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.
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...
Tuesdays, 5:00-6:30pm ET. The Red Book Training Course is an exciting opportunity for practitioners to brush up on their knowledge of federal child welfare law and learn tips to enhance their representation of children, parents, or the agency. NACC’s signature Red Book Training Course covers major dependency practice competency areas and is designed to assist...
Involvement in the child welfare system drastically changes the trajectory of a family’s life. In a system with thousands of families, traditionally designed courtrooms leave less time for families to express their needs and feel like each member of the courtroom is invested in their wellbeing. In a Case Management Model courtroom, time is permitted...
NACC is pleased to announce our new and expanded Infants & Toddlers series. This comprehensive four-session series is tailored for attorneys for the agency, children, or parents, as well as judges and social workers in infant and toddler cases. Dive deep into the nuances of providing high-quality legal representation in cases involving our youngest and...
In this final session of the Compassion Series, join a panel of experts as they discuss strategies for overcoming setbacks in the fight for justice within child welfare. Learn how deep listening, humility, and embracing diverse perspectives can help legal professionals maintain resilience and compassion in their work. Presenters: Vivek Sankaran, Clinical Professor of Law,...
NACC is hosting a virtual panel with three current child welfare law fellows! This is the perfect opportunity for law students to listen to these panelist chat about their fellowship application process and experience. The panelists are: Alisa Hoban for Stanford Law Deane F. Johnson Fellow at Juvenile Law Center Dana Matsunami for Skadden at...
Expert panelists from Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico, and Oklahoma will share the various steps each state took to establish a statewide children’s law office- the premiere means of delivering high-quality legal services. Discussion will include how and why the organizational models were selected, staffing options, how high-quality legal representation is ensured, and the legislative enactments,...
This webinar will cover high-level policy information and descriptions of the newly passed ABA Resolution 605 aimed at challenging Troubled Teen Industry/Congregate Care placements, while delivering real-world trial skills and practice tips from dependency attorneys and lived experience experts. Learners will gain a better understanding of the policies that drive children into congregate care, the...
Presented by child welfare professionals with lived experience as former foster youth, this webinar will explore Your Case, Your Rights tools, a package of guidance and resources to help young people in the child welfare system learn AND exercise their rights across a wide variety of domains and scenarios – including cultural and heritage resources, housing,...
LGBTQ+ youth make up about 7-9% of the overall population, but over 30% of youth in foster care, the majority of whom are children of color. Many LGBTQ+ foster youth experience verbal harassment or physical violence on account of their identity and expression when they enter the foster care system. Studies, reports, and years of...