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Planning the Attorney Pipeline: Advocate Recruitment and Retention LIMITED
Thursday April 24, 2025 3:45pm - 5:15pm EDT
Events Center
In this session, we’ll hear from advocates in tenant RTC jurisdictions about what it looks like to build capacity among legal services providers. We’ll begin the discussion into the attorney pipeline, if and how law schools are promoting housing justice and tenant defense, and how we increase the number of attorneys entering this work. We’ll also explore strategies to address recruitment and retention issues among legal services providers, including burnout, turnover, the need for training among line attorneys and supervisors, the use of advocates who are not lawyers by training, and the use of technology and remote appearances.
Speakers
avatar for Michelle Lucas

Michelle Lucas

Senior Managing Attorney - Right to Counsel, Northwest Justice Project
Michelle is the Senior Managing Attorney for Right to Counsel at Northwest Justice Project (NJP). In this role, she oversees and supports NJP’s Eviction Prevention Unit, a statewide team of attorneys providing appointed representation to tenants facing eviction. Previously Michelle... Read More →
avatar for Ora Prochovnick

Ora Prochovnick

Director of Litigation and Policy, Eviction Defense Collaborative
Ora Prochovnick is the Director of Litigation and Policy at the Eviction Defense Collaborative, the lead agency for San Francisco’s Tenant Right to Counsel Program. She joined the EDC in 2020 after over 35 years of working in the Bay Area’s legal services community. Ora went to... Read More →
avatar for Barbara J. Schultz

Barbara J. Schultz

Director of Housing Justice, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles
Barbara J. Schultz is the Director of Housing Justice and oversees LAFLA’s work on housing, houselessness, and community empowerment.Barbara joined LAFLA in 1996 as an AmeriCorps Fellow. Between 1997-2011, she worked as an attorney in the eviction defense, community economic development... Read More →
avatar for Andrew Ashbrook

Andrew Ashbrook

Tenant Right to Counsel Implementation Advisor, NCCRC
Andrew (he/him) is the NCCRC’s Eviction RTC Implementation Specialist. Before joining the NCCRC in January 2024, Andrew was a Supervising Attorney on the Bronx Defenders’ Right to Counsel team. In that role, he supervised a team of attorneys representing tenants facing eviction... Read More →
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Erica Braudy

Deputy Director, Housing Unit, Manhattan Legal Services
Erica Braudy is a deputy director in the Housing Unit at Manhattan Legal Services where she’s worked since 2016. She previously served as a staff attorney and supervising attorney prior to assuming this role. Erica is an adjunct professor and clinic coordinator in the Housing Rights... Read More →
Thursday April 24, 2025 3:45pm - 5:15pm EDT
Events Center New York Law School, 185 W Broadway, New York, NY 10013
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