Estate Planning for a Loved One with Special Needs

Special Needs Trusts (SNT) can offer individuals with disabilities financial support while also protecting vital government benefit eligibility for programs including Medi-Cal and SSI. This webinar will cover the basic characteristics of SNTs, review special considerations for estate planning to protect eligibility for benefits, and describe steps estate planners should take when engaging in planning […]

The Usual Cruelty: Grants Pass v. Johnson as a Regime of Gentrification

Join Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC) and Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights (LCCR) as they discuss the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2024 decision Grants Pass and its implications for the challenges faced by the unhoused on account of municipalities’ power to overpolice. Presenter: Eric Sapp from LSPC and Andrew Ntim from LCCR

Regional Centers Part 1

Part 1 will be an overview of the regional center system in California. The 21 regional centers serve California residents who have developmental disabilities. We will cover eligibility (who can get regional center services and how to apply), the services children and adult regional center clients can get, and how to deal with problems by […]

Richardson v. Ramirez at Fifty: Deconstructing Disenfranchisement

In Richardson v. Ramirez, 418 U.S. 24 (1974), the U.S. Supreme negated federal equal protection of the laws for persons disenfranchised on account of criminal conviction. This case forms the bedrock for contemporary state-based voting eligibility rules for system-involved persons as well as for the state-by-state movement to reform it, as exemplified by California’s Prop. […]

Unpacking Implicit Bias in the Prison Industrial Complex

Join Tanisha Cannon and Eric Sapp of Legal Services For Prisoners with Children as they discuss implicit bias in the prison industrial complex.   Please note that this training is eligible for 1 hour Implicit Bias Credit and .5 hour General Credit. Presenters: Tanisha Cannon and Eric Sapp, Legal Services For Prisoners with Children

Update on Local Housing Ordinances with Movement Legal

The November 2024 election has the potential of bringing enormous change for tenant protections. Costa Hawkins could be overturned and several cities might have new rent stabilization and the right to organize. Join us to cover the impact of the election and what these changes can mean for the tenants that you represent. Leah Simon-Weisberg, […]

SB 553- Workplace Violence Prevention Training

The Occupational Safety, Workplace Violence, Restraining Orders, and Workplace Violence Prevention Plan passed into law in 2024. Sometimes people come into a workplace and harm the people working there. Common examples include: disgruntled employees/coworkers or ex-employees, domestic abusers coming to their partner’s place of employment, domestic terrorists, thieves, angry customers. The new law asks employers […]

Housing & Homelessness Prevention for Transition Aged Youth

Homelessness and housing/placement instability for current and former foster youth are critical issues facing transition-aged youth (TAY) (ages 16-25) in California. Despite broad protections and housing/placement entitlements for youth, many youth are exited or removed from their housing before they reach the maximum age or duration for participation. Please join the Youth Law Center to […]

Family Violence Appellate Project: Laying Your Record in Housing and Family Law Cases

Learn how to create a trial court record that can set you up for success in appealing an unfavorable trial court ruling or protecting a favorable one. This training will focus on creating trial court records in unlawful detainers and domestic violence family law cases and the unique considerations needed for each. This training is […]