2025 Equal Justice Conference

2025 Equal Justice Conference

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7:30am EDT

Breakfast - Sponsored by Complete Equity Markets, Inc. Lobby Level Conference Registration Lobby Level

8:30am EDT

Advocating for Sexual and Reproductive Health Access and Expanding Critical Legal Support Union Square 19 & 20 Amplifying Client Voices: Practical Strategies for Curating and Elevating Client Stories Continential 8 Best Practices in Pro Bono Immigration Continential 7 Building and Sustaining Effective Research Partnerships Golden Gate 7 Developing and Sustaining Student Loan Practices in Legal Aid Organizations Golden Gate 8 How to Create INTERACTIVE, INNOVATIVE, and EQUITABLE (and fun!) Training Sessions Continential 1 Intern to Staff Attorney: Strategies to Building and Maintaining Student to Staff Pipelines Plaza Room B Law School and Order: Special Pro Bono Unit Plaza Room A Navigating Change: Leveraging Common Change Styles and Strategic Frameworks Continential 3 Supporting Students to Maintain the Pro Bono Pipeline Union Square 15 & 16 Technology and Non-Lawyer Solutions to the Access to Justice Crisis Continential 9

9:45am EDT

10:00am EDT

50 Tech Tips Golden Gate 7 Beyond Natural Disasters: Expanding Legal Aid's Role in Crisis Response Union Square 22 Charitable Giving x Pro Bono. How Can We Help Make the Legal World Thrive? Union Square 15 & 16 Civil Hot Topics Golden Gate 8 Civil Justice Pathways to Foster Civic Culture Union Square 19 & 20 Community Justice Workers: Insights from Emerging Research in Alaska and Beyond Continential 3 From Legal Desert to Legal Oasis: Pro Bono Trends, Challenges, and Solutions Continential 1 Managing Remotely in a Post-COVID World Union Square 23 & 24 Representing LGBTQ+ Clients and Families in a Changing Legal Landscape Continential 2 The 2024 California Justice Gap Study: Utilizing Data and Research to Support Policy Initiatives Plaza Room A Transforming Pro Bono Participation: Bridging the Gap Between Community Need and Attorney Interest Continential 9 Upstreaming Justice: Non-Attorney Interventions and Community-Based Solutions to Civil Legal Gaps Golden Gate 6

11:15am EDT

Exhibit Hall Drawing Lobby Level

11:30am EDT

Awards Luncheon Ballroom 4-6

1:00pm EDT

1:15pm EDT

Birds of a Feather: Finding Commonality to Build Impact Continential 7 Bridging the Divide in Legal Deserts: Data-Driven Solutions through Legal Incubator Programs Continential 8 Building Bridges: Enhancing Pro Bono Impact Through Strategic Partnerships Continential 2 DV and Data Security: Common Data Security Assumptions Don’t Reflect Domestic Violence Realities Golden Gate 6 Faith, Pro Bono, and Reproductive and LGBTQ+ Rights: Collaborative Advocacy in Complex Legal and Cultural Landscapes Continential 1 Lifting the Veil: What Nonprofits Need to Know When Working with Firms on Direct Representation. Plaza Room B Litigants as Experts: Leveraging User Testing and Feedback in Legal Services Union Square 22 Responding to the Evolving Funding Landscape for Legal Aid - Roundtable Discussion Golden Gate 8 Strategies for Managing and Growing Your Outreach Program: Integrating Technology, Representation and Belonging Continential 3 Strengthening Guardianship Defense: Updated OAA Regulations and Legal Aid Innovations Union Square 15 & 16

2:30pm EDT

Exhibit Hall Drawing Lobby Level

3:00pm EDT

AI Co-Pilots for Eviction Defense, Reentry Services, and Beyond Union Square 23 & 24 Clerks & Magistrates & Referees, Oh My! Leveraging Pro Bono Volunteers to Drive Fairness and Accountability in Limited Jurisdiction Courts Continential 1 Educating Legislators About Legal Aid 2.0 Golden Gate 6 Ethics: Solve the problem that brought your client to legal aid with interdisciplinary legal services Golden Gate 8 Food is Medicine: How Legal Aid Partners with Health Clinics to Improve Food Security Continential 3 Justice Tech: New Horizons in Access to Justice Plaza Room B Preserving and Protecting Intergenerational Homes: A Holistic Approach to Tangled Titles Union Square 22 Recent Developments in Racial Justice Litigation Post Students for Fair Admission (SFFA) v. Harvard Continential 2 Strategic Assessment Tools for Pro Bono Programs Continential 8 Where Do We Put Them if Every City, Every Village, Every Town Lacks Compassion... and Passes a Law Identical to This? Continential 9