2024 State Conference: Full Schedule

Bridging Worlds: Community, Culture, and the Work of Legal Aid — Wednesday, November 6 - Friday, November 8, 2024 — Madden’s Resort on Gull Lake, Brainerd MN

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9:00am CST

Welcome & Tech Talk: 3 Topics in 10 Minutes or Less

Thursday November 7, 2024 9:00am - 9:30am CST

Town Hall Governor’s Ballroom

Kickstart the first full day of the conference with 3 quick presentations on tech topics with the power to amplify legal aid's impact. Hear about how data can inform legal aid's strategy, the promise (and dangers) of AI, and how to do redaction right.

CLE: .50 hour of Standard CLE credit

Speakers

Rachel J. Perry

Founder & Principal, Strategic Data Analytics

Rachel J. Perry is Founder and Principal at Strategic Data Analytics. SDA is a data analysis consulting firm, which helps organizations use data to analyze client service effectiveness, increase organizational efficiency, impress funders, and measure progress toward strategic goals... Read More →

J. Singleton

Program Manager, Legal Services State Support

J. Singleton is the Program Manager of Legal Services State Support. She has led many successful development and redesign projects that have improved access to justice for Minnesotans statewide, including the redesign of LawHelpMN.org, creation of Minnesota’s Legal Organizations... Read More →

Law Schuelke

LegalServer Support Attorney, Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid (MMLA)

Law Schuelke wrote his first computer program on his parents’ Commodore 64 when he was 12 years old. His love of technology grew throughout high school as he worked many jobs building networks and supporting computer systems. When he went to college, he majored in Management... Read More →

Tech Talk pdf

The Promise and Risk of Generative AI pptx

Sharing a document safely pdf

How to Redact a Document Effectively in Adobe pdf

Thursday November 7, 2024 9:00am - 9:30am CST
Town Hall Governor’s Ballroom

Plenary Sessions, Standard CLE

1:15pm CST

Path to Legislative Impact: Insights from Jamie Becker-Finn on Civil Legal Services, Public Defense, and Rejecting the Status Quo

Thursday November 7, 2024 1:15pm - 2:30pm CST

Town Hall Governor’s Ballroom

Jamie Becker-Finn, attorney and Minnesota State Representative, will share her background and path to service, and speak to the need for more people to engage and impact the legislative process. She will share insights about the historic increase in state funding for civil legal services and public defense in the 2023 legislative session and beyond. Rep. Becker-Finn will also discuss the importance of the People of Color & Indigenous Caucus and Queer Caucus in Minnesota's legislature. She is a Leech Lake Ojibwe descendant and grew up in rural Minnesota.

CLE: 1.25 hour of Standard CLE credit

Speakers

Jamie Becker-Finn

Attorney and State Representative, District 40B, Minnesota House of Representatives

Jamie Becker-Finn is an attorney and the State Representative for District 40B in the Minnesota House, where she serves as the Chair of the Judiciary & Civil Law Committee. Rep. Becker-Finn's work is focused on lifting up voices that are otherwise not heard and addressing systemic... Read More →

Thursday November 7, 2024 1:15pm - 2:30pm CST
Town Hall Governor’s Ballroom

Plenary Sessions, Standard CLE