ACLL News & Events - September 1, 2021

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ACLL News & Events

Events & programs September 1, 2021

HOME PRESERVATION IN THE AGE OF COVID-19 WORKSHOP

by Staff Attorney

Housing and Economic Rights Advocates (HERA)

Free virtual program

Monday, September 20 6pm - 7pm

Housing and Economic Rights Advocates (HERA) attorney will help homeowners for FREE on understanding your rights and keeping your home. Get the latest updates to your options as a homeowner for loan modification or making your mortgage affordable. Learn about your legal rights, how to avoid foreclosure rescue scams, and more! We will also take your individual questions.

Zoom and conference call information will be sent out to those who register on the day of the workshop.

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Registration on Eventbrite

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Works hop Flyer

NO MCLE CREDIT

INTRODUCTION TO WESTLAW

by Jonathan Dorsey, Esq.
Customer Trainer, Government, Thomson Reuters

Virtual no-cost MCLE event

Tuesday, September 21 12pm – 1pm

This comprehensive overview will teach you how to retrieve documents by citation, navigate through the search interface, and use KeyCite. Learn how to search with WestSearch, advanced search functions, Boolean terms and connectors, the West Key Number System, and how to retrieve specific content.

NOTE: Advance registration required - email your name and CA Bar # to lawlib@acgov.org by noon, Monday, September 20 to receive a link.

About the speaker: Jonathan Dorsey received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley and his J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. At Hastings, he wrote for the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, and externed at the California Court of Appeal. His practice experience includes civil litigation as well as in-house work. He has been with Thomson Reuters for 8 years.

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Introduction to Westlaw

News

National Consumer Law Center Digital Library - Now available on ACLL computers The NCLC Digital Library provides access to the complete text of all NCLC treatises on consumer law topics including: debt collection and debtor rights, foreclosures and mortgage lending, student loans, truth in lending, unfair and deceptive acts and practices, credit reporting, credit discrimination, consumer warranty law, and repossessions, among other consumer protection issues. Documents can be emailed, saved to a USB drive, or printed for .20/page.