Registration Fee:

$155

CHILD WELFARE ATTORNEY TRAINING

RECORDED
OCTOBER 5, 2012

Archived Webcast

CLE Hours:
7 CLE Hours including 1 Ethics Hour, 1 Professionalism Hour and 3 Trial Practice Hours

Co-Sponsor:
Supreme Court of Georgia Committee on Justice for Children;
Georgia Public Defender Standards Council;
Georgia Association of Counsel for Children;
Office of the Child Advocate;
State Bar of Georgia Section on Child Protection and Advocacy

Presiding:
Patricia K. Buonodono, CWLS, Program Chair, Managing Attorney for Education, Supreme Court of Georgia Committee on Justice for Children, Administrative Office of the Courts, Atlanta

WELCOME AND PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Hon. P. Harris Hines, Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia; Chair of the Supreme Court Committee on Justice for Children, Atlanta

NUTS AND BOLTS OF JUVENILE LAW AND PRACTICE IN CHILD DEPRIVATION CASES
This session will involve specific case scenarios to teach state and federal child welfare law from different attorney perspectives; various roles with the cases, including relationship with CASA; overview of juvenile court process and trial skills; and a very brief description of public benefits.
Hon. Cassandra Kirk, Judge, Fulton County Juvenile Court, Atlanta
Mary D. Hermann, Attorney at Law, Savannah

ETHICS IN CHILD WELFARE CASES
Karlise Y. Grier, CWLS, Grier Law Office, P.C., Atlanta