Civil Law

The Wayne County Pro Bono Conference will be held on August 15, 2012 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm in the Arbitration Room of the Wayne County Courthouse, 925 Court Street, Honesdale, PA 18431.

Chief Justice Ronald Castille and PBA President Tom Wilkinson have made the expansion of pro bono legal services to the poor a priority for 2012. Join us for this special Wayne County pro bono conference and CLE program sponsored by the Wayne County Bar Association in conjunction with North Penn Legal Services, Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, inc. and the PBA's Pro Bono Office to see a variety of ways you might answer this call to service and fulfill our aspirational duty.

Program Agenda

8:30 am - 9:00 am Breakfast and Registration

9:00 am - 10:00 am Senior Law Helpline

10:05 am - 11:05 am Youth Courts: Breaking the School to Prison Pipeline1

1:10 am - 12:10 pm Pro Bono Week: From Pro Bono Programs in a Box to Celebrating the Heroes Among Us (Ethics)

12:10 pm - 12:30 pm Lunch

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Making the Most of Electronic Tools (Ethics)

1:35 pm - 2:30 pm Serving Those Who Serve: LAMP, Vet Courts and More

2:40 pm - 3:40 pm Civil Gideon

3:40 pm - 4:00 pm Wrap-up and Close

This program has been approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board for 4.0 hours of substantive law, practice and procedure CLE credit and 2.0 hours of ethics, professionalism or substance abuse CLE credit.

For more information contact David Trevaskis at (800) 932-0311, Ext. 2236 or dkt@pabar.org.