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| April 11, 2008 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 11:30 am |
Save the Date!
Parent Attorney Advocacy Committee Meeting
April 11, 2008, 10:00 -11:30 AM
GPDSC, State Bar of Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
The PAAC is designed for parent attorneys to organize as a group, to improve the quality of representation for parents and to assure justice for children. To RSVP for the meeting, please send an email to Trish McCann at TMcCann@gpdsc.org. Participation via phone will be available.
| November 30, 2007 | ||
| 12:00 pm | to | 5:00 pm |
The Training Committee of the Parent Attorney Advocacy Committee (PAAC) had a conference call to plan PAAC’s next training. It was decided to that the next training would be a half-day training focusing on emerging issues for parent attorneys held in conjunction with our next full committee meeting.
The training and meeting will take place at the Fulton County Juvenile Court from noon to five on Friday, November 30th. Five hours of CLE, including one hour of ethics, will be offered. The training will include a full committee meeting over lunch followed by sessions including the nuts and bolts of child welfare appeals, strategies and ethics in appeals, and an update on case law and emerging issues facing parent attorneys. Reimbursement may be available for mileage for those traveling outside the Metro-Atlanta area, contact Trish McCann, TMcCann@gpdsc.org, for more information.
Send any agenda items for the meeting to Trish McCann, TMcCann@gpdsc.org.
The Parent Attorney Advocacy Committee met on August 31st to discuss issues currently facing parent attorneys statewide.
The committee established subcommittees and initial agendas for each subcommittee. The subcommittees will meet at least once before convening with the full committee at the upcoming fall training.
If you would like to join a subcommittee please contact Trish McCann at TMcCann@gpdsc.org and indicate your committee of choice.
PAAC Subcommittees:
- Training
- DFCS
- Appeals
- TPR
- Legislation
