Technology Support Webinars

The Permanent Commission on Access to Justice, the New York State IOLA Fund and NYSTech, provide free webinars to support the New York State legal services community on topics relating to remote working, security and the delivery of legal services. Technology support webinars are intended for tech responsible staff, senior management and interested attorneys at New York State legal services organizations. All the webinar presenters volunteer their time and expertise. 

If you would like to be added to the technology mailing list to be notified of upcoming Technology Support Webinars and the 2023 Technology Conference, email:[email protected]

 

Upcoming Technology Support Webinars

There are no upcoming technology support webinars at this time. Feel free to check back in the future.

2021 Past Technology Support Webinars

Webinar recordings, slide decks and materials are posted below.

  • Session 1: January 27, 2021, Microsoft Teams for Virtual Proceedings, Slides, presented by Christine Sisario, Chief Information Officer, New York State Unified Court System Division of Court Technology and Court Research and Steven Hicks, Senior Analyst, New York State Unified Court System Division of Technology and Court Research
  • Session 2: May 27, 2021, Improving Your Remote Legal Services: Practical Solutions for Getting Devices and Internet Service to Your Clients, Slides, moderated by Tim Baran, Technology Innovation Manager, Pro Bono Net, and presented by Dr. Rashid Mohammed, Director of Operations, JustCause; Rina Padua, Project Coordinator, Just-Tech; Josh Waldman, Economic Policy Researcher; Tashi Lhewa, Esq., Consumer Law Project, The Legal Aid Society
  • Session 3: June 9, 2021, Building a Bridge to Somewhere: Mobile Tech for Clients and Jurors, moderated by Sateesh Nori, Attorney in Charge of the Queens Neighborhood Office of the Legal Aid Society and Clinical Adjunct Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, and presented by Jennifer Quijano, Supervising Attorney, The Legal Aid Society; Hongxi Wang, student, Columbia Law School; Danielle Haddad, student, Columbia Law School; Jessica Lewis Kelly, Esq., Special Assistant to the Administrative Director of the Courts, New Jersey Judiciary; Jennifer Weatherby Morris, Chief, Programs and Procedures, New Jersey Judiciary; Brian J. McLaughlin, Statewide Manager of Jury Programs, New Jersey Judiciary
  • Session 4: July 21, 2021, So Many Acronyms: NYSCEF, EDDS & VEC (New York State Court E-filing, Electronic Document Delivery System and Virtual Evidence Courtroom), Slides, NYSCEF NYC Housing Court Packet, EDDS User Manual, VEC Instructions, presented by Jeff Carucci, Director and Statewide Coordinator of E-filing, New York State Unified Court System
  • Session 5: August 25, 2021, Leadership Roundtable: Pandemic Tech and Culture Shifts in the Delivery of Civil Legal Services, moderated by Lillian M. Moy, Executive Director, Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York; panelists: Rachel Chazin Halperin, Chief Executive Officer, Legal Services of the Hudson Valley; Tiffany Liston, Executive Director, Mobilization for Justice; Kurt M. Denk, Executive Director, City Bar Justice Center, C. Kenneth Perri, Executive Director, Legal Assistance of Western New York

2020 Pandemic Technology Support Webinars

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, technology support webinars were held for 13 weeks beginning on March 25, 2020 and ending on June 17, 2020 to help legal services staff cope with the transition to remote working. Webinars were held every Wednesdays at 2:00 p.m. and lasted up to 90 minutes to include time to ask questions, share challenges and solutions and help shape future topics and identify other support for the community. 

Webinar recordings, slide decks and materials are posted below.