Agenda - June 12, 2023
| Time | Session |
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| 9:00am – 9:20am |
Welcome and Opening Remarks | Transcript
Helaine M. Barnett, Chair, New York State Permanent Commission on Access to Justice Hon. Rowan D. Wilson, Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals and the State of New York
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| 9:20am – 10:20am |
Issues at the Forefront | Transcript | Hirsch Slides | Porcaro Slides Moderator: Sal Curran, Executive Director, Volunteer Lawyers Project of CNY, Inc.; Member, NYS Permanent Commission on Access to Justice Speakers: Hon. Edwina G. Richardson-Mendelson, Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for Justice Initiatives; Ex-Officio Member, NYS Permanent Commission on Access to Justice Danielle Elyce Hirsch, Managing Director, National Center for State Courts Anna Anderson, Staff Attorney, National Consumer Law Center Keith Porcaro, Reuben Everett Senior Lecturing Fellow and Director of the Digital Governance Design Studio, Duke Law School |
| 10:30am – 11:30am |
Importance of Community Engagement to Identify and Address Unmet Local Needs | Transcript | Slides Moderator: Kim Diana Connolly, Professor of Law; Vice Dean for Advocacy and Experiential Education; Director, Clinical Legal Education; Director, Environmental Advocacy Clinic, Animal Law Clinic, Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic, and Community Engagement Legal Clinic; Director, Environmental Law Program, University at Buffalo School of Law; Member, NYS Permanent Commission on Access to Justice Speakers: Hon. Melissa Hart, Justice, Colorado Supreme Court; Ex-Officio Member, Colorado Access to Justice Commission August Hieber, Senior Program Manager, Inclusive Access, at the Access to Justice Division of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts Sue Ludington, Chief Law Librarian, NYS Unified Court System
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| 11:40am – 12:40pm |
Nuts and Bolts of a Successful Program or Initiative (Funding, User Testing, Outreach and Feedback) | Transcript | Slides Moderator: Hon. Fern A. Fisher, Sassower Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law, Visiting Associate Professor of Law and Special Assistant for Social Justice Initiatives to the Dean, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University; Executive Director, Legal Hand; Member, NYS Permanent Commission on Access to Justice Speakers: Tim Baran, Program Director, New York Justice Initiatives, Pro Bono Net Liz Keith, State and National Program Director, Pro Bono Net Jeanne Ortiz-Ortiz, Senior Program Manager, Pro Bono Net
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| 12:40pm – 12:50pm |
Court Modernization Action Committee Update | Transcript | Slides | Report Hon. Craig J. Doran, NYS Supreme Court Justice and Chair, The NYS Court Modernization Action Committee
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| 12:50pm – 1:00pm |
Helaine M. Barnett, Chair, New York State Permanent Commission on Access to Justice
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