The NACC Event Calendar provides up-to-date information on upcoming events from the NACC, including training sessions, webinars, and conferences in your local area and around the country.
Join us for the second of a four-part webinar series where we delve into a vital yet often overlooked aspect of child welfare work: the wellbeing of the professionals behind the scenes. Humility as an Act of Compassion is a webinar designed for child welfare lawyers to explore the essential role of humility in our...
NACC's Children's Law Office Project x Intern Town Hall provides current law students an opportunity to network and learn more about a career in child advocacy. This event is free to attend. Sign up for the event on Zoom.
Children in foster care are separated from their families and subject to life-altering decisions made by judges. A specially trained lawyer is necessary to protect their legal rights and ensure their voices are heard. In 13 states children are not appointed lawyers to represent them in court, leaving them to navigate the complexities of the...
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 certification exam. This one-day, in-person training is based on the fourth edition of Child Welfare Law and Practice: Representing Children, Parents,...
NACC's Children’s Law Office 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. The training will include NACC's newly released Children's Law Office Guidebook, Second edition, and offer opportunities for senior leaders and emerging leaders to learn best practices in organizational...
Join NACC’s 2nd annual Child Welfare Law Career Fair! The Career Fair promotes positions in child welfare law offices and agencies for law students, recent grads, new attorneys, and persons with lived experience in foster care. Additionally, the Career Fair offers the opportunity to network with NACC members and law office leaders from across the country. Sunday,...
Join NACC’s 2nd annual Child Welfare Law Career Fair! The Career Fair promotes positions in child welfare law offices and agencies for law students, recent grads, and persons with lived experience in foster care. Additionally, the Career Fair offers the opportunity to network with NACC members and law office leaders across the country. This event is...
Craving some time outside to breathe in the fresh mountain air and connect to nature? Research shows that being in nature has many positive benefits, including reduced stress and cortisol levels, increased feelings of calmness, increase in empathy and compassion, enhanced learning and concentration, and improved creativity, problem-solving and overall well-being. Join us for an...
Working Together, Working Differently: Justice, Compassion, and New Tools for Modern Advocacy Dual Registration - Onsite in Salt Lake City and Online Legal advocacy for children, youth, parents, and kin is a specialized area of law which demands ongoing interdisciplinary training, education, and skill-building. NACC’s annual National Child Welfare Law Conference is designed to meet...
Alignment on Family: System Change, Racial Justice, Consent Decree Exit, and a Culture of Safely Preserving Families Presenters Commissioner Jodi Hill-Lilly, MSW – Connecticut Department of Children and Families Ira Lustbader, JD – Children’s Rights Joshua Michtom, JD – Office of the Chief Public Defender, State of Connecticut This NACC staff-moderated discussion will explore...
Another year, another decade! Step into a time machine and journey back to the iconic 90s at our themed dance party! Get ready to move to the best beats of the 90s, while dressed in your raddest 90s attire. From flannel shirts and ripped jeans to scrunchies and bucket hats, channel your inner 90s fashionista...
Working Together, Working Differently: Justice, Compassion, and New Tools for Modern Advocacy Virtual/Online Legal advocacy for children, youth, parents, and kin is a specialized area of law which demands ongoing interdisciplinary training, education, and skill-building. NACC’s annual National Child Welfare Law Conference is designed to meet these demands. Our conference is a premier continuing legal...
