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.
Sponsored by Casey Family Programs Back 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...
NACC's annual conference brings together professionals from child welfare law and intersecting fields to further NACC’s mission and exchange ideas, information, and collective efforts. The theme of this year’s conference is Catalysts for Change: Innovating Advocacy through Power Sharing and Transformational Leadership. The theme underscores the need to rethink traditional advocacy models, actively share power, and harness...
NACC offers the Foundational Principles of Child Welfare Law & Practice online training course to help you improve your practice when it works best for you! Designed for practitioners who represent children, parents, or the child welfare agency, this dynamic training is grounded in the fourth edition of the Red Book—the national standard in child welfare...
This webinar will be led by Serita Cox, Co-Founder and CEO of iFoster, and centers on the release of the second annual Voice of the Foster Care Community research report and its companion piece, the Lived Experience Guide to Fixing Foster Care. These crucial publications are the culmination of surveys and listening sessions conducted with...
Join us for a special online town hall designed for student members and student chapters! This is a space to connect, share experiences, and hear from peers who are exploring careers in child welfare law. Whether you’re just beginning to consider this path or already deeply engaged, the town hall is an opportunity to build...
NACC's annual conference brings together professionals from child welfare law and intersecting fields to further NACC’s mission and exchange ideas, information, and collective efforts. The theme of this year’s conference is Catalysts for Change: Innovating Advocacy through Power Sharing and Transformational Leadership. The theme underscores the need to rethink traditional advocacy models, actively share power, and harness...
What if many of the child welfare cases on your docket are also civil rights cases? This webinar reframes child welfare advocacy through a powerful civil rights lens – revealing how Constitutional protections and federal statutes can be game-changers for both your individual clients and for systemic reform efforts. We will discuss how historic patterns...
Young children need lawyers to safeguard their rights and interests, yet assumptions about their capacity too often silence them. This session challenges frameworks that limit children ages 6–11 from participating in court and the attorney-client relationship. Presenters will highlight how developmental science on executive functioning, communication, reasoning, and judgment supports their meaningful involvement in both...
If you are interested in submitting an abstract for NACC’s conferences and want more detail on what NACC hopes to see in submissions, join us January 7, 2026 at 4:00pm EST for a live Q&A on abstract submission. Join via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87095516807 In the meantime, read NACC's Call for Abstracts. The deadline to submit an...
Child advocacy work is demanding, high-stakes, and deeply human. Attorneys, judges, CASA volunteers, and agency staff routinely work under significant pressure while engaging with complex systems and difficult subject matter. The support people receive in their day-to-day work – from colleagues, supervisors, and organizational culture – has a direct impact on both individual well-being and...
The modern “child welfare” system is not a neutral system of care—it is a continuation of historical practices rooted in slavery, Indigenous child removal, the orphan train movement, and the interconnected policing of race and poverty. This webinar traces the lineage of state-sponsored family regulation in the United States, revealing how state control and racial...
Join NACC for a dynamic Professionalism and Ethics Symposium designed for child welfare legal practitioners. This timely series brings together diverse perspectives and practical guidance on the professionalism and ethical challenges shaping child welfare legal representation today. Grounded in real-world experience and client-centered values, each session fosters thoughtful dialogue and meaningful engagement while offering actionable...