ABA Offers Virtual Training on New Standards for the Provision of Civil Legal Aid

April 21, 2022

The American Bar Association is offering a virtual training program on the The New ABA Standards for the Provision of Civil Legal Aid on May 23 and 24, 2022 from 1:00 PM-4:00 PM Eastern. Six MCLE Credit Hours have been requested including 1.0 hour of Ethics. Detail on the training are below from the ABA.

Training Program Graphic - Standards for the Provision of Civil Legal Aid

Virtual Training: The New ABA Standards for the Provision of Civil Legal Aid

May 23 and May 24, 2022, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Eastern

6.0 MCLE Credit Hours have been requested,
including 1.0 hour of Ethics

Register NOW!

For sixty years, the ABA Standards for the Provision of Civil Legal Aid have provided guidance to the nation's legal aid organizations on best practices for the delivery of legal services to their clients. The Standards recently underwent a year-long revision and redrafting process, resulting in a newly adopted set of Standards that reflect today's legal aid practice. This six-hour training is designed for legal aid organization leaders, managers, staff, funders, and board members to learn how the Standards have been revised to better support the provision of high-quality legal services and to ensure that legal aid organizations are managed effectively. The training, led by experienced legal aid leaders, will utilize a series of real-world hypotheticals and breakout sessions to allow participants to examine the new Standards in depth, and an ethics-focused portion of the program will demonstrate how the new Standards provide guidance under evolving ethics rules.

Materials:

Review the New Standards Online >>>
Download the Standards >>>
Read about the changes to the Standards, from MIE Journal >>>

Faculty:

Jayme Cassidy, Chief Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Professional Development Officer & Pro Bono Advocacy Director, Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc.
Merf Ehman, Executive Director of Columbia Legal Services
Angela Tripp, Director, Michigan Legal Help (MLH) Program
Colleen Cotter, Executive Director, Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
Mary McDermott, Lead Senior Counsel, American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility
Jenny Mittelman, Deputy General Counsel, State Bar of Georgia
Toby J. Rothschild, Of Counsel, OneJustice