Representing Parents in Child Dependency Cases—Tools for Effective Advocacy


Wednesday, September 25? |? 1:00–4:15 p.m. ET?
Webcast with Live Q&A? |? Telephone with Live Q&A

Tuesday, November 12? |? 10:00 a.m.–1:15 p.m. ET?
Webcast with Live Q&A? |? Telephone with Live Q&A

MCLE Credit: 3.0? |? |?Live-Interactive Credit: 3.0??
GAL for Children CE Credit:?3.0
Designation Credit: 3.0 Divorce and Family Law

Web?$219? |? Tel?$259

This course will provide attorneys with tools to effectively counter abuse and neglect allegations, help reduce the length of time children are removed from their homes, and ensure that service plans and orders are tailored to the needs of the family.?We will explore the harms of family separation, how to ensure the agency meets its duty to provide “reasonable efforts” to reunite the family, the benefits of motion practice and written advocacy, tools for procuring discovery, effective communication with your clients, and how to shift the narrative and present evidence to reunify the family.?

• Gain tools to improve case outcomes for families in child dependency hearings.
• Learn how to navigate the many roadblocks to obtaining discovery.
• Explore how zealous advocacy can help to preserve families in one of the most important legal practice areas.
  

Faculty

Fallon Speaker, Director, Youth Justice Program, Legal Aid Justice Center / Richmond

Valerie L’Herrou, Deputy Director, Center for Family Advocacy, Virginia Poverty Law Center / Richmond
Anna Daniszewski, Staff Attorney for Family Defense, Center for Family Advocacy, Virginia Poverty Law Center / Richmond

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