The Legal Services Corporation will be holding the 12th Annual Technology Initiative Grants (TIG) Conference on January 11-13, 2012 in Albuquerque, NM at the Embassy Suites Albuquerque, 1000 Woodward Pl. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87102.

Who Should Attend:

TIG recipients, IT staff, project managers, executive directors, legal services administrators, website coordinators, document assembly coordinators, attorneys, or anyone with an interest in how to use technology in the delivery of legal services.

What's Covered:

Topics covered will include new technology trends, online intake triage, eLawyering, document management systems, information security, rural service delivery innovations and challenges, creating and sharing online videos, mobile apps, next generation A2J, and breakout sessions for the statewide websites.

Registration:

Conference Fee is $420 - includes all sessions and most meals.
Go to www.regonline.com/tig2012 to register for the 2012 TIG Conference.

Housing:

The TIG Conference room rate is $81/night single and $101/night double. Go to http://bit.ly/TIG2012Hotel to book a hotel room online.

Scholarships:

LSC is pleased to announce the availability of ten scholarships to attend the twelfth annual TIG Conference January 11-13, 2012 in Albuquerque, NM. The TIG Conference is the only national event focused exclusively on the use of technology in the legal aid community. The conference provides a unique opportunity to learn about effective uses of technology in legal aid, network with a national community of colleagues, and cultivate project ideas that could lead to successful TIG proposals.

Scholarship eligibility is limited to LSC-funded programs that have not received a TIG award in previous grant cycles. The purpose of the scholarships is to encourage those programs to expand their knowledge and use of technology and to better enable them to submit successful TIG applications in the future.

Eligible programs will need to download the fillable PDF application from the TIG Website and submit it by email to David Bonebrake (dbonebrake@lsc.gov) by 5:00 pm ET on Friday, November 18, 2011. If more than ten eligible programs apply, LSC will use a lottery system to determine which applicants receive the scholarships.

Programs receiving a scholarship must send an IT staff member or an attorney or a manager who helps oversee the program’s information technology. The award will cover the following conference costs: airfare, conference registration (including some meals and the evening reception), and three nights at the conference hotel.

Please contact David Bonebrake -- dbonebrake@lsc.gov or 202-295-1547 -- if you have questions about eligibility, the conference, or any other matters related to the scholarship program.

Submit an Ignite Session Proposal:

The plenary on Thursday January 12 will feature 6-8 Ignite style presentations. Each presenter will have 20 slides and 6 minutes to share an idea, best practice, lesson learned, or to show off a TIG project. Ignite was created as a way for geeks to share their ideas with each other quickly, in a fun atmosphere. If you're not familiar with an Ignite session, go to http://ignite.oreilly.com for more information and to view some Ignite session videos. You can also see TIG Ignite presentations archived from the 2011 and 2010 conferences.

Submit an IGNITE SESSION PROPOSAL by November 23, 2011.

For more information, please go to the TIG Conference website at http://tig.lsc.gov/tigconferencesystem.php

Pre-Conference HotDocs & A2J Training:

There will be a LawHelp Interactive training for beginners and intermediate users on HotDocs and A2J from January 9-10, 2012. These trainings are free to participating legal aid programs and their court partners.

Go to www.regonline.com/tig2012 to register for the 2012 TIG Conference.