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MPLP Fifth Friday Tech Webinar

Fifth Friday Tech Webinar

Date:
March 2026

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MPLP Fifth Friday Tech Webinar - Digital Declutter: Cleaning Up Your Online Presence - Special Halloween Edition 👻

Fifth Friday Tech Webinar

Presenter(s):
Scott Ellis, MAP Systems Administrator, Lauren Mundy, MAP Operations Manager, Dan Keener, MIRC Supervising Program Coordinator
Date:
October 2025
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What You'll Learn in This 60-Minute Session:

  • The Digital Deep Dive: How to conduct a comprehensive audit of your current online footprint (Google, social media, public records).
  • Privacy Pitfalls: Actionable steps to lock down your social media settings and protect your personal data from prying eyes.
  • The Deletion Decision: What to delete, what to archive, and how to effectively remove unwanted or embarrassing content.

MPLP Fifth Friday Tech Webinar - Everyday Cybersecurity Practices to Help Protect from Common Threats

Fifth Friday Tech Webinar

Presenter(s):
Lauren Mundy, MAP Operations Manager, Shannon De Poorter, MAP IT & Operations Helpdesk Support Assistant, Scott Ellis, MAP Systems Administrator
Date:
May 2025
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Everyday Cybersecurity Practices to Help Protect from Common Threats

  • Creating strong passwords and using a password manager
  • Avoiding phishing and smishing attacks
  • Using Strong Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) methods and Single Sign On (SSO)

MPLP Fifth Friday Tech Webinar- AI in the Legal Aid Space - Takeaways from the 2025 LSC TIG/ITC Technology Conference

Fifth Friday Tech Webinar

Presenter(s):
  • Sarah Cross (JusticeServer Project Manager) and Joshua Zarza (Information Technology Supervisor), Lakeshore Legal Aid (LLA)
  • Amanda Revels (Chief Operating Officer), Lauren Mundy (IT & Operations Manager), and Scott Ellis (IT Systems Administrator), Michigan Advocacy Program (MAP)
  • Shellie Reed (Program Manager) Legal Services National Technology Assistance Project (LSNTAP)
Date:
January 2025
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Topics include:

  • SORA - ChatGPT video generating with AI - Joshua
  • ChatPGT AI integration into LLA JusticeServer - Sarah
  • NotebookLM - NotebookLM AI Ethics and attorneys! - Sarah
  • AI policies and common sense uses and abuses of AI technology - Amanda
  • Ethical Considerations of AI - Lauren
  • Expungemate(TM). Tennessee's AI tool for drafting expungement forms - Scott
  • Growing acceptance of gen AI in the greater legal field; Countering the belief that the newest shiny tool is the answer to all of our problems; Getting hands-on with a tool can increase adoption - Shellie

MPLP Fifth Friday Tech Webinar - A Data Mapping Demo of ArcGIS Online from a Beginner's Perspective

Fifth Friday Tech Webinar

Presenter(s):
Susan Bales, Data & Program Analyst, Michigan Legal Help
Date:
August 2024
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In this webinar, Susan Bales, Data & Program Analyst at Michigan Legal Help/Michigan Advocacy Program, will offer some quick-start tips for ArcGIS Online mapping and demonstrate some of the ways she uses ArcGIS Online as a part of her work.

This webinar is relevant to you whether you want to start exploring possibilities, want to do data mapping yourself, and/or just get a better understanding of how "data-driven" decisions are being made by legal service stakeholders.

EJC 50 Tech Tips Reprise!

Fifth Friday Tech Webinar

Presenter(s):
Shellie Reid, Program Manager of the Legal Services National Technology Assistance Project
Date:
May 2024
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Shellie Reid, Program Manager of the Legal Services National Technology Assistance Project will present 50 Tech Tips from the recent Equal Justice Conference in Detroit. This session is a fast-paced look at remote work tools, web platforms, generative AI, and other solutions that will emphasize practical, easy-to-use technology that can be applied in fun and accessible ways.