Overview
LSNTAP Webinar: Excel's Formulas and Functions
You can also download the formula and functions guide. Checkout all of LSNTAP's upcoming free trainings for 2018 and their library of resources.
New positions are open at Florida Legal Services!
Are you for looking for a job? Help wanted?
There are new jobs posted from around the state and around the country on our jobs board. Check it out today. Or send Alison your job listing to add to the job board.
New Report Shows Path Forward for Florida’s Overburdened Prison System
You can read the report itself which recommends adjustments to calculations of gain time for non-violent offenses, reclassification of certain charges from felony offenses to misdemeanors, and release of some geriatric inmates.
CCRC: Michigan set-asides found to increase wages and reduce recidivism
New report: Roundup of 2017 expungement and restoration laws
There is a new report from the Collateral Consequences Resource Center indicating that more parts of the country are expanding protections to mitigate adverse effects of criminal record.
Clean Slate Clearinghouse
has launched a new website to help people with juvenile and adult criminal record clearance. Their work is funded by DOL and DOJ.
LaunchtoThrive
...is a microwebsite created by Carlton Fields that provides free business and legal resources for entrepreneurs and startups. It features both English and Spanish settings.
The Self-Represented Litigation Network (SRLN) has created an interesting map tool with county-level data.
Share this with the others at your organization who might find it useful and let me know ways that you use it by emailing me at alison@floridajusticetechnologycenter.org.
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Be a Part of a Hackathon!
Registration for the Legal Aid Virtual Hackathon on May 19-20 is now open! And check out our new Legal Aid Hackathon website.
Thank you to LSC for supporting this event and the legal aid technology community!
LawTech Partners' Free Weekly Training
Every week LawTech Partners will be providing free weekly technology training webinars to legal aid attorneys and staff. Webinars will be recorded and some will provide CLE.
Fulfill the Florida Bar's 3 CLE Technology Requirement
PLI offers courses that will fulfill the new requirement of technology CLE mandated by the Florida Supreme Court. If you work for a non-profit see below for how to get these credits for free!
PLI Online Training
If you're affiliated with a non-profit organization, FJTC can assist you in accessing free PLI trainings. Please contact Alison for more information. To find out more about the training opportunities that PLI offers click here.
Practice Area Developments
We're cleaning up and remodeling the Public Benefits library. Take a look and and send along any materials you would like to see included.
A committee of dedicated volunteers has redesigned the Family Law library. Check out the new structure and resources - and submit your own for inclusion.