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2026 Pro Bono Coordinators Retreat
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A CJW–Pro Bono Model: Exploring New Possibilities for Legal Access
Tuesday September 1, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT
Room 301
This session invites pro bono leaders into a strategic discussion about a CJW–pro bono model that could make some legal programs more continuous, community-responsive, and scalable. The concept is straightforward: trained community justice workers provide legal information, continuity support, and case coordination, while pro bono attorneys contribute discrete legal assistance at key points in a matter. By the time of the retreat, we anticipate being able to share initial observations from early testing of the model and use those to ground the discussion.

Rather than presenting a fixed model, this session will introduce the core concept, offer early reflections on what appears promising and what raises questions, and invite discussion about where the model may fit, what it would require, and what barriers it may face. We will ask participants to engage questions such as: What types of legal matters are best suited for this structure? How might volunteer attorneys respond to a model in which CJWs play a sustained case-support role? What infrastructure, supervision, technology, and ethical guardrails would be necessary? And how are community justice workers fundamentally different from traditional paralegals in the role they play, the relationships they hold, and the kind of access they can help create? Attendees will leave having helped test the concept, react to early implementation observations, and identify both promising applications and meaningful concerns.
Speakers
avatar for Cristian Sanchez

Cristian Sanchez

Economic Justice Director, Texas Immigration Law Council
Cristian is the Economic Justice Director at Texas Immigration Law Council where he leads the design and implementation of a program to expand access to civil legal services for low-income Texans through innovation, including Community Justice workers. He is doing this through standing... Read More →
avatar for Anne Chandler

Anne Chandler

Executive Director, Texas Immigration Law Council
Hi, I'm incredibly interested in how we can try bold strategies to help immigrants and refugees in Texas access basic civil legal services and immigration legal services. I am eager to see how we can work collaboratively to create legal structures that function and permit all individuals... Read More →
Tuesday September 1, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT
Room 301

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