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Welcome to the Empire Justice Center Training Center! 

Welcome to the Empire Justice Training Center where you will find Continuing Legal Education and other training courses as well as resource materials designed to support your work and professional development.  This page contains the most recent web courses, publications & periodicals, to view more please click on the links in the menu on the left.

Empire Justice is dedicated to providing legal services advocates and pro bono attorneys with high quality, hands-on, relevant and practical training to support their advocacy on behalf of people who are impoverished, disabled or disenfranchised. 
We strive to develop and deliver high quality training programs that respond to the highest priority needs in formats that advocates can take advantage of readily and economically. 

On our website, you will find notices regarding upcoming live training presentations and webcasts as well as links to training that is available for viewing thru the internet. 

Empire Justice is a certified provider of continuing legal education credits in New York State and many of our programs are eligible for credits.

To be alerted when new trainings are posted and/or scheduled, register with our website.

 

 

CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION WEB COURSES

These webcourses are designed to meet CLE requirements.

HIV AS A DISABLING CONDITION: Maximizing SSI / SSD
This training will provide case managers with basic information about Social Security's disability benefit program. Read More

Child Care and Child Support
This course covers the fundamentals of the child support requirements for applicants and recipients of child care assistance. Discussions include the active pursuit of child support; good cause exception and determinations; failure to cooperate by applicant or recipient; the child support order; treatment of child support as income; what happens if the non-custodial parent stops paying support; practical difficulties and legal issues that may be raised by petitioners and respondent. Read More

 

 

PUBLICATIONS & PERIODICALS

Empire Justice Center manuals, reports, and periodicals including the Legal Services Journal and the DAP News, are posted here.

 

 

Recent Reports

Time to Leave Finger Prints Behind :
Across the country, all but two states, Arizona and New York, have abandoned the costly and problematic fraud prevention tool in conjunction with the Food Stamp program. Read More

Connecting Consumers to Coverage: The Role of Navigators & Consumer Assistance Programs in Implementing Health Reform in New York :
New report on assisting consumers with federal health care reform. Read More

 

 

Manuals

The Affordable Care Act: Impact on New York State :
An overview of the Affordable Care Act's approach to reforming the health care system. Read More

Tool Kit for Community Health Centers- Helping Patients Access Medicaid :
This tool kit provides fact sheets and forms on ten different topics related to helping patients access Medicaid coverage or other help with paying for health care services. Read More

 



Newsletters

Disability Law News - December 2011 :
The Disability Law News is a quarterly newsletter published for DAP advocates. Featured in this issue highlights the announcement of a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2012 for monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. Additional articles discuss ALJ bias and defining the rolls of representatives and ALJs. Also in this issue you will find articles on Regulations, Court Decisions, and Administrative Decisions. Read More

Legal Services Journal - Fall 2011 :
The Fall 2011 Legal Services Journal reports on a wide range of poverty law topics. This issue provides analysis addressing the connection between domestic violence and a victim's increased need, not only for physical protection, but also for privacy safeguards. Also featured in this issue are articles on immigration, language access in hospital care, Medicaid, Food Stamps, foreclosure prevention services program and look at wage theft and the impact on communities and forging a path to wage justice. Thanks to all of our authors for their contributions to this issues of the Legal Services Journal. Read More

 

UPCOMING TRAINING COURSES & EVENTS

The training calendar features training sponsored by Empire Justice Center and other legal services training providers as well as upcoming events that may be of interest.

WEBINAR - Immigrant Access to Health Care
In this free lunch and learn webinar, Barbara Weiner of the Empire Justice Center will discuss immigrant eligibility rules for public health care programs in New York, including Medicaid, Family Health Plus, Child Health Plus and Medicare. We will also include information about access to health care for immigrants who are unable to qualify for public health insurance. Read More

WEBINAR - Medicaid with Medicare for People with HIV
In this free lunch and learn webinar, Cathy Roberts of Empire Justice Center will explore the challenges faced by persons with HIV who become eligible for Medicare, either because of age or disability. We will explain how Medicare and Medicaid coordinate with ADAP, walk through enrollment issues, and present strategies to minimize new liability for Medicare cost-sharing and/or premiums. Read More

WEBINAR - Medicaid Fraud and Recovery Actions Against Consumers
In this free lunch and learn webinar, Liliana Vaamonde of Legal Aid in NYC and Trilby de Jung of Empire Justice will discuss strategies to defend low-income New Yorkers against actions by local social service districts to recover Medicaid incorrectly paid. We will discuss the types of cases counties bring, the procedures that are utilized, and proposals for reform that should significantly improve the process for consumers. Read More

WEBINAR - Challenging Indicated CPS Reports in the NYS Central Registry
Despite critical legal advances, victims of domestic violence continue to suffer with indicated reports of child abuse and maltreatment contained in the NY State Central Registry. Read More

Updates in Representing Homeowners in Foreclosure: Emerging Issues, Servicing Regulations and HAMP
Residential foreclosures continue to plague New York State. This training will cover basics for representing homeowners, including fundamentals of the foreclosure process, the mandatory settlement conferences, the federal Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), and mortgage servicing regulations. Advanced sessions will include best practices for settlement conference advocacy, government enforcement actions and standing to sue in foreclosure. Current delinquency and foreclosure data for New York State will be presented as well Read More