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Title VI Language Access Conference

Learn to successfully represent clients with limited English proficiency by advocating for their language access rights

  • Product Number: 2170265RB1
  • CLE Credits, earn up to:
    4.5 substantive credits, 0 ethics credits CLE Credit Note
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    In Massachusetts, 22% of the population speaks a language other than English at home, and identifies as Limited English Proficient (LEP). An LEP individual has a limited ability to read, write, speak, and understand English. LEP persons have the right to meaningful language access in all federally and state funded programs. The reality, however, is that most LEP persons often struggle to maintain their government benefits, housing, education, civil and due process rights because of the lack of qualified interpreters or translated documents. LEP clients then turn to lawyers for assistance who may not recognize situations where there was no language access, or to know how to use language access laws as a defense. 

    MCLE is pleased to bring you its first Title VI Language Access Conference for lawyers and community advocates. The Conference provides the legal training necessary to understand the rights of LEP and Deaf/HH persons. It begins with training on how Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other laws protect LEP individuals against national origin discrimination due to limited English proficiency. The faculty discusses both federal and Massachusetts’s law for many legal areas, including education, benefits, housing, and unemployment insurance. A lawyer from the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC discusses in detail due process rights, civil rights, and court access rights for LEP persons, and how to preserve rights when an individuals is not provided language access. The program also includes a session on litigation strategies for language access cases, and a session discussing what should be included in language access settlements and the implementation of language access plans. 

    Don’t miss this opportunity to ensure that you’re effectively representing all of your clients!

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    MCLE webcasts are delivered completely online, underscoring their convenience and appeal. There are no published print materials. All written materials are available electronically only. They are posted 24 hours prior to the program and can be accessed, downloaded, or printed from your computer.

  • Faculty

    Chair

    Tere Ramos, Esq., Ramos Law LLC, Wellesley Hills

    Faculty

    Marisa de la Paz, Department of Workforce Development, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston
    Brian J. Flynn, Esq.,
    Linda L. Landry, Esq., Disability Law Center, Inc., Boston
    Judith Liben, Esq., MLRI, Boston
    Naomi A. Meyer, Esq., Greater Boston Legal Services, Boston
    Michael C. Mulé, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Washington
    Caitlin Parton, Esq., Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Boston
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