Seminar Number

107381

CLE Hours:
(Self Study Only)

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

CHILD WELFARE ATTORNEY TRAINING

This program qualifies for credit towards Guardian Ad Litem Status

RECORDED APRIL 15, 2010

Co-Sponsors:
Supreme Court of Georgia Committee on Justice for Children;
Georgia Public Defender Standards Council;
Office of the Child Advocate;
Administrative Office of the Courts

Presiding:
Regina L. Roberts, Program Chair, Supreme Court of Georgia Committee on Justice for Children, Administrative Office of the Courts, Atlanta

Partners:
Georgia Public Defenders Standards Council, Georgia Association of Counsel for Children, Office of the Child Advocate

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.
Karen Baynes-Dunning, Former Associate Director of Carl Vinson Institute of Government, Former Juvenile Court Judge of Fulton County, Attorney at Law, Athens
Mary D. Hermann, Attorney at Law, Atlanta

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

CASE LAW UPDATE
Hon. John B. Sumner, Judge, Juvenile Court, Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit, Canton