The Practising Law Institute is holding a live webcast entitled Administrative Advocacy 2020: Representing the Pro Bono Client on December 8, 2020 from 1:30 PM-4:30 PM.

Full scholarships and discounts to attend PLI programs are widely available to attorneys working in nonprofit/legal services organizations; pro bono attorneys; government attorneys; judges and judicial law clerks; law professors and law students; senior attorneys (age 65 and over); law librarians and paralegals who work for nonprofit/legal services organizations; unemployed attorneys; and others with financial hardships.

All eligible attendees are urged to complete and submit a PLI Scholarship Application. For more information visit https://www.pli.edu/probono/pbscholarship.

Registration Fee: $129.00

Why You Should Attend

Faculty will discuss best practices as well as common challenges that can arise in administrative proceedings and useful strategies for handling those challenges. Practical skills - from preparing and examining witnesses to introducing evidence and creating the record - will be addressed.

What You Will Learn

• Overview of forums
•  Requesting hearings
•  Locating and preparing witnesses
•  Preparing your case
•  Using evidence
•  Statements and briefs
•  Striving to have your administrative proceeding resemble a legal proceeding
•  Creating the record and looking toward a possible appeal
•  Understanding Article 78 proceedings and judicial review
•  Best practices and strategies

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for pro bono, legal services, and public interest attorneys who provide representation for low income-clients involved in government benefits related administrative proceedings, including cases concerning public assistance, social security, Medicaid, entitlement to special education services, and housing assistance, such as Section 8 or public housing. If you are currently handling or are interested in handling an administrative hearing on behalf of a pro bono or low-income client, you will benefit from this program.