2022 POWER Act CLE
Friday, Oct. 21, and Friday, Oct. 28, 2022
Open to members of the bar and general public. Each session is planned for 1.5 CLE credits, pending approval.
Register in advance for these webinars at the links below:
Friday, Oct. 21: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_B3eaMgwSTGmZZNp4wSt04g
Friday, Oct. 28: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kiqYXSuFScGKbXuAV4CXRQ
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
About the CLE
Friday, October 21, 1.5 CLE credits
- 12:00 p.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks, Chief Judge Brian Morris
- 12:10 p.m. The Importance of Pro Bono Representation, presented by Ellie Webster, MLSA Pro Bono Coordinator
- 12:25 p.m. How Domestic Violence Impacts Housing Rights, presented by Diana Garrett and Wednesday Szollosi, MLSA staff attorneys
Friday, October 28, 1.5 CLE credits
- 12:00 p.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks, Chief Judge Brian Morris
- 12:10 p.m. The Importance of Pro Bono Representation, presented by Ellie Webster, MLSA Pro Bono Coordinator
- 12:25 p.m. Developments in Family Law and Indian Country, presented by Kekek Stark, Assistant Professor and Director, Margery Hunter Brown Indian Law Clinic, & Maranda Compton, President, Lepwe Inc., and Adjunct Professor
About the POWER Act
The Pro Bono Work to Empower and Represent Act (POWER Act) requires the chief judge for each judicial district to host at least one public event annually to promote free bono legal services for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Additionally, the chief judge for a judicial district that contains an Indian tribe or tribal organization must conduct, at least once during each two-year period, a public event to promote free bono legal services for Indian or Alaska Native victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
The 2022 POWER Act event is sponsored by the United States District Court for the District of Montana. It is also co-sponsored by the Alexander Blewett III School of Law, Montana Legal Services Association, and the State Bar of Montana.