New MCLE Series:

Serving Unhoused Sacramentans

The Sacramento County Public Law Library (SCPLL) is offering a new, no-cost, lunch hour (noon - 1:00 p.m.), MCLE series to the unhoused community facing legal challenges, and the attorneys who want to do more to help, but are unsure where to begin.

This series will help you take first steps in either self-navigating as an unhoused person, or using your legal background to support the unhoused as an attorney.

As a public library, SCPLL offers resources to all library users, regardless of income levels, including Sacramento's many pro per litigants. While MCLEs in this series are no-cost, space in limited. Items in this series qualify for one unit of general MCLE requirements. Register now.

October 2023 Lunch Hour MCLEs

Beth Patel

Pronouns: she, her, hers

Staff Attorney, Legal Services of Northern California

Guy Danilowitz

Pronouns: he, him, his

Assistant Public Defender

Thursday, 10/12:

Preventing Homelessness through Eviction Defense

Beth Patel is a Staff Attorney at Legal Services of Northern California

where she represents low-income clients in maintaining housing, benefits, healthcare, and economic stability. She is proud to have grown up in Sacramento and serve the legal needs of the community in her hometown. Prior to lawyering, she was a community organizer and communications consultant working to strengthen social movements for a more liberatory future for all.

Evictions and a lack of safe and affordable housing drives Sacramento residents into homelessness destabilizing both individual lives and families. This MCLE will walk you through how to represent yourself or someone else in an unlawful detainer (eviction) lawsuit. You will learn common defenses to eviction, the logistics of representation in Sacramento County Superior Court, and best practices for settlement and trial.

Friday, 10/27:

Citation Defense

for the Unhoused

Guy Danilowitz is an Assistant Public Defender and has been an attorney since 2009. He has experience in civil and criminal law in state and federal court. He is currently employed by the Sacramento Public Defender’s Office where his main duties are defending felony trials. As a volunteer with the National Lawyers Guild he also coordinates, trains, and responds to requests for Legal Observers and conducts Know Your Rights trainings.

The MCLE will provide an overview of the criminalization of homelessness in California and in Sacramento and then discuss efforts to stop that costly and ineffective practice, including: the citation defense clinic that the National Lawyers Guild has started in Sacramento; similar projects in other parts of the state; and ongoing civil litigation in Sacramento and elsewhere in the state.

Cancellation of the event must be submitted 48-hours before start time for this webinar. Please see our Terms & Condition and the “48-hour Cancellation Policy” for further details.

If you have any questions please contact Amreet Sandhu at programs@saclaw.org or call (916) 874-8541.

**This webinar qualifies for 1 hours of “participatory” MCLE credit. The Sacramento County Public Law Library, provider #11100, certifies that this event conforms to the standards approved for educational activities prescribed by the rules and regulations of the State Bar of California governing minimum continuing legal education [Rule 2.72].