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Thursday, May 15
 

10:00am EDT

Developing Training and Credentialing Standards for the Future of Justice: Ascendium and Frontline Justice’s Community Justice Worker National Taskforce
Thursday May 15, 2025 10:00am - 11:15am EDT
Community Justice Workers (CJWs) are trained advocates who provide critical legal advice, assistance and representation in underserved communities. With several states implementing CJW programs, this session explores how the Frontline Justice with support from Ascendium Education Solutions has convened a national taskforce to discuss how best to design and implement low-barrier, competency-based curriculum and credentialing pathways for community justice workers that have the ability to scale to meet community demand and built a justice workforce of the future.
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Nikole Nelson

CEO, Frontline Justice
Nikole Nelson is the founding CEO of Frontline Justice. Prior to joining Frontline Justice, Nikole was the Executive Director of Alaska Legal Services Corporation, Alaska’s only statewide provider of free civil aid. During her 25 years in the field, she worked to build community-led... Read More →
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Betty Bali Torres

Betty Balli Torres is Executive Director of the Texas Access to Justice Foundation, the largest Texas-based funder of legal services to the poor, since October 2001. She has dedicated her professional career to public interest work. Betty started as a staff attorney at Legal Aid of Central Texas after graduating from the University of Texas School of Law. She has served as Executive Director of Laredo Legal Aid Society, Inc., Legal Director of Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas, Managing Attorney of Legal Aid of Central Texas and staff attorney at Advocacy, Inc.nBetty is past President of the National Association of IOLTA Programs. She is Chair of the Hispanic Issues Section of the State Bar of Texas, co-chair of the ABA’s Working Group on Unaccompanied Minors, and past co-chair of Grantsmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees. She serves on the boards of Management Information Exchange and Pro Bono Net., Executive Director
Thursday May 15, 2025 10:00am - 11:15am EDT
Continential 8

11:30am EDT

Networking Lunch: Project Managers
Thursday May 15, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Thursday May 15, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm EDT
Continential 8

1:15pm EDT

CLIMB: Engaging Pro Bono Lawyers to Aid Low Income Entrepreneurs and Combat Generational Poverty
Thursday May 15, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm EDT
Charlotte law firms built CLIMB (Charlotte Legal Initiative to Mobilize Businesses) to enable pr bono lawyers to aid marginalized and under resourced small businesses owners and entrepreneurs with free legal services. CLIMB especially provides opportunities for transactional attorneys – who balk at litigation-oriented work – to engage in significant pro bono assistance.
Speakers
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Casey Burke

Executive Director, Charlotte Legal Initiative to Mobilize Businesses, Inc. (CLIMB)
Casey Burke, Esq. is the Executive Director of CLIMB, or Charlotte Legal Initiative to Mobilize Businesses, Inc. Casey is passionate about bringing the legal community together to address systemic inequalities and effect long term change. In Charlotte, access to legal services can... Read More →
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Julian Write Jr.

Shareholder, Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson, PA
Julian Wright practices in the areas of employment law, business litigation, and government and internal investigations. In employment law, he provides counseling and litigation guidance to employers and executives around the country. Julian's experience includes contract negotiation... Read More →
Thursday May 15, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm EDT
Continential 8

2:45pm EDT

Advancing Justice Initiatives Through Alternative Dispute Resolution
Thursday May 15, 2025 2:45pm - 4:00pm EDT
Learn about joint projects fostered by the AAA-ICDR Institute to explore real-world examples of how Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) can enhance access to justice. Gain insights into the AAA-ICDR Foundation's grant evaluation process and discover innovative ways ADR is being utilized to promote justice within and outside the court systems to make access to justice more equitable for self-represented, diverse populations.
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Tracey Frischt

Executive Director and Division Vice President, AAA-ICDR Foundation and American Arbitration Association
As Division Vice President of Mediation, Tracey leads the American Arbitration Association’s mediation business. Prior to this role, Tracey was the Associate General Counsel for the American Arbitration Association involved in a variety of legal matters that impacted the Association... Read More →
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Greg Kochansky

Vice President, Thought Leadership, American Arbitration Association
Greg Kochansky is Vice President, Thought Leadership at the American Arbitration Association. He is building the AAA-ICDR Institute, an internal think tank with focus areas including access to justice, court-connected ADR, and fairness in employment and consumer arbitration. The Institute... Read More →
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Jennifer Shack

Director of Research, Resolution Systems Institute
Jennifer Shack is Director of Research at Resolution Systems Institute. She has more than two decades of experience conducting complex evaluations of court-based ADR programs and researching the effectiveness of ADR in court settings. In addition to multi-site evaluations of foreclosure... Read More →
Thursday May 15, 2025 2:45pm - 4:00pm EDT
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