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Equal Justice University 2026
Thursday August 27, 2026 8:30am - 10:00am PDT
This session will focus on effectively triaging client issues across multiple areas of law. It will explore common issues, key red flags, potential remedies, and available resources and referral options in a variety of practice areas, including family, housing, consumer, and immigration. Recognizing that clients often have multiple, overlapping legal concerns, the session will equip legal advocates with strategies to identify additional underlying issues. The session will also cover effective strategies for working with clients who may be indigent, have experienced trauma, be unfamiliar with the legal system, face systemic barriers, or have immigration-related concerns, with an emphasis on trauma-informed and culturally competent advocacy.
Speakers
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Jake Old

Jake Old is the Consumer Unit Manager at West Tennessee Legal Services in Jackson, Tennessee. He also helps oversee the day-of-court clinics at WTLS in which attorneys are available in some general sessions courts to provide advice or representation to clients. Jake received his... Read More →
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Colleen Ryan

Colleen Ryan (she/her) is an attorney with the Eviction Right to Counsel program of the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands. A 2022 graduate of Belmont University College of Law, Colleen is passionate about helping tenants assert their rights through counterclaims... Read More →
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Kerry Krauch

Kerry Krauch is a 2012 graduate of the University of Memphis School of Law. She currently serves as a Counsel and Advice Attorney at West Tennessee Legal Services, where she provides guidance to clients across a broad range of legal matters. Prior to this role, she practiced with... Read More →
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Amber Vargas

Amber Vargas’s calling is to advocate for victims of domestic violence.  Amber obtained a BA in psychology from Maryville College and a JD from the University of Tennessee College of Law.  While getting her degrees, Amber worked at a domestic violence safe house including manning the... Read More →
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Emily Stotts

Emily Stotts is the Legal Director at Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors, a non-profit law firm based in Nashville, Tennessee. She represents individuals seeking immigration benefits before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and those defending themselves against deportation... Read More →
Thursday August 27, 2026 8:30am - 10:00am PDT
Embassy Suites- Broadlands B

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