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Files List
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LAPC Guide to an Online Transition Presentation
The final presentation Fatima Albrehi prepared for the Legal Advocacy for People with Cancer (LAPC) Clinic. It summarizes the data from the Guide to an Online Transition document and the Video Conferencing Software Comparison spreadsheet. It starts with a summary of COVID-19's symptoms, then discusses executive orders, video conferencing software, scanning documents, in-person considerations including masking, and finally factors to consider if policies change.
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LAPC Video Conferencing Software Comparison List
This is a companion document to the Guide to an Online Transition, also prepared by Fatima Albrehi. It lists every possible video conferencing software available to the Legal Advocacy for People with Cancer (LAPC) Clinic and compares them based on various factors, from the intended users, pricing, free trials, max number of users in a call, download required, and positive and negative elements to consider. From this comparison, Fatima determined that Legaler was the best option for the LAPC Clinic.
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LAPC Clinic's Guide to an Online Transition
A report prepared by Humanities Clinic intern Fatima Albrehi for the Legal Advocacy for People with Cancer (LAPC) Clinic. At the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, few if any organizations knew how to transition to a mostly remote setting. This report advances through several important considerations in this transition. It starts with applicable executive orders, then discusses Legaler, the video conferencing software for legal operations. Then various methods of scanning documents, factors to consider for in-person meetings, and other video conferencing software alternatives.
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Evictions and the COVID-19 pandemic - Background information and resources for LAPC students
The final presentation summarizing the information in the COVID eviction resources document for the Legal Action for People with Cancer Clinic. It follows the same format as the aforementioned document, from federal to state to local, followed by some case studies to help students envision how they would use these resources with their clients. Colleen Linn prepared and gave the presentation.
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LAPC COVID-19 and Eviction Resource Guide
This is an organized list of resources focused on the Detroit and Wayne County areas for students at the Legal Advocacy for People with Cancer (LAPC) Clinic. Because several LAPC clients were anticipating eviction at the beginning of the pandemic, this list was compiled with the intention of helping the lawyers who would serve the clients. The resources start at federal, narrow to state and then even further to local governments and courts. The Humanities Clinic intern that compiled this was Colleen Linn.
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LAPC COVID Resource Guide
This is an organized list of resources focused on the Detroit and Wayne County areas for students at the Legal Advocacy for People with Cancer (LAPC) Clinic. It is organized by accessibility: first it has resources accessible to the general public, then those specifically for senior citizens, then families with children, and finally for veterans. The Humanities Clinic intern that compiled this was Colleen Linn.
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RISE Humanities Lab White Paper Jan-Jul 2020
A Detroit Water Stories report produced by the Resilient Institutions and Sustainable Environment (RISE) Lab at the Department of Communication. The main subject of it is "Michigan and Detroit's Public Communication on Water Shutoffs Amid COVID-19." The two interns that worked on this project were Sandra Rodriguez Bontemps and Sarah Chapman.