Each year in March our annual LSFN Signature Event brings together over a hundred individuals from the funder, academic, government and legal services fields who are passionate about improving access to justice. Like many other non-profits organizations, COVID-19 has greatly impacted our work and required us to think more intently about the delivery of our services. 

 

Rather than try to present our traditional Signature Event program online, we’ve opted to morph our format. This year instead of hearing a keynote speaker, we will bring together several leaders from the public interest sector to share insights and observations about how COVID has impacted their work, the communities they serve and the legal services community can “build back better”. Our format will be 6-8 presentations, each lasting 5-10min in length. 

2020

SIGNATURE
EVENT

The Other "PPP": Public & Private Partnerships in the Time of COVID

Please join us for our 2020 Signature Event, where we will bring together leaders from the public interest sector to share insights and observations about how COVID has impacted their work, the communities they serve, and the legal services community can “build back better”.

September 24, 2020

3:00-4:15PM PST

Virtual via Zoom

This event is purposely open to a wide community, including legal service funders, NGOs, CBOs, law students, attorneys, judges, court staff, and others interested in civil legal aid.

 

There is no charge to attend.

REGISTER TODAY

2020 Signature Event Speakers

still in formation

Assemblymember

David Chiu

California State Assembly, California's 17th Assembly District

will present

COVID-19 Evictions:

AB 3088 and the Role of Legal Aid Organizations"

Salena Copeland

CEO of Legal Aid Association of California (LAAC)

will present

The “State of the State”: 

Funding for Legal Services in California for 2020-2021

James W. Head

CEO of East Bay Community Foundation (EBCF)

will present

 C is for Community Foundations and Their Response to COVID-19

Karen Lash

Practitioner-in-Residence and Director, The Justice in Government Project, American University’s School of Public Affairs 

will present

The 4Rs: How Research, Relationships, and Roundtables Lead to Expanded Resources 

OneJustice

Phil Hwang, Executive Director &

Gail Quan, Program Director - OneJustice

will present

The “State of the Nation”: 

Federal Funding for Legal Services for 2020-2021

Claire M. Solot

Co-founder, Legal Services Funders Network & Managing Director,

Bigglesworth Family Foundation

Moderator

Julia R. Wilson

Julia Wilson Consulting & Coaching and Executive Director, John Paul Stevens Fellowship Foundation

2020 LSFN Access to Justice Award Recipient

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

3:00-4:15PM PST

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Each year in March our annual LSFN Signature Event brings together over a hundred individuals from the funder, academic, government and legal services fields who are passionate about improving access to justice. Like many other non-profits organizations, COVID-19 impacted our 2020 event. Like many others, we too thought that by September it would be reasonable to hold our event in-person. Like many others, over the summer we had to revisit our plans (again). Rather than try to present to our traditional Signature Event program online, we’ve opted to morph our format.

 

This year instead of hearing a keynote speaker, we will bring together several leaders from the public interest sector to share insights and observations about how COVID has impacted their work, the communities they serve and the legal services community can “build back better”. Our format will be 6-8 presentations, each lasting 5-10min in length. 

 

We hope that you'll join us for our 2020 Signature Event, where we'll celebrate our communities' accomplishments, share what we've learned, and ready ourselves for the road ahead. 

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Each year the LSFN facilitates or highlights several events to help educate our community and bring together those with a shared interest in supporting legal services, as we believe these organizations are a critical tool to use to address poverty alleviation.  Visit the LSFN website to learn more.