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From the program: Representing Tenants in Unlawful Detainer Actions in San Francisco 2012 (Free)

Released on: Dec. 27, 2012

For low-income families who often do not have the benefit of legal counsel, eviction can mean homelessness. Most are unrepresented.  Won’t you volunteer to help those in our community who are most vulnerable?  Get the legal training you need in this program and then sign up with The Volunteer Legal Services Program of The Bar Association of San Francisco and make a difference. Lecture Topics  [Total time 03:10:50] Segments ...

Recorded on: Jun. 29, 2012

KENT QIAN: And then let me just introduce you to the first speaker that we have today. Catherine Bishop is the senior attorney with the National Housing Law Project. She's one most experienced people in federally subsidized housing. She has over 30 years experience advocating on behalf of tenants and tenants rights in federally subsidized house. I know I have come to her office many, many times to ask questions about what tenants rights are in any ...

Recorded on: Jun. 4, 2013

LAUREN E. NOCHTA: It is now my pleasure to introduce you to the moderator of our first two panels, Robert Fippinger. Robert is a senior counsel in the New York office of Orrick, where he specializes in the securities law of public finance. He's the author of the third edition of PLI's "The Securities Law of Public Finance Treatise," which, in prior editions has been updated annually for 20 years. He is currently serving as a member of the ...

Recorded on: Mar. 15, 2013

CYRUS D. MEHTA: Hello, everybody. It's always a pleasure to do these PLI programs on basic immigration law. Immigration law is a very complicated area. And to cover the entire breadth of immigration law in one day is quite a challenging task for the faculty. Nevertheless, we will try to provide you with the basic aspects of immigration law. There might be times when it might get more complex. There are times when we try to keep it basic. But we'll ...

Recorded on: Mar. 27, 2012

CYRUS D. MEHTA: Thank you very much. So I see we have this iPad for the first time. And since you don't have your faculty handbooks, you could click on Course Materials if you want to follow the discussion, and then go to PowerPoints. Click on PowerPoints. And the first PowerPoint is under Opening Remarks and Introduction. And that's the PowerPoint I'm going to use, Immigration Basics. It's also going to be on the screen. So if you're not adept with ...

From the program: Pathways to Justice 2012: Special Housing Updates (Free)

Released on: Jun. 22, 2012

PLI has joined with the State Bar of California Office of Legal Services to share special sessions from the 2012 Pathways to Justice Conference.  The sessions will focus on hot topics in housing law, including affordable housing, tenant relocation and replacement housing in the wake of the foreclosure and economic crises, and recent developments in fair housing and anti-discrimination laws, litigation, and enforcement.  The panelists are ...

Recorded on: Oct. 10, 2012

LISA SITKIN: So the first session that we're going to jump into looks at post-foreclosure liability for the mortgage debt itself, and the protections, largely the California anti-deficiency statutes, that do offer a lot of protection for borrowers. Although not complete protection, so it's important to know where those lines are drawn. California is in many ways a lot more protective of its borrowers in terms of deficiency judgments, but there are ...

Recorded on: Jul. 11, 2013

Taken from the briefing Remedies for Victims of Human Trafficking recorded July, 2013.The newly reauthorized Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPRA) is the cornerstone of federal anti-trafficking law. This legislation provides a variety of remedies for victims and survivors of human trafficking, including providing immigration status as a form of humanitarian relief.Listen to Ivy O. Suriyopas, Director of the Anti-Trafficking Initiative ...

Released on: Nov. 7, 2012

Taken from the briefing Representing Unaccompanied Children in Immigration Proceedings: Learn How to Help recorded October, 2012. The number of unaccompanied children placed in U.S. custody in Fiscal Year 2012 has reached an historic high: over 14,000 children, more than double the number last year.  Many of these children, who range from toddlers to teenagers, are fleeing abuse, abandonment, and persecution in their home countries, or are ...

From the program: Residential Lending after the Crash: An Update on How Dodd-Frank and the CFPB Have Changed the Rules of Home Loan Origination (Free)

Released on: Feb. 12, 2013

The rules of the road for residential lending have changed dramatically since the crash in 2008 and the subsequent passage of the Dodd-Frank amendments to the Truth-in-Lending Act (TILA) and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA).  In this training you will get an in-depth look at what’s new and what’s different, including an update on recent rulemaking by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).  Regulators ...

Recorded on: Apr. 18, 2012

M SUE TALIA: OK. Let's start segment two. Risk management materials-- your ticket to a good night's sleep. I have said, I am a big fan of lawyers doing good work, getting paid for it, and sleeping well at night. And my goal in preparing and in refining the risk management materials that I'm going to be going over with you, was to anticipate everything that could go wrong, to make it as cost effective as possible. Because again, it's not cost effective ...

Recorded on: Jun. 29, 2012

KENT: So thank you for staying with us through to the fourth hour. This hour we have Gideon Anders to present on rural housing issues. Gideon Anders is a senior attorney with the National Housing Law Project. He's also essentially the nation's recognized expert on rural housing service related issues, and essentially the number one person, or the go to person, on RHS related multifamily and single family issues. Gideon. GIDEON ANDERS: Thank you, ...

Recorded on: Jan. 15, 2013

DOUG MACKAY: All right. We'll start just one minute early, which buys us another minute on the end. Welcome to the 11:30 panel discussion, which is on setting the climate, and flexing your communication and negotiation style. And I have three panelists joining me this morning. To my right is Janet Frankel. And in 1992, Janet Frankel received her JD from Hastings and opened her private law practice. In 2004, Janet became certified as a family law ...

Recorded on: Jan. 15, 2013

DOUG MACKAY: All right. Thank you. I am very happy to have our first panel of the day, talking about the important task of strategizing before a negotiation. Let me introduce to you our three panelists. This, to my right, is Jill Feldman. And Jill Holtz Feldman serves as chair of the financial transaction group at Morrison & Foerster, and as a member of the firm's clean tech steering committee. Her practice focuses on international and domestic ...

From the program: Subsidized Housing Basics 2012 (Free)

Released on: Jul. 12, 2012

This substantive training provides a comprehensive overview of the federal housing programs, recent changes, current trends, and issues facing practitioners.  The training is designed for advocates with limited housing experience, but practitioners at all experience levels should be able to benefit from this training.  The panelists are noted experts in housing law who will cover a broad-ranged of topics in federally-subsidized housing with ...

Released on: Jul. 26, 2013

Taken from the briefing Supreme Court's Shelby County and the Future of Voting Rights Enforcement recorded July, 2013.On June 25, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States issued one of the most significant voting rights opinions in decades: Shelby County, Ala. v. Holder.  The Court considered the constitutionality of Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act, which requires certain "covered" jurisdictions to obtain advance permission ("preclearance") ...

From the program: Supreme Court Review (14th Annual): October 2011 Term

Released on: Aug. 23, 2012

A distinguished faculty of leading constitutional scholars, civil rights experts, a  law school dean and a Supreme Court journalist will analyze, discuss, and debate the leading Supreme Court decisions of the October 2011 Term.  The faculty represent a variety of constitutional views and perspectives.  The decisions will be analyzed for their precedential, doctrinal and, where appropriate, societal and litigation significance. Lecture ...

Recorded on: Oct. 24, 2012

SPEAKER 1: And it's now my pleasure to introduce to you one of our faculty, who's sitting in briefly for our chair-- who's is still on her way here today, but will be with us shortly-- is Lisa Sitkin. Lisa is managing attorney at Housing and Economic Rights Advocates. She's been practicing law since 1997, when she graduated from Stanford Law School. Prior to joining HERA, Ms. Sitkin litigated civil rights, media law, intellectual property, and advertising ...

Recorded on: Sep. 21, 2012

ROLLIN CHIPPEY: Good morning, everyone. My name is Rollin Chippey. And the subjects that we have been identified to cover literally lasted 10 days in a trial academy that I just came from. So what I'm going to try to do this morning is to give you some practical tips on how to prepare and get through the trial. Let me say three things by way of overview, that I don't think that you find in any book or the like. I don't know how many of you have tried ...

Recorded on: Feb. 21, 2013

PAMELA A. MANN: Hello, everyone and welcome to the afternoon session of our PLI conference on Nonprofit Organizations. I'm very pleased to introduce at this time my colleague, Anne Gerson. She represents and counsels tax exempt organizations on a wide variety of matters, including formation and choice of entity form, corporate governance, and fiduciary issues, and establishment and preservation of tax exempt status. She frequently provides guidance ...

Recorded on: Feb. 12, 2013

Taken from the briefing Update on CA Penal Code 1170.9 for Veterans recorded February, 2013. Learn about the restorative relief now available to veterans under subdivision (h) of the California Penal Code 1170.9, effective as of January 1, 2013! Under Penal Code 1170.9, where a veteran alleges and the court concludes that a veteran committed a criminal offense as a result of sexual trauma, traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress ...

Released on: Nov. 29, 2012

Taken from the briefing Veterans Benefits Law: Women Veterans; and Don't Ask, Don't Tell, One Year Later recorded November, 2012. Thousands of veterans have returned home from overseas service in Iraq and Afghanistan, many of whom are women.  Women currently comprise 14.5% of the active duty military, and 18% of the National Guard and Reserves.  The VA denies female veterans’ disability claims for PTSD at a greater rate than ...

From the program: Veterans Issues: Family Law, Consumer Rights, Job Protection and Diversionary Courts

Released on: Nov. 22, 2011

Learn about laws, courts and practices that protect or are designed for veterans.  The three hour program will inform and update general practitioners and the criminal bar about each. Lecture Topics  [Total time 03:15:13] Segments with an asterisk (*) are available only with the purchase of the entire program. Program Overview* [00:04:23] Theresa Mesa Veterans in the Criminal Justice System: Penal Code 1170.9 [01:08:14]  ...

Recorded on: Apr. 29, 2013

Taken from the briefing Violence Against Women Act 2013 recorded April, 2013.The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) has been a valuable tool for both law enforcement and immigration practitioners alike. The legislation has helped survivors of domestic and sexual violence come out the shadows and it has provided a mechanism for regularizing the immigration status of these survivors. VAWA 2013 now extends protections to other vulnerable groups.Listen ...