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Thursday, October 14th and Friday, October 15th, 2021Mindful LawyeringWelcome to the Virtual 18th annual Louisiana Justice Community Conference. TheLouisiana State Bar Association is proud to offer this event online and free to Louisiana civillegal aid attorneys. This is a time to focus on supporting access to justice through training,networking, and collaborations.This year’s theme is Mindful Lawyering – focused on mental health and wellness of theattorneys and clients in the access to justice community. During this year’s conference,expect educational programming that promotes the well-being of the civil legal aidcommunity and supports clients with legal care during uncertain times in the face of naturaldisasters and the COVID-19 pandemic. It will also be a time of celebration, as we recognizethe outstanding work of our public interest peers at the sixth annual Civil Legal Aid AwardsCeremony.We are also excited to also introduce Justice Fridays in the weeks following theconference, where public interest focused online trainings will continue and be providedthroughout the year. More information about these events will be made available throughthe LSBA website at www.lsba.org/cle.The conference will be hosted online. If you have not already registered for the conference,register here to receive the Zoom webinar links for each day of the conference.
Thursday, October 14th and Friday, October 15th, 2021THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2021 (2.0 credit hours pending)12:00 – 12:15 PM Welcome RemarksH. Minor Pipes III, 2021-22 LA State Bar AssociationChris K. Ralston, 2021-22 LA Bar Foundation12:30 – 12:45 PM Keynote AddressCleo S. Brown, History Matters Institute12:55 – 2:55 PM(2.0 Prof.)Professionalism: Trauma Informed LawyeringJamie Beck, Free to ThriveIn the first hour of this session, President and Managing Attorney ofFree to Thrive, Jamie Beck will cover several topics on how to identifyand work with human trafficking victims and survivors. She will discussthe key elements of trauma-informed legal representation at everystage of the case from intake to court. In the second hour, Jamie willdiscuss vicarious trauma that attorneys often experience, including thesigns and symptoms as well as techniques to identify and overcome it.3:05 – 4:05 PM(Not for CLE)Addressing Race and Class Consciously: ThinkAbout What You Just Thought*Cleo Scott Brown, History Matters InstituteThis is a one-hour interactive workshop designed to help participantsrecognize and understand how their personal values are applied indetermining the value and needs of others.*IMPORTANT: This interactive session can include up to 50participants. To participate, you must register here.
Thursday, October 14th and Friday, October 15th, 2021FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2021 (3.0 CLE credit hours pending)8:30 – 9:00 AMOpening Remarks and Giveaways9:00 – 10:00 AM(1.0 CLE)Substantive Law: Recent Developments in Family LawProf. Monica Wallace, Loyola University College of Law New OrleansThis session will provide recent developments in Family Law pertainingto divorce, custody, and other related issues. This session is sponsoredby the Louisiana Family Law Task Force.10:10 – 11:10 AM Effective Advocacy: Social Security Advocacy for Trauma(1.0 CLE)SurvivorsJamie Beck, Free to ThriveJesse Lind, CrescentCare Legal ServicesThis session will focus on how to help trauma survivors and people withstressor related disorders qualify for Social Security Disability benefits,primarily under Social Security Medical Listing 12.15. Additionally, thesession will cover preparation for cases before an Administrative LawJudge including pre-hearing briefs, preparing clients for testimony, anddocumenting medical opinions from mental health providers.11:20 – 12:20 PM Ethics: Sexual Harassment Prevention in the Workplace(1.0 Ethics)Michael B. Victorian, Phelps Dunbar LLPThis session will provide information and tools on sexual harassmentmisconduct awareness and prevention in the workplace as well as anattorney’s professional obligation to report these incidents.1:00 – 2:00 PMCivil Legal Aid Awards and LIFT Recognition CeremonyTotal Available CLE Credits for attending both days, pending:5.0 hours (incl. 1.0 ethics, 2.0 prof.)
Thursday, October 14th and Friday, October 15th, 2021Keynote SpeakerCLEO SCOTTBROWNCLEO SCOTT BROWN is a national speakerand writer, focusing on issues of race relations,voting, and class. Her company, History MattersInstitute, specializes in using history to helppeople better understand the present with agoal of creating understanding, introspection,and change. She presents history filled eo grew up in the Louisiana delta town of Lake Providence where her parents’involvement in a federal voting rights case exposed her to many years of death threats,cross burnings, and other random acts of terror. Her parents’ fight to gain voting rights forAfrican Americans after 80 years of disenfranchisement, along with almost 100 years ofrural Louisiana history, is chronicled in Cleo’s first book Witness to the Truth (University ofSouth Carolina Press), a Ouachita Parish River Reads selection. Her commentaries onrace have appeared in the Charleston Post & Courier and her second book, Raceology101, was first-place winner in the 2018 National Federation of Press Women Non-FictionBook competition.Cleo is a graduate of Grambling State University. She resides in Charleston, ss
Thursday, October 14th and Friday, October 15th, 2021Featured SpeakerJAMIEBECKJAMIE BECK is the President andManaging Attorney of Free to Thrive, aSouthern California-based nonprofitorganization that provides legal servicesand additional support to humantrafficking survivors.Jamie began her law career as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Michael M. Anello, afederal district court judge in the Southern District of California. She then practiced civillitigation at the Procopio law firm in San Diego for five years before launching Free to Thrivein 2017.Jamie was the 2016 to 2017 President of Lawyers Club of San Diego and founded theLawyers Club Human Trafficking Collaborative. She also serves on the Dean’s Advisoryboard of the University of San Diego Kroc School of Peace Studies. She has trained over1,000 attorneys, social services providers, criminal justice partners and communitymembers throughout the United States on human trafficking and trauma-informedpractices.Point Loma Nazarene University recognized Jamie’s contribution to the fight against humantrafficking, awarding her its inaugural 2016 Hope Rising Award. She also received the 2019Distinguished Alumni – Rising Star Award from the University of San Diego School of Law.
Thursday, October 14th and Friday, October 15th, 2021SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIESJessie Lind has been practicing Law and Social Security Disability Law for 15 years. He isa graduate of Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and spent his first five yearspracticing law at Southeast Louisiana Legal Services in the Homeless Advocacy Unit. Hethen went on to work for Binder & Binder as a traveling attorney throughout the US, butmainly the Southeast, representing clients in Social Security Disability cases. He thenworked as a self-employed attorney contracting with other firms and companies. He hasrepresented clients in Social Security Administrative Law Judge hearings in over 20 statesin his travels. For the last three years he has been employed at CrescentCare LegalServices with primary focus on Social Security Disability Benefits.H. Minor Pipes, III is a founding member of Pipes Miles Beckman, LLC. He providescounsel in insurance coverage and bad faith litigation, construction law, general litigation,corporate litigation, and class actions. Since being admitted to the Bar, Minor has triednumerous cases to decision, in both state and federal courts. Minor was the lead negotiatorfor defendants in the global settlements of a national class action involving eight hundredsettling defendants — the matter of In re: Chinese Manufactured Drywall Products LiabilityLitigation (E.D. La. MDL No. 2047). Minor has been recognized among the top 50 lawyersin the State of Louisiana by Louisiana Super Lawyers. He also has been recognized as atop lawyer by New Orleans Magazine, a leading lawyer in the city by Best Lawyers and NewOrleans CityBusiness, and a “Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation.Minor is the President of the Louisiana State Bar Association, a Past President of theLouisiana Bar Foundation, Treasurer of the Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program, anda Fellow of the International Society of Barristers. Minor was selected as a member of theinaugural class of Leadership LSBA, working with leadership of the Louisiana State BarAssociation on numerous projects to improve the legal profession. Minor currently servesas Co-Chair of the Louisiana State Bar Association Summer School Committee. Hiscommunity involvement includes working with Trinity Episcopal School and numerous nonprofits in the area.Christopher K. Ralston is a litigation partner and practice coordinator for the firm’s NewOrleans Litigation Group and 2021-2022 president of the Louisiana Bar Foundation. Hiscases span a broad range of commercial litigation issues, including intellectual property,commercial real estate disputes, trade secret and cyber disputes and tax litigation.In addition to his legal work, Chris is a recent board chairman for the Pro Bono Project,Louisiana Community Leadership board chair for the American Diabetes Association and amember of and officer for the ADA’s National Board of Directors, and a member of theLouisiana Access to Justice Commission. (cont. on next page)
Thursday, October 14th and Friday, October 15th, 2021SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES, cont.Christopher K. Ralston, cont. Chris currently serves as president of the Tulane AlumniAssociation. He is also a recent past president of the New Orleans Bar Association andcurrent president of the New Orleans Bar Association’s Inn of Court. Chris Ralston hasbeen installed as president of the Louisiana Bar Foundation (LBF). Chris has served onLBF’s Board of Directors since 2014.Michael B. Victorian practices in the areas of labor and employment and commerciallitigation. His employment litigation practice involves representation of employers in allaspects of litigation and administrative proceedings involving claims of discrimination,harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, family and medical leave, fair labor standardsand wage and hour disputes. Michael's commercial litigation practice involves representingclients in education and health care.He represents clients in federal and state litigation, as well as in administrative proceedingsbefore the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He has defended lawsuits involvingwages, retaliation, workplace harassment and discrimination claims based on age, gender,disability, and race. His client representation spans multiple industries, including packageand freight delivery, fueling, construction, education, health care and restaurant franchising.Professor Monica Hof Wallace is the Dean Marcel Garsaud, Jr. Distinguished Professorof Law and the Executive Director of the Advocacy Center at Loyola University New OrleansCollege of Law. Professor Wallace joined the law faculty in 2002 after practicing at the NewOrleans firm of Correro Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley & Casteix (now FishmanHaygood et al). Professor Wallace graduated first in her class at Loyola College of Law andwhile attending law school, served on the Law Review and as Chairman of the Moot CourtProgram. After graduation, Professor Wallace served as a law clerk for Hon. Jacques L.Wiener, Jr. of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and Hon. Barry Ted Moskowitzof the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.Professor Wallace is a frequent speaker and author in the areas of family law, successions,donations and trusts, and community property, all of which she teaches at the College ofLaw. She also lectures on Family Law for Barbri nationally. Professor Wallace designed,developed, and fundraised for the Loyola Advocacy Center, over which she served asDirector at its inception. She is also an active member of many professional organizations,including the Louisiana Bar Association, the Louisiana Law Institute, and the St. ThomasMore Inn of Court, and she is an active Fellow for Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers and theLouisiana Bar Foundation. She also serves on the Board for the Louisiana Youth Seminar.Professor Wallace has received numerous awards for her teaching, scholarship, and publicservice.
Welcome to the 18th annual Louisiana Justice Community Conference. The Virtual Louisiana State Bar Association is proud to offer this event online and free to Louisiana civil legal aid att
