Seminar Number
5952
CLE
Hours
(Self-Study Only)
6.5 CLE Hours
including
1 Ethics Hour, 1 Professionalism Hour and 1 Trial Practice Hour
Recorded February 24, 2005
Juvenile Court Attorney Guardians Ad Litem
Partners: Office of the Child Advocate, Macon
Georgia Public Defenders Standards Council, Atlanta
WELCOME AND PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Hon. P. Harris Hines, Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia, Atlanta
Hon. P. Harris Hines, Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia, Atlanta
NUTS AND BOLTS OF DEPRIVATION LAW
(Will include state and federal child welfare law; role of GAL, including relationship with CASA; overview of juvenile court process and trial skills; and a very brief description of public benefits)
Melissa Dorris, Supreme Court of Georgia Child Placement
Project, Administrative Office of the Courts, Atlanta
Mary Hermann, DeKalb County Child Advocacy Center, Decatur
(Will include state and federal child welfare law; role of GAL, including relationship with CASA; overview of juvenile court process and trial skills; and a very brief description of public benefits)
Melissa Dorris, Supreme Court of Georgia Child Placement
Project, Administrative Office of the Courts, Atlanta
Mary Hermann, DeKalb County Child Advocacy Center, Decatur
QUESTIONS AND ATTORNEYS
PROFESSIONALISM AND ETHICS
Jennifer Renne, ABA Center on Children and the Law, Washington, DC
Jennifer Renne, ABA Center on Children and the Law, Washington, DC
CASE LAW UPDATE, INCLUDING ASFA
Hon. Thomas C. Rawlings, Judge, Juvenile Courts, Middle Judicial Circuit, Sandersville
Hon. Thomas C. Rawlings, Judge, Juvenile Courts, Middle Judicial Circuit, Sandersville
CHILD DEVELOPMENT— STAGES OF “NORMAL DEVELOPMENT”
(Cognitive skills, motor skills child interviewing techniques, research on cognitive development and effects of abuse)
Nancy McGarrah, Ph.D., Child Psychologist, Cliff Valley Psychologists, Atlanta
(Cognitive skills, motor skills child interviewing techniques, research on cognitive development and effects of abuse)
Nancy McGarrah, Ph.D., Child Psychologist, Cliff Valley Psychologists, Atlanta