Justice in a Challenging Time, the 2008 Legal Assistance Partnership Conference, will cover a broad range of hot topics in poverty law.

Please vists the NYSBA Partnership Conference Website for the most current details.

Tuesday, September 23
9:00am - 10:40am - A Right To Counsel: The History and a View To the Future...

9:30am - 10:30am - Consumer Law Roundtable
- Diversity Coalition
- Medical Legal Collaboration Roundtable

10:55am - 12:35pm - PRO: A Firm Commitment: Pro Bono Partnerships with Local Law Firms

10:55am - 12:35pm - CON: Debt Collection Harassment and Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
- DAP: Exploring Social Security
- Div: Language Access 101: Rights of Limited English
- FAM: Evidence In Custody Litigation-An Interactive
- HOU: Project Based Section 8 Housing: Successfull
- OTH: Legal Essentials of Not-for-Profit Incorporation and
- WEL: The 17% Solution: Child Support Issues...


2:40pm - 4:20pm - CON: Mortgage Foreclosure Defense
- DAP: Medical Presentation on HIV
- FAM: Immigration Options for Survivors of Domestic
- HEA: Medicare With Medicaid: Maximizing Health Coverage
- HOU: Protections for Tenants With Disabilities
- MAN: Risk Management for Employers
- OTH: Ethics In The Age of Outcome Driven Funding
- TEC: Clicking Your Way To Justice: Tapping Into the


4:35pm - 6:15pm - DAP: A Detailed Look At Non-exertional Impairments
- FAM: Domestic Violence Seen Through the Lens of
- HEA: What's Happening in Medicaid: Recent Changes To
- HOU: Emerging Issues In Public Housing and Section 8
- IMM: Immigration 101: How To Obtain Legal Status In the
- MAN: Creating Leader FULL Organizations and Advancing
- OTH: Criminal Law 101: What Every Poverty Lawyer
- WEL: Drug and Alcohol Issues Affecting Low Income

Wednesday, September 24
8:30am - 10:10am - DAP: Confronting Vocational Expert Testimony
- DIV: The Art of Partnering
- FAM: Pensions Retirement Accounts and QDRO's the
- HEA: Bringing the Law Office Into the Healthcare Setting:
- HOU: Housing Consequences of Criminal Proceedings for
- IMM: Know Your Rights Regarding Detention Raids and
- OTH: Tax Law 101:
- WEL: Welfare Fraud: Civil and Criminal Defenses and


10:30am - 12:10pm - DAP: Winning On Appeal
- DIV: Implicit Bias and The Ten Commandments of Cultural
- FAM: Child Support From the Perspective of Both Parties
- IMM: Immigration Status Requirements In Public Benefit
- MAN: Management of Legal Work
- OTH:What Legal Aid Lawyers & Other Staff Members Should
- PRO: Pro Bono Collaboration in the Judicial Districts Pro
- WEL: Welfare Hearing Rights & Procedures

2:10pm - 3:50pm - OTH: Special Education Litigation: Achieving Systemic
- OTH: Wage and Hour Primer
- TEC: LawHelp/NY's Stakeholders Forum
- WEL: The Welfare Work Rules: Sanctioning Work or