Training Advisory Board Forms

August 1, 2008

Author: Jerry Wein

Representatives of IOLA grantee organizations located outside of New York City have come together to form the Training Advisory Board (“TAB”) which will identify high priority training needs and help in the scheduling, coordination and delivery of training.  Empire Justice Training Director, Jerry Wein, and Training Coordinator, Michelle Peterson, will coordinate and serve as staff to TAB.

TAB will play a significant role in identifying training needs and developing responsive training programs.  Tasks for this year include:

• conducting a training needs assessment
• identifying high priority training areas
• creating a comprehensive training plan responsive to identified needs and priorities
• overseeing the developing and delivering of high quality training programs that respond to the highest priority needs
• creating a training calendar
• evaluating overall training efforts
• planning for 2009
• work with New York City providers and training personnel to ensure that training efforts are coordinated statewide.

Many thanks to the TAB members listed below who are working to help strengthen the legal services community through training efforts.

• Lew Papenfuse - Farmworkers Legal Services of New York 
• Susan Griffith - Frank H. Hiscock Legal Aid Society
• David C. Schopp - Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo
• Sam Young - Legal Aid Society of Mid New York
• Anne Malak - Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York
• Cindy Carroll - Legal Aid Society of Rochester
• Alex Bursztein -  Legal Aid Society of Rockland County
• Marty Roberts - Legal Assistance of Western New York
• Ellen Heidrick - Legal Assistance of Western New York
• Dennis Kaufman - Legal Services of Central New York
• Barbara Finkelstein - Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
• Maria Dosso  - Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee
• William J. Hawkes -  Neighborhood Legal Services
• Susan Patnode - Rural Law Center of New York
• Joe Keleman - Western New York Law Center  
• Michelle Peterson -  Empire Justice Center 
• Jerry Wein -  Empire Justice Center