August 19, 2024 by Ashley Norris
Lone Star Legal Aid Set to Present in State Bar of Texas’ 2024 Poverty Law Conference
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The Poverty Law Conference is hosted annually by the State Bar of Texas to educate poverty law attorneys about the legal issues that affect low-income Texans. This year, the 2024 conference is hybrid, with in-person presentations and award ceremonies in Austin, Texas. Many Lone Star Legal Aid staff will be in attendance this year.
Presentations that include Lone Star Legal Aid staff
Tuesday, August 27
“From “Versus” to “And”: Tools for Resolving Competing Pro Bono Interests”
Presented by Mary Molandes, Jessie Campbell, and Ashley Oborn
Wednesday, August 28
“Dealing with SSA Delays”
Presented by Gloretta Thornton and Heather Keegan
“Harvesting Media Relations to Empower Our Clients & Advance Our Causes: Navigating the Intersection of Legal Services and Media Coverage”
Presented by Dana Karni, Clarissa Ayala, and Joshua Fechter (The Texas Tribune)
“Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) updates the Individual Assistance Program”
Presented by Brittanny P Gomez (Texas RioGrande Legal Aid), Stephanie Duke (Disability Rights Texas), and Amanda Bosley
“HHSC Administrative Appeals Process”
Presented by Elizabeth Green, Adrian Garcia, and Bernadette Segura
Thursday, August 29
“Building & Maintaining a Referral Portal – a Journey to Sustainable Collaboration”
Presented by Sonia Lopez, Jessica Alas, and Jocellyn Camarillo
“Erasing an Ugly Legacy: New Opportunities to Remove Racially Restrictive Covenants from Deed Restrictions”
Presented by Amy Dinn, Noor Mozaffar, and Samantha Salceda
“HHSC Medicaid Programs”
Presented by Christian Pineda and Gloretta Thornton
“Heirs’ Property Homeowners: Pathways and Pitfalls to Achieving Housing Stability”
Presented by Amir Befroui, Heather Way (The University of Texas at Austin School of Law) and Lizbeth Parra Davila (Texas RioGrande Legal Aid)
Friday, August 30
“Legal Aid’s Role in Combating the Opioid Crisis: A Comprehensive Approach”
Presented by Velimir Rasic and Minette Mukum
“Preserving Homeownership & Intergenerational Wealth: Using the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) & Other Tools to Resolve Mortgage Servicing Errors, Including Errors that Impact Heir Property Owners”
Presented by Lauren Masullo Martin and Caitlin Corey
“Fight Back! Affirmative Lawsuits to File Against Landlords for Utility Interruptions & Lockouts”
Presented by Melinda Lopez and Leesa Everitt
“Fighting for Better Air Quality in Local Communities Against the Aggregate Industry”
Presented by Amy Dinn and Caroline Crow
“VA Benefits 101 & Recent Updates”
Presented by Sondra Haltom, Lori Fergie and Michael Shippey (Texas RioGrande Legal Aid)
Lone Star Legal Aid (LSLA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit law firm focused on advocacy for low-income and underserved populations by providing free legal education, advice, and representation. LSLA serves millions of people at 125% of federal poverty guidelines, who live in 72 counties in the eastern and Gulf Coast regions of Texas, and 4 counties in Southwest Arkansas. LSLA focuses its resources on maintaining, enhancing, and protecting income and economic stability; preserving housing; improving outcomes for children; establishing and sustaining family safety, stability, health, and wellbeing; and assisting populations with special vulnerabilities, like those with disabilities, the aging, survivors of crime and disasters, the unemployed and underemployed, the unhoused, those with limited English language skills, and the LGBTQIA+ community. To learn more about Lone Star Legal Aid, visit our website at www.LoneStarLegal.org.
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