Pro Bono Innovation Fund (PBIF)

Neighborhood Advocacy Program

sierra-chacona@lsc.gov — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 15:38:34 +0000

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Learn how the Legal Services of Eastern Missouri's neighborhood Advocacy Program helps prevent property vacancy abandonment and promotes neighborhood redevelopment in this project brief.

Legal Services of Eastern Missouri: Neighborhood Advocacy Program

Grantees will learn how Legal Services of Eastern Missouri (LSEM):

1. Recruited and formalized partnerships between St. Louis-area law firms and place-based community organizations;

2. Reduce neighborhood property vacancy by organizing private investments; and

3. Preserved homeownership through title clearance and estate planning.

Learn about how LSEM used the Pro Bono Innovation Fund to expand a neighborhood-based pro bono project to prevent property abandonment and promote the redevelopment of long-abandoned properties.

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"Neighborhood Advocacy’s significant accomplishment was its ability to quickly create and implement a trusted, well-respected, neighborhood-based pro bono project in an area with no pre-existing legal support system.”

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Grant Program Housing / Evictions Outcomes Pro Bono Innovation Fund (PBIF)

Missouri

Moving Beyond Lawyer-Based Solutions with Community Justice Workers

sierra-chacona@lsc.gov — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 14:49:59 +0000

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Learn about how Alaska ��˶�� built and implemented the Community Justice Worker Program, an initiative to train community members to address their neighbors' legal needs.

Alaska Legal Services: Moving Beyond Lawyer-Based Solutions with Community Justice Workers

Grantees will learn how Alaska ��˶�� (ALSC):

1. Expanded delivery of legal assistance and advice

2. Established strategic and collaborative partnership

3. Recruited and trained community members

Hear from Nikole Nelson, former Executive Director of ALSC and founding Chief Executive Officer of Frontline Justice, about how the organization conducted outreach, recruitment, training, and case handling for its Community Justice Workers.

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"Community Justice Workers are an integral part of ALSC’s efforts to reach clients in the most remote areas of Alaska. Whereas most legal aid and pro bono attorneys operate in urban areas, CJWs often live and work in rural and tribal Alaska."

Nikole Nelson

Chief Executive Officer, Frontline Justice

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Native American Outreach Pro Bono Innovation Fund (PBIF) Rural Strategic Planning Training

Alaska

Pro Bono Training Institute Case Study: Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles

sierra-chacona@lsc.gov — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 18:52:50 +0000

Pro Bono Training Institute Case Study: Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles sierra-chacona… Mon, 06/24/2024 - 14:52

Learn about building, implementing, and sustaining pro bono training programs with the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles in this case study.

Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles: Transforming Volunteer Training with the Pro Bono Training Institute

Grantees will learn how the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA):

1. Built and sustained the Pro Bono Training Institute (PBTI);

2. Developed accessible, high-quality training; and

3. Created a network of organizations and legal advocates.

Hear from Silvia Argueta, Executive Director of LAFLA, and Phong Wong, Pro Bono Director, about how LAFLA established the Pro Bono Training Institute, a free online training platform for pro bono attorneys and legal advocates to receive comprehensive and user-friendly training on legal aid topics.

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