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Pro Bono Work to Empower and Represent Act - Focus on the Four Corners - with Ethics & Pro Bono Representation CLE

  • Thursday, September 17, 2020
  • 12:00 PM - 2:30 PM
  • Webinar

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

"PRO BONO WORK TO EMPOWER AND REPRESENT ACT -
FOCUS ON THE FOUR CORNERS" 
and
"ETHICS & PRO BONO REPRESENTATION CLE"

12 NOON - 2:30 P.M.
(NOTE EXTENDED TIME FOR THIS PROGRAM)

This is a FREE CLE Webinar Co-Sponsored with the
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado and the Colorado Bar Association
Speakers:

* Chief Judge Philip A. Brimmer, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

* Magistrate Judge James M. Candelaria, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

* Lori Laner, Domestic Violence Program Specialist, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe

* Kelsey Lansing, Victim Advocate/Tribal Outreach Coordinator, Sexual Assault Services Organization, Durango

* Gina Lopez, Rural & Indigenous Communities Specialist, Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assalt, Towaoc

* Lisa Manzanares, Victim Services Program Coordinator, Southern Ute Tribe

* Lindsay Marshall, Colorado Legal Services, Durango

* Norma Peabody, Victim Support Service Supervisor, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe

* Ethics CLE presented by James Wilder, Colorado Supreme Court Attorney Regulation Office, Denver

The POWER Act is the federal "Pro Bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2018" (P.L. 115-237). The U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, the Faculty of Federal Advocates, and the Colorado Bar Association are partners in offering this FREE CLE focusing on pro bono and volunteer opportunities in Southwest Colorado. Representatives from Colorado Legal Services, the Sexual Assault Services Organization in Durango, and the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault in Towaoc will discuss pro bono and other volunteering opportunities with the goal of increasing the provision of pro bono legal services for Native American victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

In addition, Chief Judge Philip A. Brimmer will speak about the POWER Act and its pur- pose and goals. OARC attorney James Wilder will present a 50-minute ethics CLE titled "Ethics & Pro Bono Representation," discussing limited representation principles when volunteering through non-profit legal organizations. Magistrate Judge James M. Candelaria in Durango will make concluding remarks. 

Click HERE for the written  materials for the program.

3 General/1 Ethics  CLE credits approved.

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