Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada

Legal Aid Center has open positions for attorneys, non-attorneys, and law students. Learn more on our careers page: www.lacsn.org/careers

Head Consul Patricia Cortes Guadarrama signed a memorandum of understanding with Legal Aid Center Executive Director Barbara Buckley to update and strengthen our collaboration with the Consulate of Mexico in Las Vegas. We're honored to work alongside the consulate in helping community members with consumer rights, family law, civil law, domestic violence, and other legal issues.

Our Pro Bono Project is getting ready to celebrate National Law Day on May 6, and we need volunteer attorneys to help us offer 15- to 30-minute consultations to those who can't afford legal services. Please help us with this Ask-A-Lawyer event by signing up for a shift through www.lacsn.org/lawyer.

Our Guardianship Advocacy Project (GAP) was highlighted as a model in a report from the The Full Frame Initiative for our client-centered approach that prioritizes the interests of protected people. The State of Nevada and our dedicated staff have worked hard to implement significant reforms to the guardianship process, which has been the scene of some horrific cases of fraud and abuse in the past. GAP defeated 25% of guardianship petitions in Clark County and was able to terminate 18% of guardianships due to cause in 2021. You can read more in "Justice Determinants of Wellbeing" by Sandra Ambrozy: https://lnkd.in/gscX3Azu

If you're looking for a rewarding job with great benefits and lets you work alongside some of the most caring people you'll ever meet, you're in luck! Legal Aid Center has new positions available for attorneys and non-attorneys: ▪ Human Resources Generalist ▪ Legal Assistant ▪ Criminal Record Sealing Attorney ▪ Adult Guardianship Attorney ▪ Children's Attorney Visit www.lacsn.org/careers for details about these and other opportunities.

Our Children's Attorneys Project is looking for pro bono volunteers and will offer a free CLE on April 11 that will cover how to represent neglected and abused children in foster care. Attorneys can learn more or sign up here: capintro.eventbrite.com

Thank you to the Public Interest Law Association at Boyd Law for inviting us to the 26th Annual Silver State Auction! We loved cheering on our staff who were honored for their contributions and seeing so many people support the remarkable public interest law students at the William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Congratulations to our Pro Bono Project on being honored with the Silver Embrace Award! And we're so proud of Ellie Roohani, Human Trafficking Survivors' Rights Attorney at our Resiliency & Justice Center, for receiving the Silver Service Award!

On Monday, our students in the Tenants' Rights Legal Residency made a powerful impact at the Nevada Legislature! Alice Samberg and Kaycee Johnson Atherton joined Assemblywoman Considine to present AB223, a bill aimed at improving rental property habitability, while residency students Alex Andreozzi, Heabin Pyo, and Ariana McConnell testified in support from Las Vegas. The Tenants' Rights Legal Residency is a join venture between Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada and the Thomas and Mack Legal Clinic at the Boyd School of Law.

Pro bono attorneys are invited to join us March 26 for a 1.5 credit-CLE about services and support for youth exiting foster care. Learn more or sign up: capcle.eventbrite.com