Class recorded April 11, 2023

Everyone has a story, and entrepreneurs often rely on their past experiences to build a successful small business. In this class, learn how to turn experience into business success by telling your story through your business and its brand. Hear from a small business owner as she shares her personal experience in creating a successful fashion brand.

Class covers:

• Storytelling as an essential aspect of your business
• How to create a brand built around your identity and experience
• Using skills from other professions and hobbies to help tell your story
• How to share your passion for your business with customers

Presented by Rebecca Henry:

Rebecca is a 1993 graduate from the UCLA School of Law. She is an attorney by day and a craftswoman by night. She is from a family of Southerners from Louisiana on her mother’s side and South Carolina on her father’s side who have a rich history of ancestral remembrance and retention of folkways.  As a creator and designer, Rebecca pulls on her family traditions to weave and craft the stories that inspire the fashion collections for House of Aama. As an attorney, she is the director of legal and business affairs for the brand. She also oversees manufacturing and production. 

LA Law Library does not provide legal advice:

LA Law Library does not provide legal advice. LA Law Library provides legal resources and assistance with legal research as an educational service.The information presented in this program is not legal advice and is provided solely as an educational service to our patrons. For legal advice, you should consult an attorney.

Wednesday, June 21, 2023: 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.

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This session will explore the intersection between legal services and racial justice. It will begin with a discussion of the role of racial justice in legal aid work historically and the evolution of that role, particularly during this recent period of racial reckoning. A panel of experts will then discuss how legal aid attorneys, law students, and pro bono attorneys can use the civil legal system to continue fighting to dismantle systemic racism.

Presented by: Tyler Press Sutherland, Director of Legal Services, Public Law Center (Moderator)

Sheyda Joolharzadeh, Staff Attorney, Medical-Legal Partnerships, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA) (https://lafla.org/)

Jessica Mark, Supervising Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid (https://baylegal.org/)

Jeanne Nishimoto (https://law.ucla.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/jeanne-nishimoto), Executive Director, UCLA Veterans Justice Clinic 

Kee Tobar, Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer, Community Legal Services (CLS) of Philadelphia (https://clsphila.org/) 

Class recorded on June 26, 2024

This panel discussion provides information regarding a variety of post-graduate fellowship opportunities, including the Equal Justice Works, and Skadden Fellowships. Topics covered will include how to find a sponsor organization, how to ensure quality recommendations, how to develop a project proposal, how to shop it to sponsor agencies, and more.

Presented by:  Chelsea Leigh-Flucus (https://www.law.uci.edu/about/administration/career-development/), Assistant Director of Career Development, Public Sector, UCI Law (Moderator)

Isaac Filat, Justice Catalyst Fellow; Public Counsel (https://publiccounsel.org/)

Laura Flores, Skadden Fellow; Justice Action Center (https://justiceactioncenter.org/)

Bavani Sridhar, Equal Justice Works Fellow; Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (https://lafla.org/)

Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022 | 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

This class will be hosted on ZOOM

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Learn to counsel our community members about options for dealing with their debts, including bankruptcy. Following the volunteer training, there will be an opportunity to observe a clinic conducting intakes on debt, bankruptcy and financial literacy issues.

MCLE Disclaimer:

MCLE credit is only granted to attorneys licensed to practice law by the State Bar of California. Attorneys from other jurisdictions should contact their state bar to learn about credit reciprocity.

Earn 1.0 hour general participatory MCLE credit

Presented by: Public Counsel (http://www.publiccounsel.org/)

To register, please CLICK HERE.

LA Law Library does not provide legal advice:

LA Law Library does not provide legal advice. LA Law Library provides legal resources and assistance with legal research as an educational service. The information presented in this program is not legal advice and is provided solely as an educational service to our patrons. For legal advice, you should consult an attorney.