Saturday, October 26, 2019:  11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Join Piece by Piece artisans during the Public Legal Services Fair and add your piece to the unique mosaic created especially for LA Law Library. Piece by Piece, an affiliate partner of Skid Row Housing Trust provides arts education, skills training and transitional employment to low income residents of South Los Angeles and Skid Row through free mosaic art workshops using recycled materials. Participants in the skills training program learn and master basic mosaic skills, which leads to the creation of marketable skills, self-confidence, earned income and an improved quality of life.

Presented by: Piece by Piece

Saturday, October 26, 2019:  11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

This class will provide an overview of child custody and visitation in family law cases, including what a court looks at in creating and modifying orders for custody and visitation. The child support guidelines and how they apply will also be covered. Taught by a lawyer who has significant experience in handling custody and support disputes.

Class covers:

• Establishing child custody and visitation rights
• How to change a child custody order
• Calculating the right amount of child support and spousal support
• Asking for or changing child support
• Collecting money due under existing support orders

Presented by: Michelle Hopkins, Attorney, Hopkins Family Law

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.

Saturday, October 26, 2019:  11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

This training will focus on the rights granted by fair housing laws to tenants with disabilities, including mental health disabilities. Topics covered will include how tenants can use the protections under fair housing laws to advocate for reasonable accommodation, request an accommodation and negotiate with landlords through an interactive process to reach agreement. Situations like the need for emotional support animals, accommodations during threatened eviction and third party payments will be discussed.

Presented by: Kyle Gilliam, Staff Attorney, Mental Health Advocacy Services

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.

Saturday, October 26, 2019:  1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

An advance directive is a legal document that explains how you want medical decisions about you to be made if you cannot make the decisions for yourself. At this clinic, attorneys will help you prepare your advance health care directive and explain how to use it. These forms can clarify your health care decision-making now, avoiding stress for your loved ones later.

Presented by:
California Lawyers Association
California Minority Counsel Program Ambassadors Council
Bet Tzedek Legal Services
Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association (SCCLA)
Health Law Committee of the CLA Business Law Section

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.