MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2020
LSC Briefing: Evictions and the COVID-19 Pandemic
11:00 am- 12:30 pm EDT
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Welcoming Remarks John G. Levi,
Chairman, Board of Directors, Legal Services Corporation; Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
A Conversation with Matthew Desmond
Matthew Desmond and LSC President Ronald S. Flagg will discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic might affect eviction rates across the country. Desmond is the Maurice P. During Professor of Sociology at Princeton University where he founded and leads the Eviction Lab. His team has built the first nationwide database of evictions. Desmond authored the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (2016).
Remarks
The Honorable Tom Emmer (MN-06)
A Report From the Field: Evictions During COVID-19
Judge Sergio L. De Leon, Justice of the Peace Court 5, Tarrant County, Texas
Annamarie Johnson, Executive Director, Nevada Legal Services
Edward Josephson, Director of Litigation and Housing, Legal Services NYC
Maria Thomas-Jones, Executive Director, Legal Aid of Northwest Texas
Moderator:
Lynn Jennings, Vice President for Grants Management, Legal Services Corporation
Closing Remarks
Father Pius Pietrzyk, Vice Chairman, Legal Services Corporation
Poverty Law 