Seminar Number
6809
Early
Registration Fee:
$80
On-Site
Registration Fee:
$100
CLE Hours
6 CLE Hours
including
1 Ethics Hour,
1 Professionalism
Hour* and
3 Trial Practice
Hours
*Optional Self-Report
CHILD WELFARE ATTORNEY TRAINING
APRIL 25, 2008
State Bar of Georgia Headquarters
104 Marietta Street, NW
Atlanta, GASpace is limited to 100 attendees.
Co-Sponsors:
Supreme Court of Georgia Committee on Justice for ChildrenGeorgia Public Defender Standards Council
Office of the Child Advocate
Presiding:
Regina L. Roberts, Program Chair, Supreme Court of Georgia Committee on Justice for Children, Administrative Office of the Courts, AtlantaPartners:
Office of the Child Advocate, Georgia Public Defender Standards Council
REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
(All attendees must check in upon arrival. A removable jacket or sweater is recommended.)
WELCOME AND PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Hon. P. Harris Hines, Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia; Chair of the Supreme Court Committee on Justice for Children, Atlanta
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.
Karen B. Baynes, Associate Director, The Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia, Athens; former Juvenile Court Judge of Fulton County, Atlanta
Mary D. Hermann, The Carl Vinson Institute of Government, Child & Family Policy Initiative, Faculty, Athens
BREAK
NUTS AND BOLTS (Continued)
Karlise Y. Grier, Grier Law Office, P.C., Atlanta
Hon. James F. Morris, Retired, Senior Juvenile Court Judge, Marietta; Member of Supreme Court of Georgia Committee on Justice for Children, Atlanta