In 2000, the California State Bar released a twenty-year projection that found as the population of California would become more diverse, the demographic make-up for attorneys and judges was projected to be less diverse. As a result, numerous pipeline projects were initiated, and the state held its first Judicial Diversity Summit in 2006. Since that time, strides have been made in the profession. This program will commemorate where we started, share the ground we have covered through the California State Bar Diversity Report Card, and explore what has yet to be done through the Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Providing Access and Fairness, the California Judicial Mentor Program, the California State Bar, and the affinity bar and judicial associations.

Speakers:

• Retired Judge Brenda Harbin-Forte, Alameda County Superior Court, former member California Judicial Nominee Evaluation Commission

• Elizabeth Hom, Program Director, State Bar of California, Office of Access and Inclusion

• Justice Teri Jackson, First District Court of Appeal, Co-Chair of the California Judicial Mentor Program

• Justice Victor Rodriguez, First District Court of Appeal, Co-Chair California Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Providing Access and Fairness

• Yun Xiang, Deputy Chief Mission Officer, State Bar of California
  

Moderator:

• Judge Erica Yew, Santa Clara County Superior Court, President California Judges Association, member California Access to Justice Commission, Co-Chair of the California Judicial Mentor Program
  

Materials for this session are available here: https://publications.calbar.ca.gov/2023-diversity-report-card/

1.25 hrs Elimination of Bias CLE credit

In order to receive self-study MCLE credit please email info@CalATJ.org with the subject "MCLE for webinar: The History and Future of Judicial Diversity"

Heather Jarvis provides answers to Frequently Asked Questions covering:

– President Biden’s one-time debt cancelation

– PSLF Waiver ends October 31, 2022

– COVID-19 payment suspension, interest waiver, moratorium on collections ends December 31, 2022

– “Fresh Start” for loans in default

– Proposed new Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) plan

– Proposed new Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) rules

Important links mentioned:

https://studentaid.gov/debt-relief-announcement/

https://www.ed.gov/subscriptions

https://studentaid.gov/announcements-events/idr-account-adjustment

https://studentaid.gov/announcements-events/pslf-limited-waiver

https://studentaid.gov/feedback-center/

https://studentaid.gov/feedback-ombudsman/disputes/prepare

https://studentaid.gov/announcements-events/fedloan-stop-servicing-loans

https://forgivemystudentdebt.org/faq/

https://www.mohela.com/DL/ResourceCenter/PSLFServicerTransfer.aspx

https://protectborrowers.org/our-projects/pslf/

Watch her two previous webinars, Public Service Loan Forgiveness Expanded To Previously Ineligible Borrowers and Public Service Loan Forgiveness Q&A to get access to the recordings, slides, additional materials, and over 70 responses to the FAQs asked during the first live webinar.

This webinar was recorded on September 29, 2022 for the 2022-2023 Grant Cycle. The dates are out of date but the information presented is still applicable.

Watch student loan expert & attorney Heather Jarvis for a dedicated Q&A session focused on:

– President Biden’s one-time debt cancelation

– PSLF Waiver ends October 31, 2022

– COVID-19 payment suspension, interest waiver, moratorium on collections ends December 31, 2022

– “Fresh Start” for loans in default

– Proposed new Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) plan

– Proposed new Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) rules

Download the materials for this webinar here.

Watch her previous webinar, Public Service Loan Forgiveness Expanded To Previously Ineligible Borrowers here and get access to the slides, additional materials, and over 70 responses to the FAQs asked during the live webinar.

Scores of experienced public service workers have been frustrated in their attempts to qualify for loan cancellation under Public Service Loan Forgiveness. They were told they had the “wrong kind” of loans or that payments they made “didn’t count” towards the 120 qualifying payments required to earn forgiveness. On Oct. 6, 2021, the U.S. Department of Education announced a Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Limited Waiver Opportunity. For a limited time, restrictive requirements regarding loan type and repayment plan have been waived. Even if you were previously ineligible, you now may qualify for credit toward forgiveness for public service work done since 2007.

Hear from Heather Jarvis, attorney and student loan expert, for this briefing for borrowers and learn about:

* Expansion of eligible loan types

* Confirming whether your employment qualifies

* Determining whether you need to consolidate (or reconsolidate)

* Documenting your employment

* Planning for future rule changes

Answers to some of the questions asked in the webinar chat are available here.

Download the presentation slides and other materials.

Racial Justice for Workers During COVID: Ensuring Greater Equity During Tough Times is a Know Your Rights webinar on worker rights during COVID-19 through a racial justice and equity lens. This webinar brings together experts from various legal and community based organizations. This webinar focuses on farm workers, restaurant workers, and those who work in nail/ hair salons or massage parlors.

1 hour of Elimination of Bias MCLE credit

Speakers:

Betty Duong, Santa Clara Dept. of Labor Standards & Enforcement

Matthew DeCarolis, Employment Rights Project, Bet Tzedek

Suguet Lopez, Executive Director, Lideres Campesinas

Panida Rzonca, Thai Community Development Center

The MCLE can be claimed here.

Courts, attorneys, litigants and the state of California are facing unprecedented challenges arising from the pandemic, economic downturn, widespread awakening to long-standing systemic racism experienced by people of color, and an onslaught of evictions that will tax the courts and the courts’ capacity to provide access to justice. How can we meet these challenges and provide litigants in unlawful detainer cases with equitable, respectful, compassionate, and just results and experiences? Awareness of how racism and trauma impact litigants, the unlawful detainer process, and the courtroom experience can better equip us to balance the equities while facing these challenges.

Hear from keynote speaker Terrence Roberts who is one of the Little Rock Nine, who, in 1957, were the first Black students to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 1999, he and the members of the Little Rock Nine were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by President Bill Clinton. Learn more about current challenges facing renters and landlords. Take away tips from leading judicial branch educators about working with litigants, demeanor, communication, and handling remote hearings while providing litigants with a trauma-informed experience.

This symposium qualifies for 2 hours Elimination of Bias California MCLE credit. Please email Jkaddoura@CalATJ.org to claim your certificate.

Speakers:

Bonnie Hough, Attorney, Judicial Council

Judge Mark Juhas, Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court

Jack Londen, Executive Director, Cal ATJ and Partner, Morrison & Foerster

Saba Mwine, Senior Program Manager at Corporation for Supportive Housing

Dr. Terrence Roberts, Civil Rights Leader

Panida Rzonca, Directing Attorney, Thai Community Development Center

Nisha Vyas, Attorney, Western Center on Law and Poverty

Judge Erica Yew, Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court

Materials:

The PowerPoint is available here.

Racial Trauma: Perspectives & Practices for Understanding and Healing (Curated by Saba Mwine & co-created with Dr. Wendy Ashley, Rhiannon Diaz and LaRae Cantley)

Me & White Supremacy by Layla Saad

Intersectionality Matters Podcast by Kimberlé Crenshaw