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.
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...
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,...