FALL CLE SEMINARS
On September 25, 2003, NLSA offered a seminar in "PFA Practice for the Non-Specialist." This program was designed to update skills for those attorneys and paralegals who have been volunteering to help with the PFA Referral Program and to provide training for new volunteers.
We are happy to report that 40 people attended the training. Several of those are new volunteers who have already agreed to participate in our referral program.
This session was videotaped, so that volunteers who need training in between our annual CLE seminars will not only have written materials available but will also be able to borrow the videotape. Anyone who would like to volunteer should contact Mary Ann Troper-Malley at 412-255-6700 extension 270 for these materials.
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NLSA's Butler office will offer a Chapter 13 bankruptcy training which will provide 2 substantive credits and I ethics credit. The CLE will be held on November 11 from 8:00 until 11:15 am at the YWCA in Butler. The seminar will begin with an hour of ethics and will conclude with two hours devoted to general Chapter 13 bankruptcy issues, as well as issues related specifically to bankruptcy practice in the age of electronic filing.
Register on line or by faxing or mailing the registration form on our website to Gerry Redmond at the Butler office, Holly Pointe, Suite 301, 220 S. Main Street, Butler, PA 16001.
NLSA is a member of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services Consortium. Established in 1997, the fourteen county Consortium is a functional integration of Laurel Legal Services, Neighborhood Legal Services Association, and Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services. Together, these programs serve a poverty population that is greater than the individual eligible populations of sixteen other states. SPLSC was formed in response to an ongoing era of reduced governmental funding and the rising need of low-income people for professional legal services. The Consortium model enables the organizations to function in a coordinated manner throughout the region. At the same time, each program retains its own individual structure and identity permitting them to optimize the benefits of that coordination within their local communities.
In this issue:
SSI Benefits - Why Are They So Important
Two New Pro Bono Projects Launched
NLSA Welcomes the Newest Member of Its Staff
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