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Classes

Thursday March 16
2017
 Ensuring Language Access 2017

This training is open only to LSNYC staff. 

The training covers our internal language access policy, the basic rights of our clients’ to language access and advocacy strategies to address language barriers, how and when to obtain an interpreter or translator, and some basic skills for working with interpreters and LEP clients.

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  • When
    Thursday, March 16, 2017
    2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • Location
    Brooklyn Legal Services - 900 Fulton
    900 Fulton St.
    Brooklyn, NY 11238
  • CLE Credits
    Ethics and Professionalism: 0.50
    Skills: 1.00
    Areas of Professional Practice: 0.50
  • Format
    Traditional Live Classroom
  • Practice Area(s)
    Language Access
  • Price: $0
  • Materials
    Contains 1 training item(s)

About the Faculty

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    Veronica Cook (Speaker)

    Veronica J. Cook is the Deputy Project Director at Queens Legal Services, a program of Legal Services NYC (LSNYC). Veronica first joined LSNYC in 2014 as a housing attorney at Brooklyn Legal Services, then held the position of senior staff attorney in LSNYC’s Civil Rights Justice Initiative before moving to the Queens office as Director of Litigation. She was promoted to the position of Deputy Director in 2023. Prior to joining LSNYC, Veronica held several other legal positions, including as a federal district court clerk and an associate attorney at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, where she was involved in fair housing and economic justice work. She has also worked as a consultant and presenter on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and as a peer reviewer for other civil legal services providers. Veronica received her A.B. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2004 and her J.D. from Howard University School of Law in 2007, cum laude.