Management Information Exchange

Legal Services Alabama’s Executive Director, Guy Lescault has announced his retirement at the end of 2026. LSA now seeks an experienced and passionate leader to serve as their next Executive Director.

Visit https://mielegalaid.org/job/t2xyh6XGiourywV8D3ki for full details, including desired qualifications and experience of the Executive Director, role responsibilities, more about LSA, and the application process.

Registration is Open for MIE National Conference for Legal Aid Managers!

Join us September 22- 23, 2026 in Minneapolis, MN at The Royal Sonesta Minneapolis Downtown.

This conference is designed to enhance your skills as a manager & supervisor of legal work in your legal aid organization. Connect with your peers as we explore relevant and timely topics that will help you stay "Rooted in Resilience" through your legal aid organization's work.

To learn more and register online now, visit https://mielegalaid.org/training/26mgrconf

We recently announced our July webinar!

Join us July 9, 2026 for
What Communities Are Telling Us:
Findings and Field Lessons from Post-Pandemic Legal Needs Assessments
2:00 - 3:30 PM ET

Steve Grumm, consultant, and Gretchen Slusser, PMP, Founder and President, both of thredpartners, bring their legal aid backgrounds and funding experience to this session.

Gretchen and Steve will draw on findings from legal needs assessments conducted with multiple legal aid providers in both rural and urban settings to share what they are seeing and hearing from communities.

Participants will explore cross-cutting trends emerging from post-pandemic data, the quantitative and qualitative methodologies that produced credible and defensible findings, and the hard-won process lessons that shaped each engagement.

Learn more and register online now at https://mielegalaid.org/training/26webneedsassess

Today, June 24, is the last day to register for

MIE National Conference for Legal Aid Fundraising & Communications
Baltimore, MD
July 21 - 22, 2026

We kickoff Day 1 with check-in, breakfast and Welcome, the opening plenary The Importance of Civil Legal Aid in Access to Justice, and close with the Evening Reception.

Day 2 begins with the Attendees of Color Networking Breakfast and plenary Strengthening Communications Through a Shared Framework and Guidance. Choose from morning and afternoon sessions with regular breaks on both days. Lunch provided on the first day; on your own the second day.

Executive Directors and Directors of Development
Plan to stay with us through Thursday morning, July 23, for a special add-on workshop "Major Gifts: The Ask" with Andy Robinson.

Register online now at https://mielegalaid.org/training/26fr&c!

Indiana Legal Services, Inc. (ILS) seeks a Chief Executive Officer to lead this statewide provider of civil legal aid to low-income Hoosiers.

Over the past decade the exceptional leadership of the CEO has supported ILS’s strong culture of advocacy, its robust appellate practice and its precedent setting victories in multiple venues. Staff are known for innovative and collaborative work and deep institutional expertise.

The ILS Board of Directors anticipates building on its reputation for high quality impactful work and strong fundraising under the leadership of its next CEO.

Learn more about ILS, primary duties of this position, how to apply and more at https://mielegalaid.org/job/nM0WMRlSLGqdVunIl3FR

"Sometimes take a chance and shed your skin. Every transition both at the front or the back offers us another chance to become someone who we want to be."

MIE joins the larger legal aid community in mourning the loss of Victor Geminiani. We're grateful for his vision and dedication, especially his decades of work with MIE.

Victor wrote and co-wrote many, many articles for the MIE Journal over the years. While we put together remembrances to honor his depth of knowledge in the field, we wanted to highlight this piece Victor penned for the Journal back in 2018, He Not Busy Being Born Is Busy Dying.

Victor brought his entire self to his work and we are all the richer for it. We hope you enjoy this selection of wisdom gained from his lengthy legal aid career and life, and get a sense of his expansive perspective and sense of humor.

Link in comments.

LAFLA mourns the recent passing of Victor Geminiani, an iconic figure in the history of legal aid who served as LAFLA's Executive Director from 2006-2007 and dedicated his life to fighting poverty across the United States.

Over an expansive and courageous career, Victor pushed for enforcement of the Voting Rights Act in Georgia, fought to protect funding for legal aid programs across the country, and championed language access in Hawaii.

He fostered collaboration and innovation in the California and national legal services communities, co-founding the Management Information Exchange and working closely with the Legal Aid Association of California. A visionary and effective leader, he served at the helm of Legal Services of Northern California and Legal Aid Society of Hawaii in addition to LAFLA.

Victor was courageous, determined, and deeply dedicated to the clients he served. Those who knew him described him as “a larger-than-life poverty warrior.” We are eternally grateful for his service.

¡Victor Geminiani, presente!

LASP's summer interns had the opportunity to consider their role through a national lens during the Management Information Exchange (MIE)'s first-ever National Legal Aid Summer Intern Orientation, held virtually on June 2, 2026.

The afternoon event was designed to inform and inspire legal aid interns across the country, who have told MIE that service, justice, and community connection motivate them to work in legal aid.

Presentations included:

"Best Practices in the Summer Intern Role"
with Erica Briant, MIE Staff Trainer.

"Public Interest Fellowships"
with Liz Dunn, Director of Public Sector Career Strategy for the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.

"A History of Legal Aid"
with Jared Smith, MIE Director of Programs.

"Welcome to the Field," with:
* Kesha James, MIE Executive Director;
* Ron Flagg, President of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC);
* Radhika Singh, Vice President for Advocacy & Strategic Initiatives of the National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA); and
* Alison Paul, Executive Director for Montana Legal Services Association and Special Advisor to the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defense (ABA SCLAID).

"Unique Considerations in Working with People in Poverty"
with Niya Fonville Swint, Professional Development Manager for K&L Gates LLP.

"Understanding Compassion Fatigue"
with Julia Wilson, Founder of Julia Wilson Coaching.

PICTURED (clockwise, from top left): Kesha James, Erica Briant, Liz Dunn, Radhika Singh, Julia Wilson, Niya Fonville Swint, Alison Paul, Jared Smith, and Ron Flagg.

Kesha James and Erica Briant are LASP alumnae.






Montana Legal Services Association
K&L Gates LLP

This came up quickly! Monday, June 8 is the last day to register for next week's webinar with Heather Jarvis:

The State of Student Loans in June 2026
June 9, 2026
1-2 PM ET

Heather is back with another update on the ever-changing world on student loan repayment.

For full details, to learn more about Heather, and to register online now visit: https://mielegalaid.org/training/26webloans

#5 How can organizations support staff and help reduce vicarious trauma?

An important read via American Bar Association.

Vicarious trauma in the legal profession is more common than you might realize. Here's what you need to know: https://bit.ly/3W8qqlM

Don't miss out on signing up your Summer Interns for MIE's first ever National Legal Aid Summer Intern Orientation!

The registration deadline is May 26, 2026.

The virtual session is designed with this in mind: summer interns told us that service, justice, and community connection motivate them to work in legal aid.

In addition to an introduction to national organizations like MIE, LSC, NLADA, and the ABA, we’ll cover these topics:

- Best Practices in the Summer Intern Role;
- A History of Legal Aid;
- Unique Considerations in Working with People in Poverty; and
- Understanding Compassion Fatigue.

To learn more and sign up your interns now, visit
https://mielegalaid.org/training/26summint

National Legal Aid Summer Orientation
June 2
Noon to 5 PM ET