Access to Justice Panel: The COVID-19 Health Crisis’ Effect on Grantees and the Client Community

This panel discussion looked at COVID-19’s impact on legal aid organizations and their clients and focused on legal aid service innovations. The speakers included Jim Cook, executive director of Idaho Legal Aid; Colleen Cotter, executive director of The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland; Jessie Nicholson, chief executive officer of Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services; and Maria Thomas Jones, chief executive officer of Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas. Lynn Jennings, LSC’s vice president for grants management, served as moderator.