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SUMMARY: Resilience and Recovery: Careers in Disaster Legal Services
DESCRIPTION: What is Disaster Lawyering? As climate change exacerbates envi
 ronmental disasters across the country\, lawyers play an increasingly impor
 tant role to help survivors recover from these devastating events. Hear fro
 m legal aid attorneys working in Texas\, Oklahoma\, and North Carolina disc
 uss their work\, including direct client services\, strategic litigation\, 
 and legislative advocacy\, and learn how young […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p class="elementtoproof"><b><span style="col
 or: black\;">What is Disaster Lawyering?</span></b></p><p class="elementtop
 roof"><span style="color: black\;">As climate change exacerbates environmen
 tal disasters across the country\, lawyers play an increasingly important r
 ole to help survivors recover from these devastating events. Hear from lega
 l aid attorneys working in Texas\, Oklahoma\, and North Carolina discuss th
 eir work\, including direct client services\, strategic litigation\, and le
 gislative advocacy\, and learn how young lawyers can start a career or get 
 involved pro bono in this critical work. </span></p><p><strong>Panelists:</
 strong></p><p>Lesley Albritton\, Chief Operations Officer <a href="https://
 legalaidnc.org/">Legal Aid North Carolina</a></p><p>Brian Candelaria\, Staf
 f Attorney <a href="https://oilsonline.org/">Oklahoma Indian Legal Services
 </a></p><p>Ana Laurel\, Staff Attorney <a href="https://www.trla.org/">Texa
 s Rio Grande Legal Aid</a></p><p>Moderated by <a href="https://eelp.law.har
 vard.edu/c_author/hannah-perls/">Hannah Perls</a>\, Senior Staff Attorney i
 n HLS Environmental Law and Energy Program (EELP)</p><p> </p><p>This event 
 is part of HLS’s Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Program's <a href="https:/
 /hls.harvard.edu/pro-bono/pro-bono-week/">annual celebration of pro bono</a
 >.  Co-sponsored by the Environmental Law and Energy Program\, Office of Pu
 blic Interest Advising\, and the HLS Texas Club.</p><p><a href="https://for
 ms.office.com/r/ZdCXumHfrx">RSVP</a> to help us plan for lunch. BBQ lunch f
 rom SmokeShop provided.</p><p>If you or an event participant requires disab
 ility-related accommodations\, please contact HLS Accessibility Services at
  <a href="mailto:accessibility@law.harvard.edu">accessibility@law.harvard.e
 du</a> two weeks in advance of the event.</p>
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lee Mestre":MAILTO:lmestre@law.harvard.edu
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