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SUMMARY:Pre-Conference Red Book Training 2025
DESCRIPTION:The Red Book Training is NACC’s signature training\, designed to provide a comprehensive overview of child welfare law and practice as well as to assist attorneys in preparing for the Child Welfare Law Specialist (CWLS) certification exam. This one-day\, in-person training in Cleveland is based on the fourth edition of Child Welfare Law and Practice: Representing Children\, Parents\, and Agencies in Neglect\, Abuse\, and Dependency Cases — more commonly known as the Red Book. The training will cover the following areas of the Red Book\, as well as practice exam questions: \n\nOverarching Legal Structure and Themes\nLegal Case from Beginning to End\nDiscrete Issues\nLawyering Roles\nEssential Lawyering Skills\n\nPresenter: Betsy Fordyce\, JD\, CWLS \nSeparate registration fee required. Lunch included.
URL:https://naccchildlaw.org/event/pre-conference-red-book-training-2025/
LOCATION:Hilton Cleveland Downtown\, 100 Lakeside Avenue East\, Cleveland\, OH\, 44114\, United States
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SUMMARY:Red Book Training Tier 2: Trial Skills for Child Welfare Attorneys
DESCRIPTION:Take your trial advocacy skills to the next level with Red Book Training Course Tier 2: Trial Skills for Child Welfare Attorneys – an exclusive training designed to elevate trial practice for child welfare attorneys\, including agency attorneys\, prosecutors\, parent attorneys\, GAL attorneys\, and children’s attorneys. This intensive program distills key principles from Chapters 35 and 36 of the Red Book (Fundamentals of Child Welfare Law and Practice\, 4th Edition)\, providing you with essential strategies to enhance your courtroom performance. Learn how to conduct effective examinations and navigate evidentiary issues with confidence. Don’t miss this opportunity to strengthen your advocacy and deliver better outcomes for children and families. \nPrerequisite: Completion of the Red Book Training Course (Tier 1) or CWLS Certification \nPresenters:\nShannon Felder\, JD\, CWLS\, NACC Training Director \nJosephine C. Vanderhorst\, MFP\, JD\, CWLS\, NACC Senior Staff Attorney \nAmber Walden\, JD\, CWLS\, Attorney Consultant \n  \nTopics Covered:\n• Strategic Witness Preparation – Techniques to enhance witness credibility and confidence.\n• Maximizing Pretrial Motions and Stipulations – Leveraging procedural tools to strengthen your case before trial.\n• Mastering Direct and Cross-Examination of Fact Witnesses – Effective questioning strategies with emphasis on testimony by parents and agency social workers.\n• Expert Witness Examination Techniques – Building and challenging expert testimony to support your case.\n• Evidence Essentials: Admissibility and Objections – Navigating evidentiary rules to protect and present key evidence.\n• Navigating Child Testimony – Handling the complexities of questioning child witnesses with care and sensitivity. \nPrice:\nNACC Members: $550 \nNonmembers: $645 \nCWLS: $495 \nAttendance is limited. Lunch included.
URL:https://naccchildlaw.org/event/rbtc-tier-2-trial-skills-for-child-welfare-attorneys/
LOCATION:Hilton Cleveland Downtown\, 100 Lakeside Avenue East\, Cleveland\, OH\, 44114\, United States
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SUMMARY:Children's Law Office Project Convening 2025
DESCRIPTION:NACC’s Children’s Law Office Project Convening provides specialized training for the leaders and managers of nonprofit children’s law offices\, government agencies\, and private firms providing children’s legal representation. This convening offers opportunities for senior leaders and emerging leaders to learn best practices in organizational representation of children and youth. Lunch included. \nSession 1: The Power of Partnership: Judges and Lawyers Uniting to Transform Legal Representation of Children \nChildren’s lawyers have the power to transform the child welfare system one case at a time. But with high caseloads\, low pay\, inadequate training and support\, what is a lawyer to do? In this session attendees will learn concrete ways to address common roadblocks and to empower children’s lawyers to provide the kind of representation that every child client deserves. The presenters will share how they utilized Title IV-E funding to transform representation of children in Chatham County\, Georgia\, and how this experience informed statewide improvement efforts. The presenters will deconstruct the process\, so attendees learn a proven method of change. Attendees will apply the lessons to their specific roadblocks (large or small) and will leave inspired and ready to take action. \nPresenters: \nHon. Thomas Cole – Chatham County Juvenile Court\nAngela Orkin\, JD – True North Child Advocates \nSession 2: Show Me the Money: Effectively Using Program Evaluation to Secure Program Funding \nThe Nebraska Children’s Justice Programs have secured more than $13 million dollars over eight years to fund new and innovative attorney education programs. Program evaluation — the systematic process for assessing program implementation and impact — has been an essential tool for securing and maintaining program funding. Through evidence-based storytelling\, program evaluation elevates program activities and impacts to communicate the value of a program. Public and private funders increasingly require program evaluation to demonstrate the program and funder’s impacts. In this session\, the Nebraska Children’s Justice Programs’ program director and evaluator will discuss how they collaborate to obtain and sustain program funding. \nPresenters: \nKatherine Hazen\, JD\, PHD – Northeastern University\nMichelle Paxton\, JD – University of Nebraska \nSession 3: Making Representation a Reality through Co-Design: Leveraging Lived Experience to Inform Policy and Secure Legal Representation for Foster Youth \nIn 2021\, in collaboration with The Mockingbird Society\, the SDMC successfully advocated for the passage of Washington State’s HB 1217\, legislation that ensures legal representation for young people in foster care. This workshop will discuss the framework of the SDMC-developed co-design process\, emphasizing how integrating the lived experiences of foster youth can inform and transform policy. Participants will gain insights into the co-design methodology\, understand its application in legislative advocacy\, and receive actionable steps to initiate similar advocacy efforts in their respective states. Participants will learn how to effectively incorporate lived experiences into advocacy strategies to influence legislation\, as well as how to assess policy gaps\, build coalitions\, and navigate legislative processes to advance legal representation for foster youth. \nPresenter: Samuel Martin\, MPA\, Lived Experience Expert – SDM Consulting (Co-Design Institute) \n 
URL:https://naccchildlaw.org/event/childrens-law-office-project-convening-2025/
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SUMMARY:Self-Compassion Hike
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by Casey Family Programs \nBack for a second year is our Self-Compassion Hike experience offered by our friends at Casey Family Programs. This experience will be a safe and stress-free way to spend an evening while at Conference. Our sponsors arrange everything\, including transportation to a tranquil location where we can enjoy and experience nature of the area\, a boxed-dinner\, and a brief discussion on the benefits of nature experiences and connecting with our colleagues.\nResearch is clear that humans benefit from time in nature\, calming our minds and stimulating the senses. We also hope you will have some chats if you choose to meet new people\, but also make room for silence if that is what you need on your walk. \nImportant details: This experience is not intended to be a vigorous hike and so if you are looking for a serious burn\, this one may not be for you. We will walk at a comfortable pace. The distance will be reasonable for about an hour’s time\, but it can be shortened at any time with no worries. You will need comfortable shoes and water. You may consider long sleeves for bug bite prevention. Temperatures average between 62-81 degrees. \nPlease meet in the hotel lobby at 6:00pm\, we will leave promptly at 6:15.
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