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Independent Non-Profit Legal Services Providers: An Essential Piece of the Access to Justice Puzzle
Friday September 20, 2024 11:05am - 12:20pm MDT
Most often those provided legal services to the self-represented are part of larger, existing structures such as courts, libraries, and legal aid providers. A few have taken a different approach, separate nonprofit organizations. Three of those programs are the Timpanogos Legal Center, led by Susan Griffith serving the people of Utah, the Shriver Custody Project, led by Vanessa Smith serving the people of Oakland, California, and the Legal Assistance Center, led by Deborah Hughes, serving the people of Kent County, Michigan. Learn more about these programs, how they developed as nonprofits, and the challenges, pros, and cons of functioning as a nonprofit legal service provider.
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Vanessa Smith

Staff Attorney, Legal Access Alameda
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Susan Griffith

Executive Director, Timpanogos Legal Center (TLC)
Susan Griffith is the founding ED of a nonprofit that provides free legal services to self-represented parties in divorce, custody, protective order, guardianship, and housing cases.  TLC was created 14 years ago with the goal of increasing opportunities for attorneys to do pro bono... Read More →
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Deborah Hughes

Executive Director, Legal Assistance Center
Deborah J. Hughes is the Executive Director of the Legal Assistance Center, a nonprofit legal self help center located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The LAC is a community created, community supported legal self-help center. As Executive Director, Deborah is responsible for the legal... Read More →
Friday September 20, 2024 11:05am - 12:20pm MDT
  Partners & Capacity Building, Self-Help Services

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