July 20, 2023 by Ashley Norris
LSLA Staff Set to Present at State Bar of Texas’ 2023 Poverty Law Conference
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The Poverty Law Conference is hosted annually by the State Bar of Texas to educate poverty law attorneys about the legal issues that affect low-income Texans. This year, the 2023 conference is a hybrid event, with in-person presentations and award ceremonies in Austin, Texas. Many Lone Star Legal Aid staff will be in attendance this year. To learn more about the Poverty Law Conference, visit the State Bar of Texas’ website.
Presentations by Lone Star Legal Aid Staff
Wednesday, August 30
Helping Survivors Defend Against Coerced Debt
Brittany L. Hightower
Examining Disaster Preparedness and Response Through an Equity Lens
Amanda Bosley and Sapna Aiyer
Thursday, August 31
The Importance of Trauma-Informed and Culturally-Sensitive Lawyering When Working with Crime Victims and Survivors
Davina A. Ugochukwu
Eileen Dong (Hope Pyx Global)
Kathy Givens (Twelve11 Partners)
Legalese, Thrice Translated: The Latest on Language Access in Texas
Mariame Aana
Martha Beard-Duncan and Stephanie Encarnacion (Texas Legal Services Center)
New Developments in EJ: What’s Working, What’s Not, and New Tools to Protect Our Client Communities
Amy Dinn
How and When to Mandamus a JP in Eviction Cases
Juan Santamaria and Benjamin Daily
Raising the Right to a Reasonable Accommodation Under the FHA
Amanda Powell, Kim Brown Myles, and Velmir Rasic
McKinney Vento for Legal Aid Attorneys
Eric Kwartler and Jonna Treble
Exploring the Evolution of HUD’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule
Kimberly Brown Myles, Velimir Rasic and Amanda Powell
How To Help Texas Homeowners: Soup to Nuts
Amir Befroui, Samantha Guzman, and Mario Pineda
The Texas Public Information Act: Get Records, Not Grief
Terrance (Terry) J. O’Neill, Jr.
Friday, September 1
Following the Chain of Title: Handling Your First Third-Party Debt Collector Case
Newton Tamayo and Jon-Ross Trevino
In Service of Heroes: What You Need to Know About Representing Active-Duty Military under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
Jonna Treble and Lori Fergie
Bridging the Rainbow Divide: Connecting the LGBTQ+ Community to Necessary Legal Services
Victoria K. Smith, Pete Makopoulos-Senftleber, and Clarissa Ayala
You’ve Built it… Now What? How To Maintain and Maximize Your Automated Documents and Tools
Luigi Bai and Aaron Varner
Michael Hofrichter (LegalServer)
Lone Star Legal Aid (LSLA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit law firm focused on advocacy for low-income and underserved populations by providing free legal education, advice, and representation. LSLA serves millions of people at 125% of federal poverty guidelines, who live in 72 counties in the eastern and Gulf Coast regions of Texas, and 4 counties in Southwest Arkansas. LSLA focuses its resources on maintaining, enhancing, and protecting income and economic stability; preserving housing; improving outcomes for children; establishing and sustaining family safety, stability, health, and wellbeing; and assisting populations with special vulnerabilities, like those with disabilities, the aging, survivors of crime and disasters, the unemployed and underemployed, the unhoused, those with limited English language skills, and the LGBTQIA+ community. To learn more about Lone Star Legal Aid, visit our website at www.LoneStarLegal.org.
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