Expert Training
Mobilization for Justice extends its impact by training pro bono attorneys, social service workers, community advocates, and constituent services staff of elected officials on a variety of topics, including:
- Introduction to Housing Law
- How to Conduct a Housing Intake
- HP Proceedings
- Settlement Stipulations in Landlord & Tenant Proceedings
- Hoarding
- Public Housing
- Surrogate Decisionmakers
- Adoption Law and Practice
- Evaluating Client Capacity
- Guardianship & Custody Law
- Legal Issues Facing People with Psychiatric Disabilities & Diminished Capacity
- Rights of Adult Home and Nursing Home Residents
- Rights of Residents of Supportive Housing
- How to Submit a Successful SSI Application
- Employment Issues and Undocumented Workers
- Employment Wage and Hour Law
- Employment Law Overview
- Issues in Foreclosure Prevention
- Preserving Housing & Benefits for Temporarily Hospitalized Psychiatric Patients
- Improper Consumer Debt Collection Practices
Community Legal Education
Mobilization for Justice attorneys provide community-based legal education to tenants, adult home residents, mental health consumers, low-wage workers, seniors, and community residents on a wide array of legal issues, including:
- Rights of Adult Home Residents
- Rights of NYCHA Residents
- Rights of SRO Tenants
- Rights of Tenants in Buildings Facing Foreclosure
- Rights of Three-Quarter House Tenants
- New York City’s Rent Stabilization Laws
- How to File for Unemployment & Appeal Denial of Benefits
- How to Win a Wage Claim in Small Claims Court
- What Seniors Need to Know about Housing
- Rights of Consumers in Debt Collection