CONTACT INFORMATION

Carol Horwitz
Legal Consultant
Carol Horwitz, Esq.
100 Sterling Place, Suite 1B
Brooklyn, New York 11217
Telephone: 718.230.4585
Cell phone: 917.678.8751
Fax: 718.230.3310
E-mail:

CAPACITY / CAPABILITY

Number of consultants (if group/company):
1

Area(s) of expertise:

1. Developing models of legal service delivery for legal issues attendant to the HIV/AIDS crisis; legal services for nonprofits/community-based organizations; developing collaborations of resource and service providers, including social work/case management services, for legal services clients through memoranda of understanding, and "linkage" agreements; and enhancing legal services through "Know Your Rights" workshops, conferences, and materials development.

2. Evaluating client satisfaction with legal services delivery through interviews, surveys and focus groups.

3. Analyzing the effectiveness of legal services programs in reaching and serving "hard-to-reach" populations with high priority needs (victims of family violence, HIV/AIDS infected and affected, substance abusers).

4. Developing, reviewing and/or evaluating diversity-in-the-workplace issues facing legal services programs; assisting programs to develop program and personnel practices which aid in the recruitment and retention of attorneys, paralegals, and key staff who reflect the diversity of the client communities.

5. Meeting the challenge of providing culturally and linguistically competent legal services to diverse client populations.

JD and/or other degrees:

Antioch School of Law, J.D. 1978

Languages spoken other than English, and level of fluency:

None (very basic Spanish)

Information regarding race, ethnic background, and gender: (optional - LSC and its recipients strive for racial, ethnic, and gender diversity in choosing consultants)

White female

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

Years of experience as consultant:

10 years

LSC consultant: 1997 member of an LSC evaluation team for Gulf Coast Legal Services in St. Petersburg, Fla.

If applicable, please write a brief paragraph about your history as a consultant for other organizations involved in the delivery of civil legal assistance, including local, state, and national organizations (NLADA, ABA, MIE):

Consultant with the New York Statewide Legal Services/Legal Aid Diversity Taskforce providing training along with other taskforce members for legal services workshops and seminars on workplace diversity issues

Brief paragraph regarding other consulting experience:

National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC): legal consultant- technical assistance, organizational capacity and infrastructure development, nonprofit legal issues

Consultant for community based organizations, nonprofits, and legal services programs with funding for HIV/AIDS legal work throughout New York City

Consultant for New York AIDS Coalition on developing effective advocacy techniques

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Professional experience (staff, board member, volunteer) in LSC-funded program(s):

Experience in LSC - funded programs - 14 years in LSC-funded programs as staff attorney, supervising attorney and managing attorney.

Experience in other legal aid programs (staff, board member, volunteer):

Experience in other legal aid programs - 3 years as clinical law instructor in Antioch Law School's clinical program; Adjunct professor in CUNY School of Law's Housing Concentration involving supervision of third year law students in legal services/legal aid placements.

Other professional experience:

3 years' experience as attorney/advisor for Community Services Administration (federal government agency); 7 years' experience as law school teacher; and 1 year's experience in private practice.

RATE / FEE INFORMATION

RATE BASED ON COMPLEXITY OF PROJECT. RATES RANGE FROM $75.00 TO $150.00 PER HOUR

REFERENCES

1 The Honorable Betty Staton, Judge
Family Court of the City of New York
718.643.2849

2. Lillian Moy, Project Director
Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York
518.462.6765

3. Andrew Scherer, President
Legal Services of New York City
212.431.7200

RESUME

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