Child Welfare Attorney Training

Seminar Number

076651

CLE Hours

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

CHILD WELFARE ATTORNEY TRAINING

RECORDED OCTOBER 24, 2007

Co-Sponsored By :
Child Placement Project, Supreme Court of Georgia;
Administrative Office of the Courts;
Georgia Public Defenders Standards Council;
Office of the Child Advocate

Presiding:
Regina L. Roberts, 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, 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.
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, Former Child Advocate Attorney, DeKalb County Child Advocacy Center, Decatur; Crumpler, NC

PROFESSIONALISM AND ETHICS IN CHILD WELFARE CASES
Jane Okrasinski, Director, Georgia Association of Counsel for Children, Atlanta

CASE LAW UPDATE
Hon. Stephen E. Franzen, Judge, Gwinnett County Juvenile Court, Lawrenceville

Seminar Number 076651 CLE Hours 6 CLE Hours including 1 Ethics Hour, 1 Professionalism Hour and 3 Trial Practice Hours	CHILD WELFARE ATTORNEY TRAINING
	RECORDED OCTOBER 24, 2007
	Co-Sponsored By : Child Placement Project, Supreme Court of Georgia; Administrative Office of the Courts; Georgia Public Defenders Standards Council; Office of the Child Advocate
	Presiding: Regina L. Roberts, 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, 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. 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, Former Child Advocate Attorney, DeKalb County Child Advocacy Center, Decatur; Crumpler, NC
	PROFESSIONALISM AND ETHICS IN CHILD WELFARE CASES Jane Okrasinski, Director, Georgia Association of Counsel for Children, Atlanta
	CASE LAW UPDATE Hon. Stephen E. Franzen, Judge, Gwinnett County Juvenile Court, Lawrenceville