Expand the Asian languages offered
To offer more Spanish options
To serve 39% of the population
Have English and major Chinese languages become interchangeable
To understand Asian culture
Our goal is to have that for the major Asian languages as well.- to be interchangeable with English
To serve 15% of the population
To add French and German
What is the language goal of neighborhood legal services?
Distrust of the agency
Poverty
Cultural misunderstandings
Language is their biggest obstacle,
Lack of interest
Crime
Many residents don't speak English
What is the biggest obstacle for neighborhood legal services and why?
Not having done work with many Asian clients before
Cultural expertise and their lack of cultural expertise
Cultural isolation and lack of cultural expertise
Poverty
The population
A lack of cultural expertise
Unsure of the specifics of the the language barriers
The lack of cultural expertise is also an obstacle
In addition to language, what obstacle does the Neighborhood Legal Services face when providing legal services to Asians?
Daniel Le and Iris Mackle
Mak Yee
Dundovitz and Mark
Mark and Dudovitz
Rebecca Irene
Dudovitz and Mak
Rebecca Yee and Irene Mak
Irene Mak, Rebecca Yee
Irene Mak
Rebecca Yee
Can you name two attorneys mentioned?
Stacy
Rebecca Do
Yee Soon De
Dudovitz
Mak
Irene Mak
Rebecca Yee
Who said "I could use my language skills and wanted to give back to the Asian community."?
Thai
Cantonese, Mandarin and Thai
Lao
Italian, ASL, Gaelic
Tagalog, Vietnamese and Cantonese
Khmer
Tamil
Cantonese, Thai and Vietnamese
Mandarin
Cantonese
Hindi
Vietnamese
Tagalog
Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean
Korean
Japanese
What languages spoken by the different attorneys of Neighborhood Legal Services? Name three
They feel over-worked
They feel satisfied
The feel that the job is satisfying
They feel happy to give back
They feel dissatisfied
They are unhappy with the excessive work
They have a high salary
The feel that are able to give back, and reach more communities
They can give back to the community
They feel that they can use their language skills to help others
How do the attorneys working with the program feel about it?
NLS winning the competitive grant over the Legal Services Program
NLS hired a bilingual lawyer to interpret
NLS hired 26 new attorneys
NLS moved into a larger building
NLS advertised more on radio
NLS won the competitive grant
NLS received funding from Hong Kong
What boosted the NLS client base to 25,000?
Neighborhood Legal Servicing
Neighboring Legal Services
Neighborhood Legal Services
Neighborhood Limited Services
Newfound Legal Sanctions
What does NLS stand for?
Latino and Spanish communities
Communities that speak english and Spanish
Latino and Asian
Latino communites
Arab communities
Mandarin and cantonese communities
Latino and Asian communities
Asian Communities
What communities are most well-served by the program?
Hui Xiong
San Gabriel-Pomona
Haryanto Xio
Irene Mak
Neal Dubovitz
Who grew up in Hong Kong and Thailand and speaks Cantonese, Mandarin and Thai?
Mandarin, Hindi, English, French
Thai
Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, Thai, Khmer (from Cambodia), Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese and Tagalog
Cantonese, Mandarin, Thai
French, Polynesian, Arabic
Lao
English, Tamil, Mandarin, Cantonese
Khmer
Tamil
Mandarin
Cantonese
Hindi
Vietnamese
Tagalog
Korean
Japanese
What are some of the languages are now spoken by employees of the NLS?
Domestic violence
Language differences
Distrust of the agency
Meeting space
Funding
Poverty
Language is their biggest obstacle,
What is the biggest obstacle NLS faced while trying to provide legal services to poor Asian populations?
Cultural Expertise
Qualified Staff
Funding
Language barriers, reaching those under the poverty level
Poverty
Population
Lack of cultural expertise
Language
Oversaturation of employees
Cultural isolation
What obstacles does Neighborhood Legal Services face? Name at least one
We need to expand cultural understanding
It needs to pay him twice as much
It is too much work for too little money
The job is more satisfying than the money
He thinks of it as giving back to the community since he grew up in Hong Kong and Thailand
Language emergence is important
Reduced the number of grantees
What does Mak think of this job as more than for the money?
Neighborhood Legal Services, which provides free legal services to the poor, has expanded into the San Gabriel and Pomona valleys, areas with large Asian populations, many of whom speak limited or no English. Language is their biggest obstacle, but the Asian communities' cultural isolation and service providers' lack of cultural expertise also play a part, said NLS executive director Neal Dubovitz. And with 13 percent to 15 percent of the Asian population in the U.S. living below the poverty line, NLS services are badly needed, Dubovitz said. "Although it is a significant part of the poverty population, Asians historically have not been able to participate in the services and programs available to the poor," he said. From simple telephone advice to complete legal representation in court, the agency provides free consumer, health, family, immigration, housing, public benefits and labor legal services to people who earn under $1,380 per month. Legal service providers have long served large Latino populations, who have cultural diversity but share a common language. "I remember the days when there were only a handful of people in the legal offices who spoke Spanish," Dudovitz said. "Now Spanish and English are interchangeable. Our goal is to have that for the major Asian languages as well." Before the expansion, only a few NLS lawyers spoke Asian languages, said attorney Rebecca Yee, who was hired by NLS in April 2002 to design and head the project. "Now we have people speaking Cantonese, Mandarin, Thai, Khmer (from Cambodia), Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese and Tagalog," Yee said. One of the 13 attorneys hired to work with the program is Irene Mak, a family law attorney who speaks Cantonese, Mandarin and Thai. Mak was a partner at a private law firm before she went to work for NLS two years ago, earning up to $20,000 less a year working on domestic violence cases. "The job is more satisfying than the money," said Mak, who grew up in Hong Kong and Thailand before coming to the United States. "I could use my language skills and wanted to give back to the Asian community." NLS expanded when Legal Services Corp., the federal agency that funds providers of free legal services nationwide, reduced the number of grantees in the Los Angeles area from five to three, Dudovitz said. NLS won the competitive grant over the Legal Services Program for Pasadena, San Gabriel-Pomona valleys. That boosted its client base from 16,000 to around 25,000, and NLS opened an office in El Monte. 