September 30, 2021

THE POWER OF PRO BONO
SERVICES IN THE CNMI

A POWER ACT VIRTUAL EVENT

The District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands presents a 2021 Power Act Outreach Video Event with pre-recorded video presentations featuring testimonies from the CNMI Family Court, the CNMI Bar Association, Micronesian Legal Services, Karidat, attorneys, and case workers who work with victims and survivors of domestic and sexual violence to help promote pro bono legal services.

The POWER Act, which is the acronym for the “Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2018” is a statute enacted by Congress that requires the chief district judge in each district to lead at least one public event in partnership with a State, local, tribal, or territorial domestic violence service provider or coalition and a State or local volunteer lawyer project, promoting pro bono legal services as a critical way in which to empower survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and engage citizens in assisting those survivors.

1 CLE credit offered for
CNMI Bar Members.
Please contact Peonie Cabrera
at the CNMI Bar Association at
cnmibar@gmail.com

This POWER Act event was made possible through the diligent and thoughtful work of District Court Clerk's Office staff members, Daniel Brown, Administrative Specialist and Clement Bermudes, Jr., Undergraduate Student Intern.

Click here for more information and to view the virtual event