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One Vital Topic: The Legal System and Access to Justice

Date:
Time:
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
via Zoom
Contact:
Katie Pfannenstiel, (402) 472-8382, kabp@unl.edu
Panelists will discuss the impact of the pandemic on certain vulnerable populations in the Nebraska legal system. Topics will include challenges faced by courts trying criminal cases, overcrowding in the Nebraska Department of corrections, the challenges of low-income Nebraskans in eviction and debt collection actions, racial and ethnic disparities in our justice system, and the current efforts to both address those disparities and to improve public trust and confidence in Nebraska’s justice system.

Panelists include:
Milo Mumgaard, Executive Director of Legal Aid of Nebraska;
Elizabeth Neeley, Executive Director for the Nebraska State Bar Association;
Yohance Christie, city Attorney for the city of Lincoln, NE;
Steve Lathrop, Nebraska State Senator
Moderator: Prof. Stefanie Pearlman

To register, visit: https://marketplace.unl.edu/default/onevital-vulnerable-legal.html

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This event originated in Law Continuing Legal Education.