Local and National Leaders to Join 快猫视频鈥檚 Los Angeles Forum on Increasing Access to Justice鈥
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LOS ANGELES鈥 Local and national leaders will join the 快猫视频 (快猫视频) in Los Angeles on Monday, October 16 for a forum on increasing access to justice, with a focus on civil legal issues related to the region鈥檚 rising housing insecurity.
Speakers at the forum include Conway Collis, President and CEO, Mayor鈥檚 Fund for Los Angeles; Antonia Hern谩ndez, outgoing President and CEO, California Community Foundation; Isela Gracian, Senior Deputy, Homelessness & Housing, Office of the L.A. County Supervisor, and John Levi, 快猫视频 Board Chairman and Senior Counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
The event will feature a panel discussion on housing insecurity and effective partnerships for protecting tenant rights moderated by 快猫视频 President Ronald Flagg. The panelists include staff attorneys from Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles, Community Legal Aid SoCal, and the Liberty Hill Foundation.
Additionally, a discussion on expanding access to civil legal services, hosted by Sidley Austin LLP Partner Dan Clivner, will feature M贸nica Ram铆rez Almadani, CEO and President of Public Counsel, and Tanya Acker, host of 鈥淭he Tanya Acker Show鈥 and Public Counsel Board Member.
The forum is being held at the Omni Los Angeles Hotel at 2:30 p.m. PT. It will also be livestreamed on 快猫视频's Facebook page.
After the forum, 快猫视频 will hold a Pro Bono Service Awards Reception to recognize the contributions of local lawyers and community partners to the three 快猫视频-funded legal aid organizations in the area. Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barrag谩n and Loyola Law School Interim Dean Brietta Clark will speak at the awards reception.
The awardees are:
路 Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
路 Siemens, a multi-national tech company
路 David Lash, Managing Counsel for Pro Bono and Public Interest Services for O'Melveny & Myers
路 Grace Meng, Director of the Judge Rand Schrader Pro Bono Program at UCLA School of Law
路 Carolyn Barnes, former Burbank City Attorney
路 Gerald Williams, formerly with the LA County Office of the Alternate Public Defender
The reception, which is sponsored by O鈥橫elveny, will be held at Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles鈥檚 Ron Olson Justice Center.