2025 Equal Justice Conference

2025 Equal Justice Conference

Chelsea Sinclair

Northwestern Legal Services

Managing Attorney

Hermitage, PA

7:30am PDT

Conference Registration Golden Gate Foyer

5:00pm PDT

Pre-Conference Registration Golden Gate Foyer

7:30am PDT

Pre-Con: Registration Golden Gate Foyer

12:00pm PDT

Pre-Con: Registration East Lounge

4:00pm PDT

Conference Registration Lobby Level Exhibitor Showcase Golden Gate Foyer

7:30am PDT

Conference Registration Lobby Level Breakfast - Coffee sponsored by Everlaw Golden Gate Foyer Exhibitor Showcase Golden Gate Foyer Lactation Room - Sponsored by Complete Equity Markets, Inc. Union Square 12 Quiet Room - Sponsored by NLADA Mutual Insurance Co., RRG Union Square 11

8:30am PDT

Opening Plenary Continental Ballroom 4-6

10:00am PDT

Cultivating Self Awareness to Become a Better Advocate Golden Gate 8Rachel Schaefer • Shonda Mosby • Emmanuel Bonilla Expanding Access to Justice through Legal Technology Plaza Room AChriselle Raguro • Pablo Ramirez • Sateesh Nori • Jennifer Zelnick MIE Roundtable for Legal Services Executive Directors and Managers Golden Gate 6Yvonne Mariajimenez • Jacquelynne Bowman Pathways to Growth: Building Professional Development for Mission Impact Continential 9Jared Smith • Julia Wilson • Amy Petkovsek What's the Right Amount of Right to Counsel: The Conversation Continues Union Square 17 & 18John Pollock • Samira Nazem • Bob Glaves

11:00am PDT

CLE/Help Desk Golden Gate Foyer

11:30am PDT

Exhibit Hall Drawing Lobby Level

1:15pm PDT

Advancing Elder Justice in Older Marginalized Communities Through Estate Planning Tools Union Square 23 & 24Anna Darr • Erica Costello • Dominique Sanz-David • Bertha Sanchez Hayden Data and Diversion: Lessons Learned from the NCSC Eviction Diversion Initiative Union Square 17 & 18Samantha DiDomenico • Samira Nazem Data is the New Lego: Using Data Analytics to Build Legal Aid Success Continential 3Stacy Zinken • Ashley Oborn • Jessie Campbell • Heidi Behnke Ethics and Pro Bono Delivery (Ethics) Plaza Room BLauren Gilbride • Ellyn Rosen • Jenny Mittelman Pro Se Support From Pro Bono Attorneys: The Supply and Demand Landscape Continential 2Tali Albukerk • Samantha Biggio • Sharon Goldsmith

2:30pm PDT

Break TBA Exhibit Hall Drawing Lobby Level

2:45pm PDT

Best Practices: Protecting LGBTQ+ Families from Executive Orders and Providing Legal Safeguards for Clients Facing Challenges Due to Attacks on Federal Law and State Legislative Golden Gate 8Michelle Garcia Building A Feedback Culture: With an Emphasis on the Feedback You Are Afraid to Give Plaza Room AMatthew Canuteson • Melinda Fithen • Maggie Robb Combatting the Negative Impacts of Incarceration On Families and Children Continential 7Stephanie Taylor • D'Adre Cunningham • Kathleen Creamer Intake Process Improvement: Enhancing Legal Aid Efficiency and Client Experience Continential 3Jane Ribadeneyra • Angela Tripp • Cynthia Sadkin • Fatima Dadabhoy Responding to the Evolving Funding Landscape for Legal Aid - Federal Funding Panel Discussion Continential 2Jennifer Bentley • Yvonne Mariajimenez • Luise Stone • Anne Sweeney

4:00pm PDT

4:15pm PDT

A Tale of Two Coordinated Intake Systems Union Square 19 & 20Sarah Coffey Bowes • Kirra Jarratt • Karen Wabeke • Ashley Graham-Wantanabe Fairness and Accountability in an Anti-DEI Environment Continential 1Jonathan Puente • Megan Connelly • Nathanael Player Going For It—Starting a Pro Se Self-Help Center with Resources You Already Have Union Square 23 & 24Amanda Pearl • Kellye Fleming • Meghan Wheeler

6:00pm PDT

EJC Reception The Melody

7:30am PDT

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

8:30am PDT

Amplifying Client Voices: Practical Strategies for Curating and Elevating Client Stories Continential 8Kathryn Fanlund • Maria Duvuvuei • Patrick Maillet How to Create INTERACTIVE, INNOVATIVE, and EQUITABLE (and fun!) Training Sessions Continential 1Phong Wong • Patrick Fodell • Judy Hale • Christine Daleiden Intern to Staff Attorney: Strategies to Build and Maintain Student to Staff Pathways Union Square 23 & 24Michelle Takagishi-Almeida • Vidhya Ragunathan • Steven Schulman

9:45am PDT

10:00am PDT

50 Tech Tips Golden Gate 7Jane Ribadeneyra • Angela Tripp • MJ Smith • LaDierdre Johnson Civil Justice Pathways to Foster Civic Culture Union Square 19 & 20Eduardo Gonzalez • William Wallace Pattern • Jules Sievert Hot Topics in Civil Legal Aid Golden Gate 8Ron Flagg • Jason Vail • Radhika Singh

11:15am PDT

Exhibit Hall Drawing Golden Gate Foyer

11:30am PDT

Awards Luncheon Continental Ballroom 4-6

1:00pm PDT

1:15pm PDT

Strategies for Managing and Growing Your Outreach Program: Integrating Technology, Representation and Belonging Continential 3Aletheia Stratos • Sandra San Emeterio Fair

2:30pm PDT

Exhibit Hall Drawing Golden Gate Foyer

3:30pm PDT

CLE/Help Desk Golden Gate Foyer

7:30am PDT

Coffee Service Golden Gate Foyer Exhibitor Showcase Golden Gate Foyer

8:30am PDT

Featured Salon: Current Events in Context: A Constitutional Law Perspective Continental Ballroom 4-6Dean Erwin Chemerinsky

10:00am PDT

Closing Plenary Brunch: Bridging the Justice Gap: Economic Empowerment and Access to Civil Legal Aid Continental Ballroom 4-6Jocelyn Frye • Annie Lee (EJW Fellow Alum) • Kirsten Anderson

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