This discussion delves into assumptions about people living in poverty and the impact this has on attorney-client relationships. By understanding bias, both conscious and unconscious, attorneys and clients may strengthen communications.

11:30 -  Registration

11:45 - 12:45 - Lunch with Associate Justice Anne McKeig, Minnesota Supreme Court

12:50 - 1:50 - The Importance of Pro Bono presented by Justice McKeig

2:00 – 4:00 - Eliminating Poverty Bias presented by Sherry Bruckner, LSNM

Place: Northwest Minnesota Foundation
201 3rd Street NW, Bemidji, MN 56601
Cost: $50*
*Free for all LSNM Pro Bono & Judicare Attorneys who handled a case in 2016-2018

Please register on or before April 18th.