Children's Law

Seminar Number 6828 Early Registration Fee: $95 On-Site Registration Fee: $110 CLE Hours 6.5 CLE Hours including 1 Professionalism hour and 2 Trial Practice Hours	FROM THE MODEL CODE TO LEGISLATIVE ACTION: CHANGING CHILDREN'S LAW IN GEORGIA
	MAY 29, 2008 State Bar of Georgia Headquarters 104 Marietta Street, NW Atlanta, GA
	Co-Sponsor: Juvenile Law Committee; Young Lawyers Division, State Bar of Georgia
	Presiding: Ari Mathé, Program Co-Chair, YLD Juvenile Law Committee, Gainesville Lea S. Thompson, Program Co-Chair; YLD Juvenile Law Committee, Atlanta
	7:45	REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (All attendees must check in upon arrival. A removable jacket or sweater is recommended.)
	8:30	Welcome AND PROGRAM OVERVIEW Hon. P. Harris Hines, Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia, Atlanta Ari Mathé
	8:45	History and Methodology of the Model Code Soledad A. McGrath, Attorney at Law, Primary Code Reporter, Chicago, IL
	10:15	BREAK
	10:30	Contents of the Model Code : Structural and Substantive Changes Lucy S. McGough, Professor, Louisiana State University School of Law, Baton Rouge, LA Soledad A. McGrath Hon. Velma C. Tilley, Judge, Bartow County Juvenile Court, Cartersville
	12:00	LUNCH (Return to Auditorium for Lunch Session)
	12:15	From Model to Legislation – How does it get to the Gold Dome and who decides what ‘it ’ is ? Mindy Binderman, Voices for Georgia’s Children, Atlanta Thomas M. Boller, Georgia Capitol Partners, Atlanta Wendi L. Clifton, W.L. Clifton Political Consulting, Atlanta Russell “Rusty” Sewell, Georgia Capitol Partners, Atlanta
	1:15	BREAK
	1:30	Working group discussions (Participants should chose one session based on their primary practice area.) - Judges - Delinquency Practitioners - Deprivation Practitioners - Other Facilitator: The Barton Child Law & Policy Clinic
	2:30	BREAK
	2:45	Subject matter breakout groups for in-depth discussion of best practices and model code provisions (participants should choose one sesSion.) Representation of Children Deprivation Proceedings Delinquency Proceedings CHINS Proceedings Prohibiting Waiver Facilitator: Melissa D. Carter, Deputy Director, Office of the Child Advocate, Atlanta Transfer to adult court Repealing SB 440 Removing Children Under 13 from Transfer Eligibility Transfer Criteria Facilitator: Randee J. Waldman, Director, Barton Juvenile Defender Clinic, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta Issues Affecting Youth in Long - Term Foster Care Independent Living Reinstatement of Parental Rights Guardianship Facilitators: Ebony Harris, DFCS Independent Living Coordinator, Atlanta Kirsten Widner, Post-Graduate Law Fellow, Barton Child Law & Policy Clinic, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta Significant Proces Changes CHINS Competency Application of ASFA to CHINS and Delinquency Facilitators: Hon. Velma C. Tilley Soledad A. McGrath
	3:45	BREAK
	4:00	Closing Session/Final Remarks Sharon N. Hill, Executive Director, Georgia Appleseed Center for Law & Justice, Atlanta
	4:30	ADJOURN