2025 Equal Justice Conference

2025 Equal Justice Conference

Erin Parr-Carranza

Vanderbilt Law School

Public Interest Program Manager

Nashville, TN (remote in Asheville, NC)

https://law.vanderbilt.edu/public-interest/

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About me

I am the Public Interest Program Manager at Vanderbilt Law School. I manage and grow initiatives for the Public Interest Office and the George Barrett Social Justice Program. In addition to other responsibilities, I coordinate and manage our pro bono offerings as well as recruitment programs featuring public interest and government employers. I have been with Vanderbilt Law for 10 years now and have been working remotely for the last 5 years. (I live in Asheville, NC.)

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

8:30am PDT

Law School Pro Bono Advisors Program Coninental 9

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

Expanding Access to Justice through Legal Technology Plaza Room ASateesh Nori • Chriseele Raguro • Pablo Ramirez • Jennifer Zelnick Funding the Future: Supporting Law Students to Stay on the Path to Public Interest Careers Plaza Room BNira Geevargis • Ashley Lowe • Sue Schechter • Phong Wong Returning to Appalachia for Name Changes Golden Gate 7D'lorah Hughes • Molly Russell • Ming Wong Strengthening Neighborhoods with Pro Bono Support Continential 7Katie Cronin • Kayla Hogan • Katie Nolen

11:00am PDT

CLE/Help Desk Golden Gate Foyer

11:30am PDT

Exhibit Hall Drawing Lobby Level

1:15pm PDT

Advancing the Mission: Leveraging Efficiencies & Automating Tasks with AI Continential 9Russ Bloomquist • Kristi Schulenberg Holistic Engagement: The Significance of Talking Circles Union Square 19 & 20Autumn Smith-Amy 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

Building A Feedback Culture: With an Emphasis on the Feedback You Are Afraid to Give Plaza Room AMatthew Canuteson • Melinda Fithen • Maggie Robb Collaborative Models for Pro Bono Engagement and Empowering Librarians to Address Legal Inequities Union Square 17 & 18Pauline Afuso • Stephanie Beaugh • Karen Westwood Gen AI for Self-Represented Litigants: the Final Frontier of Access to Justice? Union Square 19 & 20Rodrigo Camarena • Natalie Knowlton • Connor Malloy

4:00pm PDT

4:15pm PDT

Design Pro Bono Projects to Create Volunteer Choice: A "Choose Your Own Adventure Story." Continential 7Teresa Mathern • Bobbi Saltzman Going For It—Starting a Pro Se Self-Help Center with Resources You Already Have Union Square 23 & 24Kellye Fleming • Amanda Pearl • Meghan Wheeler Harnessing the Power of Collective Action: Lessons (so far) from the Law Firm Antiracism Alliance Continental 8Brenna DeVaney • Diane Lucas • Rosalyn Nasdor • Ben Weinberg

5:00pm PDT

NALP Mixer Vista Lounge

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

Intern to Staff Attorney: Strategies to Build and Maintain Student to Staff Pathways Union Square 23 & 24Vidhya Ragunathan • Steven Schulman • Michelle Takagishi-Almeida Law School and Order: Special Pro Bono Unit Plaza Room AMaria Almase • Molly Russell • Jennifer Stephens Supporting Students to Maintain the Pro Bono Pipeline Continential 2Allison Constance • Marissa LaVette • Deborah Schlosberg • Linda Seely

9:45am PDT

10:00am PDT

Transforming Pro Bono Participation: Bridging the Gap Between Community Need and Attorney Interest Continential 9Julie LaEace • Gretchen Slusser

11:15am PDT

Exhibit Hall Drawing Golden Gate Foyer

11:30am PDT

Awards Luncheon Continental Ballroom 4-6

1:00pm PDT

1:15pm PDT

Building Bridges: Enhancing Pro Bono Impact Through Strategic Partnerships Continential 2Lisa Dane • Samantha DiDomenico • Beth Hofmeister • Lesley Johannesen • Erin Palmer • Dara Sheinfeld Strategies for Managing and Growing Your Outreach Program: Integrating Technology, Representation and Belonging Continential 3Sandra San Emeterio Fair • Aletheia Stratos

2:30pm PDT

Exhibit Hall Drawing Golden Gate Foyer

3:00pm PDT

Clerks & Magistrates & Referees, Oh My! Leveraging Pro Bono Volunteers to Drive Fairness and Accountability in Limited Jurisdiction Courts Continential 1Julian Castronovo • Sarah Munro • Mytrang Nguyen • Maggie Niebler-Brown Justice Tech: New Horizons in Access to Justice Plaza Room AMaya Markovich • Kelli Raker • Shellie Reid • Joanne Sprague Strategic Assessment Tools for Pro Bono Programs Continential 8Kelly Tautges • Julia Wilson

3:30pm PDT

CLE/Help Desk Golden Gate Foyer

4:30pm PDT

Access to Justice Network Continential 2

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 4-6

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