ALRP-Free-Winter-2017-MCLE-Trainings.pdf

   SFPA At Issue Mar 2017.pdf

 

 

More information can be found on http://sfpa.com/pro_bono page.

2017 Criminal Justice Propositions: Tools for Movement Building and Advocacy

5-8:30 pm, February 21 @ BALI, Co-Sponsored by: Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, BALI, ACBA, and VLSC.

This event will bring together attorneys, legal service providers and organizers to train attorneys and community members on the nuts and bolts changes to the law that took effect after the 2017 election through Propositions 57, 64 and 66. We will conclude with a panel and discussion on larger policy questions: where do we go from here, especially in terms of anti-death penalty work.

Panels:  5:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Proposition 64

This panel will bring together attorneys, legal service providers and organizers to answer the following questions:

Who is impacted? Who qualifies for relief?

How can people with marijuana convictions clear their records? What did we learn from Prop 47 about this process?

How can people incarcerated apply to be released?

How can we use expungement as an opportunity to work with and alongside communities and community organizers to build a movement for even more radical drug policy reform?

6:10 pm - 7:10 pm: Proposition 57

This panel will invite attorneys who specialize on parole legal advice and community organizing to discuss how Prop 57 may impact parole hearings and juvenile hearings:

Who qualifies for relief?

How to help people in prison prepare for hearings?

What will change in the parole process?

7:20 pm - 8:20 pm: Where do we go from here? Props 57, 64, and 66

This panel will ask how we can use the new tools Props 64 and 57 have given us to move our criminal justice work forward inclusive of leadership of people directly impacted by the criminal legal system, while addressing the challenges caused by and reflected in Prop 66.

Date and Time:

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

5:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Location:

BALI, Alameda County Law Library

125 Twelfth Street

Oakland, CA 94607

Cost:  FREE

MCLE:  2 hrs general MCLE credit

The Alameda County Bar Association is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider.  To Register:  Visit www.acbanet.org/Calendar; Call 510-302-2201.

The Alameda County Bar Association Volunteer Legal Services Corporation (VLSC) is launching a new monthly clinic: CLASP (Community Legal Assistance Saturday Program) that will give anyone who walks in a chance to receive a 15-20 minute consultation with an attorney in the relevant legal field.

We are looking for volunteers for the following roles:

• Intake (interviewing clients to determine what brings them to the clinic)
• Reception (welcoming clients to the clinic, responding to issues as they arise)
• Interpreters in Mandarin, Cantonese and Spanish (you don’t need to know legal terminology – but you must be fluent in the language)
• Social workers (offering clients resources and referrals to social services in the community)

This clinic is based on one that Tiela Chalmers, our CEO, ran successfully for many years in San Francisco, and that was able to provide real help, particularly for those who were not sure where to turn, or what their next step might be. (Tiela will be running this clinic, as well.)

The clinic will take place on the first Saturday of each month, beginning on February 4th, 2017, and will be held at the Alameda County Law Library, 125 12th Street in Oakland (across from the Rene C. Davidson Courthouse, and three blocks from the Lake Merritt BART station). Street parking is usually available. Volunteers arrive at 9:30 am. Intake and reception volunteers will be finished by 1 pm; others will be done by 2:30 pm. We provide coffee and bagels.

This is an excellent opportunity to make an outsized difference. You can sign up to volunteer every month, or just on Saturdays that work for you. If you are interested in volunteering with the clinic or would like more information, please contact Christina Wiellette at (510) 302-2216, or christina@acbanet.org. We hope you will consider volunteering with us.

Bernard E. Witkin Law Library, Alameda County - located at 125 12th street, Oakland, CA.

MCLE CDs are available from the Circulation/Reference Desk. A list of the MCLE materials is available at http://acll.bywatersolutions.com/ from the drop down "Public lists" menu and in print at the Circulation/Reference Desks in both the Oakland Main Library and the Hayward Branch Library.

The materials may be checked out by registered borrowers for 7 days. A borrower may check out no more than two sets of MCLE DVDs or CDs at the same time. The charge is $15.00 per hour of MCLE credit.  If the materials are used in the Library for self-study credit, the price is $10.00 per credit hour.

If the materials are used within the Library for participatory credit, the charge is $20.00 per hour of MCLE credit. The procedures for receiving participatory credit are at http://www.acgov.org/law/ParticipatoryMCLECreditAvailableforListeningto.pdf * or available in print at the reference desk.

Headphones must be used if audio materials are played within the public areas of the library.

Below is the link to Barbara Occhiogrosso's essay

 

Introduction to HIPAA Compliance for Entry Level Paralegals.pdf

The SFPA is happy to announce the following election results.

 

2017 - Directors and Officers

 

President - Elizabeth Olvera

 

Vice President - Brian Gallagher

 

Secretary - Albert Chen

 

Treasurer - Thomas Farrell

 

Board Positions

Dalia Liang Moore

Trinh Doan Johnson

Devasta De-Toles Dugan

Denise Bashline

Leticia Jimenez

Olivia Lombard

Vincent Yasay

Sarah Herbert

Hillary Pearsall

 

Dear Voting Members:      Below is the link to the 2017 Ballot form.   Ballot for SFPA 2017 Board.Rev 1.pdf Ballots are to be completed only by those who are voting members in good standing who will not be attending Friday’s Annual Meeting.  Ballots must be returned to info@sfpa.com with ELECTION in the subject line and must be received by midnight, Thursday, October 13, 2016.        Elizabeth Olvera respectfully declines her nominations for President and Director-At-Large and will not be seeking 2017 office.        Christopher Zavrel respectfully declines his nominations for Vice President and Director-At-Large and will not be seeking 2017 office.      Susan Jaffe respectfully declines her nomination for Director-At-Large and will not be seeking 2017 office.         Victoria Dimitroff respectfully declines her nomination for Director-At- Large and will not be seeking 2017 office. Thank you all for your continued membership and for your continued support.   The Association is what you make it; so let's make it great!

Every year, the San Francisco Paralegal Association awards a scholarship prize to a student member of the Association who writes an essay about an issue important to the paralegal profession in California.  This year's prize is $1,000.00.

The winner of the scholarship will receive the award at the Association's Annual Meeting, to be held on Friday, October 14, 2016 at the San Francisco Bar Association at 301 Battery Street in San Francisco, CA.  If you have any questions about the scholarship, please send your questions to info@sfpa.com.  We look forward to receiving your essays!

Rules & Guidelines

- The Essay Contest is open to all students currently enrolled in a paralegal program, regardless of whether or not they are SFPA student members!

- Format:  1,000-word minimum, double-spaced, 12-point font.

- At least three citations/references are required.  They will be checked.

- One entry per student.

- Please submit your essay to the SFPA Board of Directors at info@sfpa.com, with ESSAY ENTRY in the subject line, no later than Friday, October 7, 2016.  UPDATE:  The deadline for submissions has been extended to Wednesday, October 12, 2016!

- Please include in your submission email the name of your school and the expected date of your graduation.

2016 Scholarship Essay Prompt

Create an “Introduction to HIPAA Compliance for New Paralegals.”

If you'd like to download a PDF of this notice, you can do so via the following link:

Essay Prompt Email 2016.pdf