| June 18, 2010 7:30 am | to | June 20, 2010 12:00 pm |
Trial Skills
The Child Welfare Attorney Trial Techniques Training will be held June 18-20, 2010, at the Emory University School of Law. The training will begin at 7:30 a.m. on June 18, 2010, and conclude around noon on June 20, 2010. Current confirmed sponsors of the program are the Supreme Court of Georgia Committee on Justice for Children, the Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts, the Georgia Association of Counsel for Children, the Georgia Office of the Child Advocate, the Georgia Public Defenders Standards Council, the Parent Attorney Advocacy Committee and the Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia.
To maintain an optimal faculty-student ratio, enrollment will be limited to 60 attorneys. Scholarships are available for a limited number of attorneys meeting certain criteria. Contact cwtrialtechniques@gmail.com for application and scholarship information. The application and scholarship deadline is April 30, 2010.
The goal of the training is to assist attorneys in developing the trial skills necessary to be more effective advocates in Georgia deprivation proceedings. The training is intended for Special Assistant Attorneys General, parents’ attorneys, children’s attorneys and attorney guardians ad litem. We are developing a dynamic agenda offering a full year’s MCLE credit (12 MCLE hours, including 1 ethics hour, 6 trial practice hours and 1 optional self-report professionalism hour).
National faculty and local child welfare experts will lead attorneys in a Georgia specific, “learning-by-doing” trial techniques training. The training will include problems and a mock trial based on deprivation case scenarios and Georgia law. Portions of the training take place in a simulated courtroom setting and students will receive faculty critique and video review. While the training will employ the NITA-method of operation for teaching the students, the training is not a NITA-sponsored training.
| April 15, 2010 |
| 7:45 am | to | 3:30 pm |
Space is limited to 100 attendees
Child Welfare Attorney Training
(6/1/1*/3) *optional self-report
Seminar Number - 7381
Early Registration: $85
On-Site Registration: $105
in person: State Bar of Georgia Headquarters, Atlanta
via video conference: Coastal Georgia Office—State Bar Of Georgia (Savannah)
via video conference: South Georgia Office—State Bar Of Georgia (Tifton)
http://www.iclega.org/programs/7381.html
| May 13, 2010 | to | May 14, 2010 |
Next Parent Attorney Training:
May 13-14 at the Fulton County Juvenile Court.
Check back for details and registration.
Available starting September 1, 2009, parent attorneys in the state of Georgia may access a social worker for phone- and email-based advising and recommendation services. The social worker is available in a limited capacity for 10 hours per week, and all requests for services must be made through an email submission form. The social worker will then review your request for services and respond in a timely manner.
Services offered include:
• Information/orientation on the deprivation process;
• Advisement on the obtainment of court ordered services
• Assistance in locating relevant child welfare research
• Assistance in researching DFCS Policies and Procedures
• Assistance in locating expert services
• Assistance in the interpretation of psychosocial assessments
• Other research, advisory or recommendation based services as needed.
Please Note:
Social worker services are available in a limited capacity, and are currently in a pilot phase. While every effort will be made to assist parent attorneys with their requests, there may be circumstances where the social worker is unable to do so.
Additionally, the social worker is not available for home visits or investigations, and the social worker is unavailable for court appearances. Please keep that in mind when requesting services. These services are for the development of an attorney’s strategy or practice, and therefore the social worker is unavailable to provide testimony in court.
To make a request, please fill out the Request for Social Work Services form and include it with your email submission.
You may contact the social worker at childfamilypolicy@cviog.uga.edu.
This is a pilot program that will run from September 2009 through January 2010.
| December 11, 2009 |
| 12:15 am | to | 2:00 pm |
The Parent Attorney Advocacy Committee Meets regulary on the first Friday of every month at the State Bar of Georgia. For more information on PAAC please visit the “about us” tab.
The next PAAC meeting will be on Friday, December 11th.
To RSVP for a PAAC Meeting please contact Trish McCann, 404.232.8900 or TMcCann@gpdsc.org
