San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program

Guardianship Clinic
2023-03-30 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | SDVLP, 707 Broadway, Suite 1400, San Diego, California, 92101
The Guardianship Program assists relative and non-relative caretakers in obtaining legal guardianship of children. The Guardianship Program also assists with objections to guardianship, requesting termination of a guardianship, seeking visitation orders, requesting to move outside of California, or addressing defects with filings.
The Guardianship Clinic is held each Tuesday and Thursday from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, except on court holidays.
Location: SDVLP, 707 Broadway, Suite 1400, San Diego, CA 92101

Guardianship Clinic
2023-04-04 13:00 - 16:00, 2023-04-11 13:00 - 16:00, 2023-05-02 13:00 - 16:00, 2023-05-04 13:00 - 16:00, 2023-05-11 13:00 - 16:00
The Guardianship Program assists relative and non-relative caretakers in obtaining legal guardianship of children. The Guardianship Program also assists with objections to guardianship, requesting termination of a guardianship, seeking visitation orders, requesting to move outside of California, or addressing defects with filings.
The Guardianship Clinic is held each Tuesday and Thursday from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, except on court holidays.
Location: SDVLP, 707 Broadway, Suite 1400 San Diego, CA 92101

Guardianship Clinic
2023-04-06 13:00 - 16:00
The Guardianship Program assists relative and non-relative caretakers in obtaining legal guardianship of children. The Guardianship Program also assists with objections to guardianship, requesting termination of a guardianship, seeking visitation orders, requesting to move outside of California, or addressing defects with filings.
The Guardianship Clinic is held each Tuesday and Thursday from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, except on court holidays.
Location: SDVLP 707 Broadway, Suite 1400 San Diego, CA 92101

Guardianship Clinic
2023-04-13 13:00 - 16:00, 2023-04-18 13:00 - 16:00, 2023-04-20 13:00 - 16:00, 2023-04-25 13:00 - 16:00, 2023-04-27 13:00 - 16:00, 2023-05-09 13:00 - 16:00, 2023-05-16 13:00 - 16:00, 2023-05-18 13:00 - 16:00 and 4 more dates

En La Comunidad Law Fair
2023-04-15 08:30 - 13:00
SDVLP is proud to be a part of San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association‘s latest En La Comunidad Law Fair on April 15th at Castle Park High School in Chula Vista. Join us to learn more about SDVLP’s free legal services for low-income San Diegans. SDVLP staff and volunteers will also present Know Your Rights presentations on evictions in San Diego County in both Spanish and English. Don’t miss it!
REGISTER HERE

Tenants' Rights: Renting a Safe, Habitable Home
2023-04-21 12:00 - 13:00
About the ProgramAll residential tenants in California have a right to a safe, livable (“habitable”) rental unit. Join SDVLP Volunteer Attorney Stephanie Germani to learn about what conditions may make a unit legally unlivable (“uninhabitable”), how to request repairs, and what to do if a landlord does not fix the problem within a reasonable time. When: April 21, 2023, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.Where: This webinar will take place online via Zoom. A link to the event will be sent via email to all registrants.
MCLE Credit: NoneCost: Free

REGISTER & MORE INFO
Go to www.sandiegolawlibrary.org and click on “Classes” or CLICK HERE

Supporting Immigrant Kids in Care: Screening Tools and the SIJS Process
2023-04-21 12:00 - 13:30
About the Program

SDVLP staff attorney Felicia Hernandez will be a panelist on Friday, April 21 at noon for a virtual program called Supporting Immigrant Kids in Care: Screening Tools and the SIJS Process. Presented by the San Diego County Bar Association’s Immigration Law and Juvenile Law sections, the program will discuss the intersection of immigration needs for families involved in the child welfare system and immigration relief as a necessity for meaningful permanency.As a staff attorney with SDVLP’s Guardianship Program, Felicia regularly mentors volunteer attorneys in obtaining the “predicate orders” that make a child eligible for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, an important pathway to safety and stability in the United States.When: April 21, 2023, 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.Where: This webinar will take place online via Zoom. A link to the event will be sent via email to all registrants.
MCLE Credit: 1.0 General (participatory) CLE credit
Cost: Free

REGISTER HERE

Fundamentals of Family Law
2023-06-23 12:00 - 16:30 | California Western School of Law
SDVLP’s Fundamentals of Family Law is back live and in-person! Co-sponsored by the San Diego County Bar Association, San Diego Family Law Bar Association, and California Western School of Law, this training will impart best practices for handling a family law dissolution case, including ethics and family law, preparation of pleadings, and discussion of special topics of interest to family law practitioners, such as domestic violence and child support. A judicial officer will provide the court’s perspective. Snacks and beverages will be provided.

Date: Friday, June 23, 2023
Time: 12:00pm – 4:30pm

Get your tickets here

See you at noon on June 23rd at CalWestern!

Tenants’ Rights Program - Eviction Notice Basics
2023-07-20 10:00 - 23:30
Are you an attorney interested in helping low-income tenants facing eviction? If so, please join San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program for an upcoming virtual MCLE designed specifically to train attorneys to volunteer at our new Remote Eviction Notice Legal Clinic. Learn about the eviction process, notice requirements, and tenant rights. SDVLP will provide prospective volunteers with practical advice about what to expect at the clinic, and review SDVLP’s interview assessment tool, created specifically to help volunteers interview clients at this clinic. After the training, you will have the opportunity to practice your new skills by signing up for an upcoming legal clinic. This training is perfect for newer attorneys or for attorneys with limited housing law experience.
DATE: July 20, 2023 from 10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m., presented virtually via Zoom
REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/3rHZ328
CONTACT: Heather L. Carmody, hcarmody@sdvlp.org
MCLE CREDIT
This activity has been approved for participatory Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of California in the amount of 1.25 CA CLE hour.

Tenants' Rights Program @ Borrego Spring Library
2023-08-16 11:00 - 14:00
Join SDVLP at Borrego Springs Library to learn about the Tenants’ Rights Program and pick up information and resources about tenants’ rights.

New Tenant Protections in the City of San Diego (webinar)
2023-08-18 12:00 - 13:00
The Tenants’ Rights Program and San Diego Law Library will be presenting a webinar on the new City of San Diego Residential Tenant Protections Ordinance that became law this past June. Join Staff Attorneys Lesly Adams and Madison Beck as they discuss how the new law differs from the old Tenant Right to Know Act and how it strengthens tenants’ rights in San Diego.

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Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association Neighborhood Law School on Landlord/Tenant Rights
2023-08-29 18:00 - 19:30
On August 29, join three housing law attorneys and a Superior Court judge to learn more about the eviction process and the legal resources available to those experiencing landlord-tenant issues. The panel of speakers will include Heather Carmody, Supervising Attorney of SDVLP’s Tenants’ Rights Program; Alysson Snow of USD Law’s Housing Rights Project, Gil Vera of Legal Aid Society of San Diego, and Judge Charles Bell.

This is one of several upcoming Neighborhood Law School workshops hosted by the Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association, in partnership with the Legal Aid Society of San Diego and San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association. See the flyer for all workshop dates and topics.

Register for this workshop and others at https://EBGBA-NLS2023.eventbrite.com or scan the QR code in the flyer.

The POWER Act: Opportunities for Pro Bono Service Supporting Survivors of Domestic Violence
2023-08-31 12:00 - 13:30
About the Event

Learn about opportunities for pro bono service in the San Diego Community, supporting survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
Featured Speakers:

Hon. Devon Lomayesva, Chief Judge, Intertribal Court of Southern California
Hon. Victor N. Pippins, San Diego Superior Court Judge
Dr. Ramona Probasco, Therapist and Author, Healing Well and Living Free from an Abusive Relationship
Bhavani Peesapati-Madero, Staff Attorney, SDVLP

More information here

Tenants' Rights Program @ Borrego Springs Library
2023-09-05 12:00 - 14:00

Presentation on Domestic Violence - Cal Western School of Law
2023-10-12 14:50 - 17:00
Bhavani Peesapati-Madero, Supervising Attorney, will do a presentation on Domestic Violence at the Family Law course.
Note: this event is for students attending Family Law course at Cal Western School of Law.
