender Caucus: Public Defenders as Reform Leaders Marriott 3-4

12:00pm PST

Lunch on Your Own See restaurant list in your registration bag or folder

12:30pm PST

Farmworker Section Meeting Indiana A/B

2:15pm PST

A Fresh Approach to Community Lawyering Marriott 4 Aligning Organizations to Advance Racial Equity Marriott 7 Ethics in Civil Legal Services Marriott 2 Growing Diverse Leaders: What Can We Do to Ensure We Have Diverse Legal Services Leaders in the Pipeline Sante Fe Innovative Approaches to Bringing and Resolving Civil Rights Complaints: The Corpus Christi Case Study Austin/Boston Technology Innovations in Disaster Preparedness and Response Marriott 9 The Evolving Role of Legal Aid Providers in Serving Those Who Have Served Marriott 3 Indicators, Indexing, and the Global and U.S. Access to Justice Movement Marriott 8 Child Support and the Criminal Justice System: Coordinating Services for Non-Custodial Parents Marriott 1 The Opioid Epidemic: Criminal and Family Defense Lawyers' Vital Role in Asserting Clients' Rights to Treatment Denver Victim, Defendant...or Both?: Expanding the Lens of Advocacy Marriott 10 Holistic Adjustment of Mind, Body & Family after Returning Home from Prison Lincoln A Biased-Informed Approach to Public Defender Advocacy Texas/Michigan

3:45pm PST

Fun Break (sponsored by Justice Works) Marriott Foyer

4:15pm PST

Real and Meaningful Engagement: How to Successfully Involve Clients at All Levels of Your Organization Lincoln Strengthening Legal Aid Governance Austin/Boston Legal Aid Leaders for Tomorrow Marriott 7 Statewide Justice Portal Initiative Update and Technology's Role in 100% Access Efforts Sante Fe Update on the CFPB's Enforcement Actions and How Legal Services Lawyers Can Use Them in Representing Their Clients (Highlighting Debt Collection and Mortgage Servicing Cases) Florida/Illinois What We Now Know: Results of A Multiyear Study on the Impact of Counsel for Domestic Violence Survivors Marriott 10 Beyond the Advocacy: Mobilizing to Ensure Language Accessibility for Indigenous Language Speaking Immigrant Populations Marriott 1 Discharge Upgrades: Restoring Honor to the 'Less than Honorable' Denver Earning Student Debt Relief: The Current State of Affairs and Its Uncertain Future Texas/Michigan The Forgotten Collateral Consequence: Criminal Defendants in the Child Welfare System Marriott 4 Defenders Leading the Nation: Evidence-Based Decision Making in Wisconsin, Indiana, and Virginia Marriott 3 The Research Behind the Intuition: Respectful Treatment and Process is Paramount in Court Marriott 9 Cy Pres: What's Happening and What Should You Be Doing? Marriott 2 News You Can Use Marriott 8

6:00pm PST

Technology Section Meeting Denver Client Section Meeting Marriott 7

7:00pm PST

Client Awards Reception Marriott 6

8:30pm PST

The Dance in Honor of Esther Lardent (sponsored by NLADA Insurance Program) Marriott 5

7:30am PST

Continental Breakfast Marriott Foyer Cyber Café (sponsored by NLADA Insurance Program) Marriott Foyer Exhibits Marriott Foyer Registration Marriott Foyer

8:30am PST

Indiana's RFRA Experience Marriott 4 Diversity and Inclusion Committee: Structuring the Discussion and Cultivating the Culture of Open Dialogue Sante Fe Seeding the Field: Training and Developing Public Interest Leaders Denver Fair Lending and Community Reinvestment: Using Data for Economic Justice Advocacy Texas/Michigan High Impact Pro Bono Clinics Marriott 2 Seeking Portable Justice: Continuing Representation When Your Migrant Clients Return Home Marriott 3 Narrative Advocacy: Creating Empathy through Storytelling Austin/Boston Funding, Data Collection, and Language Access Marriott 1 Leadership Is Everybody's Business, Part 1 Lincoln Defending the Masses: Demanding Justice in America’s Misdemeanor and Municipal Courts Florida/Illinois

10:00am PST

Coffee Break (sponsored by Indiana Bar Foundation) Marriott Foyer

10:30am PST

Welfare Modernization and ACA Implementation: Issues for Legal Services Programs and Their Clients Marriott 10 Best Practices in Outcomes Collection and Analysis Marriott 1 Educating Legislators about Legal Aid Marriott 2 Is Intersectionality an Urgent Mandate or a Delayed Dream? Indiana E Online Intake: Oh, If I Had Only Known Then What I Know Now! Florida/Illinois Strategies for Successful Litigation on Language Access and Practical Solutions Austin/Boston The Power of Community Lawyering: Finding Creative Solutions to Issues Affecting Low-Income and Minority Communities Marriott 8 The Right to Water: Using Human Rights Tools to Address Basic Needs Denver Virtual Legal Advice Clinics: ABA Free Legal Answers Texas/Michigan Criminally Accused and Civilly Punished: Tools and Strategies to Mitigate against the Civil Consequences of an Arrest Marriott 3 Helping Youth Overcome Barriers to Reentry: The Power of Juvenile Defenders and Legal Aid Attorneys Joining Forces Marriott 4 Leadership Is Everybody's Business, Part 2 Lincoln How Public Defenders Can Help Reform America’s Bail System Sante Fe Updating the ABA Ten Principles Marriott 7 Understanding How Federal Block and Formula Grants to State and Local Governments Support Legal Aid Marriott 9

12:05pm PST

Awards Luncheon (sponsored by Mutual of America) Marriott 5-6

2:30pm PST

Building a National Identity for Civil Legal Aid: What's Next? Marriott 1 Accelerating Your Advocacy and Health Impact with Planning, Funding, and Data-Part 1 Florida/Illinois Achieving 100% Access to Justice Ethically: Professional Responsibility in New Service Delivery Models Sante Fe Advocating for the Elephant in the Room: Legal Tools to Advocate for Appropriate Mental Health Services for Adolescents Austin/Boston Best Practices in Monitoring Language Access Compliance Marriott 3 MIE Roundtable for Legal Services Executive Directors and Managers Marriott 7 Removing Barriers and Addressing Criminalization: Best Practices for Representing Victims of Human Trafficking Charged with Crimes Marriott 8 Collaborating to Benefit Low-Income Consumers: How the FTC and Legal Aid Organizations Can Partner to Further Shared Goals Marriott 2 No Panhandling, No Sleeping in Public: One Community's Response to Efforts Made to Eradicate Homelessness Without Infringing on the Constitutional Rights of the Homeless. Denver Turning Data into Intelligence: Using the Data Our Programs Produce to Improve Services and Generate More Dollars Marriott 10 City Models: The Impact of Redesigning Cities on Low-Income People and Communities of Color Lincoln Annual Supreme Court Review Texas/Michigan Creating and Sustaining an Empowering Office-Based Racial Justice Initiative Marriott 4 There's More Money Out There! Marriott 9

4:00pm PST

Break Marriott Foyer

4:15pm PST

The Intersection between Civil and Criminal: What Every Legal Services Lawyer Should Know Sante Fe Accelerating Your Advocacy and Health Impact with Planning, Funding, and Data-Part 2 Florida/Illinois Fair Housing in the Context of Affordable Housing: Land Use and Policing Marriott 10 Legal Services Data in Context: Leveraging Public Data for Community Needs Assessments and Planning Marriott 7 State Poverty Advocacy: Its History and Future Austin/Boston What Legal Aid Executive Directors Need to Know about Access to Justice Commissions Marriott 1 Legal Aid in the Community: Leveraging Resources and Building Partnerships to Help Improve Economic Lives of Consumers, with a Focus on Those Consumers Reentering the Community after Incarceration Texas/Michigan Military Culture and Delivery of Veterans Legal Aid Marriott 4 The Most Effective Reentry Strategy: Expungement Marriott 3 Changing Culture by Implementing a Client Bill of Rights Lincoln Defending the Public: Community Engagement Strategies Marriott 9 Understanding Client Choice: Does It Make Sense in Your Jurisdiction? Marriott 2 State Legislative Funding Roundtable: Recap of 2016, Preview of 2017 Marriott 8

6:00pm PST

African-American Project Directors Association Meeting Marriott 10 Latino Advocates Section Meeting Marriott 7

7:30am PST

Continental Breakfast Marriott Foyer Cyber Café (sponsored by NLADA Insurance Program) Marriott Foyer Exhibits Marriott Foyer Registration Marriott Foyer

8:30am PST

Building the Culture and Practice of Strategic Advocacy in Civil Legal Aid: Looking Intentionally at What Work We Do and How to Increase its Impact Santa Fe Sexual Harassment in Housing Lincoln Subsidized Jobs: Getting to the Heart of Deep Poverty Austin/ Boston LSC and the Client Voice Marriott 1-2 A.C.T. Smart: Building a Public Defense Web Portal Illinois/ Florida Honoring Gault: Ensuring Due Process and Fairness for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System Irrespective of Race or Ethnicity Marriott 4

10:00am PST

Break Marriott Foyer

10:30am PST

Hot Topics in Civil Legal Aid Marriott 1-2 Smart Advocates Use Smart Forms: Better Advocacy through Document Automation Lincoln Circle Up: The Practice and Implementation of Restorative Justice Circles in Criminal Defense Practice Santa Fe