2025 Equal Justice Conference: Full Schedule

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10:00am EDT

Strengthening Neighborhoods with Pro Bono Support

Thursday May 15, 2025 10:00am - 11:15am EDT

Learn how a legal aid program working with volunteer attorneys in low-income neighborhoods, both on an individual and group level, uplifts and advocates for many clients at once. Attendees will learn how they can develop and staff a geographically-focused project in an urban setting and invest legal support in low-income neighborhoods.

Speakers

Katie Cronin

Kayla Hogan

Director, Adopt-A-Neighborhood Project, Legal Aid of Western Missouri

Kayla Hogan is the Director of the Adopt-A-Neighborhood Project at Legal Aid of Western Missouri, a pro bono collaboration between urban core neighborhoods and some of Kansas City's largest private law firms. She earned her B.A. in American Studies at Tufts University before joining... Read More →

Katie Nolen

Thursday May 15, 2025 10:00am - 11:15am EDT
Continential 7

Sessions

11:30am EDT

Networking Lunch: PBIF

Thursday May 15, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT

Continential 7

Thursday May 15, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Continential 7

Networking Lunch

1:15pm EDT

Cy Pres Awards: The Latest News and Tips on an Important Source of Legal Aid Funding

Thursday May 15, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm EDT

Continential 7

Speakers

Bill Boies

Counsel, McDermott Will & Emery

Bill Boies focuses his law practice on business dispute counseling and defending financial class action litigation throughout the country. Bill leads a pro bono program at McDermott, Will and Emery that advises national legal aid organizations, Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts... Read More →

Salena Copleland

Executive Director, Legal Aid Association of California

Salena Copeland (she/her) is the Executive Director of the Legal Aid Association of California. She spends much of her time coordinating statewide legislative and administrative advocacy, while also supervising a small staff who work to support the entire California IOLTA legal aid... Read More →

Bob Glaves

Executive Director, Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland

Sharon E. Goldsmith is the founding director of the Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland, Inc., the statewide pro bono support center and coordinator of volunteer civil legal services established in 1990. Under her leadership, the Center has recruited, trained and referred thousands... Read More →

Thursday May 15, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm EDT
Continential 7

Sessions

2:45pm EDT

Combatting the Negative Impacts of Incarceration On Families and Children

Thursday May 15, 2025 2:45pm - 4:00pm EDT

Continential 7

This session will identify the structural challenges incarcerated parents face when trying to connect with their children, introduce the myriad ways the legal field can provide support to these parents in civil proceedings, and provide practical tips for participants to better support incarcerated parents and their children.

Speakers

Kathleen Creamer

Managing Attorney, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia

Kathleen Creamer is the Managing Attorney of the Family Advocacy Unit at Community Legal Services of Phliadelphia, which uses a holistic family defense model to represent parents involved with the child welfare system. Prior to joining CLS, she served as Director of Legal Services... Read More →

D'Adre Cunningham

Stephanie Taylor

Project Director, Incarcerated Mothers Law Project, Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS)

Stephanie Taylor Project Director, Incarcerated Mothers Law Project, VOLS staylor@volsprobono.org; (347) 521-5735 Stephanie Taylor has been with Volunteers of Legal Service (VOLS) since 2021. Stephanie relaunched VOLS’ historic Incarcerated Mothers Law Project (IMLP) and has rebuilt... Read More →

Thursday May 15, 2025 2:45pm - 4:00pm EDT
Continential 7

Sessions

4:15pm EDT

Design Pro Bono Projects to Create Volunteer Choice: A "Choose Your Own Adventure Story."

Thursday May 15, 2025 4:15pm - 5:30pm EDT

Continential 7

Hear how a legal services organizaion's pro bono team took on a large issue and created a holistic approach to recruit and engage with a diverse group of attorneys. Options include brief service-- in person or virtually, and extended service. All include wrap around support from the legal services provider.

Speakers

Teresa Mathern

Administrative Assistant, The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland

Teresa Mathern is an administrative assistant in the Volunteer Lawyers Program and Intake Group of the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland. Teresa works on the Lawyers Advocating for Safe Housing (LASH) project which is a PBIF funded project. Teresa has worked at Cleveland Legal Aid for... Read More →

Bobbi Saltzman

Senior Attorney, The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland

Bobbi Saltzman, Esq. is a Senior Attorney in the Volunteer Lawyers Program and Intake group of the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland. She is the lead attorney working on the Lawyers Advocating for Safe Housing (LASH) project which is funded by the Pro Bono Initiative Fund. The project... Read More →

Thursday May 15, 2025 4:15pm - 5:30pm EDT
Continential 7

Sessions