Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Apr 30/Webinar (FL) - Education Advocacy and Guardian Advocacy/Temporary Relative Custody.

The Northeast Florida Medical Legal Partnership (NFMLP - http://www.medical-legalpartnership.org/mlp-network/sites/1168 ) has scheduled the first two free CLE webinars designed to introduce and train volunteer attorneys (CLE accreditation pending). The upcoming live web trainings will be in the areas of Education Advocacy and Guardian Advocacy/Temporary Relative Custody. 

Education Advocacy will be presented by Professor Rebekah Gleason of the Florida Coastal School of Law ( http://www.fcsl.edu/ ) from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. on April 30. Jacksonville Area Legal Aid (JALA - http://www.jaxlegalaid.org/v2/ ) attorney, Kim Martyn, will be conducting the Guardian Advocacy/Temporary Relative Custody webinar from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. May 14. 

There is no charge for the two-hour, lunchtime webinars, but attorneys are asked to commit to accepting at least one pro bono case within one year of participating in the webinar. Attorneys interested in participating in the webinars should contact Kathy Para, kathy.para@jaxlegalaid.org, or 356-8371, ext. 363. Pro bono attorneys will have the opportunity to be part of the medical-legal team helping to ensure environments where patients/clients can thrive.

More information:
http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=530678

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