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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Free Course: </span></b><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://learn.webjunction.org/course/search.php?search=lsc471">Creating Pathways to Civil Legal Justice</a> for Library Staff
is Now Enrolling<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:15.0pt">Barriers to civil legal justice disproportionately affect low-income people in the U.S, creating the justice gap – the divide between the civil legal needs of low-income people and access to
the resources to meet those needs. Public libraries are well-positioned to help reduce this gap.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:15.0pt">WebJunction is offering an online, instructor-led course that will strengthen library staff’s knowledge and ability to help identify when there is a civil legal issue at play and to direct
library users to relevant, helpful information and services.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black;background:white">Presented in collaboration with the Legal Services Corporation, the course</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:#333333;background:white">
<b>begins on April 6</b> and runs through May 8</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:black;background:white"> (four hour-long sessions, recordings available the next day).
</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:#333333;background:white">This instructor-led, online-only course offers more in-depth continuing education opportunities on the role of libraries in improving access to civil legal justice for their
communities. Register this week and learn more at </span></span><a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foc.lc%2Fcivil-justice-course&data=02%7C01%7Ckoscielniakk%40michigan.gov%7C20f856ce35214c4567ee08d7d4ff9f5d%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637212066663124476&sdata=8hx6l91C61L7f0sthyfZ80qWSvhMBjD7wNwJTf%2BPDLE%3D&reserved=0">https://oc.lc/civil-justice-course</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Please share widely information on this free, online learning opportunity
</span>with<span style="color:black"> other library staff to help improve access to civil legal justice in our communities.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:#333333;background:white">A note on COVID-19 from WebJunction:<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<span style="color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">The impact of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak is wide-reaching and will continue to evolve. As patrons return to your libraries, some will be faced with issues related
to repercussions of the outbreak, and many of those issues may have a civil legal component. This course will prepare you to respond to those needs and guide patrons toward resources and support.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Kim Koscielniak<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">State Law Library and Library of Michigan</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Michigan Library and Historical Center</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">702 W. Kalamazoo</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Lansing, MI 48909</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:lmlawlib@michigan.gov"><span style="color:blue">lmlawlib@michigan.gov</span></a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Law Desk: 517-335-1480<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Main Library: 517-335-1477</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.michigan.gov/lawlibrary"><span style="color:blue">www.michigan.gov/lawlibrary</span></a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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