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Friday March 3
2017
 Ensuring Language Access 2017

This training is open only to LSNYC staff. 

The training covers our internal language access policy, the basic rights of our clients’ to language access and advocacy strategies to address language barriers, how and when to obtain an interpreter or translator, and some basic skills for working with interpreters and LEP clients.

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  • When
    Friday, March 3, 2017
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • Location
    Brooklyn Legal Services - Restoration Plaza
    1360 Fulton St., Suite 310
    Brooklyn, NY 11216
  • CLE Credits
    Ethics and Professionalism: 0.50
    Skills: 1.00
    Areas of Professional Practice: 0.50
  • Format
    Traditional Live Classroom
  • Practice Area(s)
    Language Access
  • Price: $0
  • Materials
    Contains 1 training item(s)

About the Faculty

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    Veronica Cook (Speaker)

    Veronica Cook (she, her) is the Director of Litigation and Deputy Director of Queens Legal Services. She has also held the roles of housing attorney at Brooklyn Legal Services and Civil Rights Staff Attorney at the Central office. Prior to joining LSNYC, Veronica was an associate attorney at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, where she was involved in fair housing and economic justice work. She also previously served as a clerk in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Veronica received her J.D. from Howard University School of Law in 2007, cum laude, and her A.B. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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    christine clarke (Speaker)

    Christine Clarke is the Director of the Civil Rights Justice Initiative at Legal Services NYC, where she represents and advocates on behalf of clients who have faced discrimination. Christine is a 2010 graduate of Yale Law School and a 2004 graduate of Oberlin College. Prior to joining Legal Services NYC, she practiced plaintiff-side employment law at Beranbaum Menken LLP.