Monday, Oct. 22, 2018   2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

In California, many families struggle to care for adults who are not able to care for themselves. A conservatorship is a proceeding where a judge appoints a responsible person or organization to assist an adult with a disability with personal care or finances. This session provides general information about the court process and trains volunteers to provide one-on-one assistance in document preparation, signing, and filing.

Training covers:

• Screening for appropriateness of probate conservatorships or available alternatives
• Providing referrals for other types of assistance
• Overview of conservatorship law
• Rights of the conservatee and responsibilities of the conservator
• Preparing petition forms and next steps for service of process and filing

Earn 1.0 hour general MCLE credit

Presented by:
Kathy Chew, Self-Help Conservatorship Program Director, Bet Tzedek Legal Services

Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018   10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Unfortunately, many caregivers do not know how to obtain the legal guardianship necessary to adequately provide for children in their care so they can make decisions about their education, medical needs and living arrangements.

If a legal guardianship is not established, these children are at significant risk of becoming part of the foster care system because there may be no other way to ensure that their basic needs are met.

Would you like to be part of the solution? This class will teach you how to help establish probate guardianships for minors whose parents can't or won't care for them and how to participate as a volunteer in a pro bono clinic helping complete the necessary court forms.

Earn 1.0 hour general MCLE credit

Presented by:
Ylianna Perez-Guerrero, Supervising Attorney, Public Counsel (http://www.publiccounsel.org/)
Kristie Lutz, Staff Attorney, Public Counsel (http://www.publiccounsel.org/)

Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018   10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

Unfortunately, many caregivers do not know how to obtain the legal guardianship necessary to adequately provide for children in their care so they can make decisions about their education, medical needs and living arrangements. Do you need help establishing a legal guardianship so that you can ensure that the basic needs of a child in your care are met? At this clinic, low income, unrepresented persons seeking to establish probate guardianships for minors whose parents can't or won't care for them will be assisted by pro bono attorneys in completing the necessary court forms.

Same day, in person registration required. Registration begins at 9:30a.m. in Room 230 of the Los Angeles Superior Court, 111 North Hill Street. No telephone or online registration available.

It is not necessary to bring children to the clinic.

Once registered, eligible caregivers will be assigned to a volunteer attorney to meet with them and help them fill out the necessary, on-line court forms to be appointed as guardians over the youth.

Presented by:
Ylianna Perez-Guerrero, Supervising Attorney, Public Counsel (http://www.publiccounsel.org/)

LA Law Library does not provide legal advice:
LA Law Library does not provide legal advice. LA Law Library provides legal resources and assistance with legal research as an educational service. The Law Library is pleased to offer our patrons the opportunity to obtain assistance from third party legal service providers at this and other events within the Library. However, the Library does not control and is not responsible for the content or scope of any assistance given by those providers.

Tuesday Oct. 23 2018  12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

In criminal and civil cases where police officers are involved, often one of the parties would like to gain access to a police officer's personnel file. The procedure for making the request is a Pitchess motion. This allows a criminal defendant or civil litigant to request disclosure of arresting or investigating officer or detective's personnel file in order to discover evidence regarding credibility, prejudice or prior use of excessive force.

Presented by:
David A. Katz, Managing Attorney, Katz & Associates
Nikhil Damle, Associate, Colantuono, Highsmith & Whatley

LA Law Library does not provide legal advice:
LA Law Library does not provide legal advice. LA Law Library provides legal resources and assistance with legal research as an educational service. The information presented in this program is not legal advice and is provided solely as an educational service to our patrons. For legal advice, you should consult an attorney.