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SUMMARY:Salus Populi Part 1
DESCRIPTION:Social factors\, including housing affordability\, quality and stability\, socio-economic position\, and structural racism are critical determinants of health for children and families. To equip lawyers with tools and information to argue for the wellbeing of children and families\, this course introduced how these factors\, collectively referred to as the “social determinants of health” (SDOH)\, impact individual and population health and inequities in health. \nThis interactive course included discussions of the socio-ecological model of health\, constrained choice theory\, and population health. The course also illustrated the interconnectedness among SDOH and explore how they intersect with legal issues that arise in child welfare and juvenile law cases in Massachusetts. The course also discussed the terminology and methodology that epidemiologists and other public health researchers use to understand how the SDOH impact health\, and discussed how lawyers can raise issues related to the SDOH in child welfare and juvenile law cases.  \nThis webinar was part one of a two-part free webinar series. View the recording. \nTopics covered in part one: \n\nIntroduction to the Social Determinants of Health\nHow SDOH intersect with child welfare\, poverty\, and neglect – and its prevention\n\nPresenters:\nAlisa Lincoln\, MPH\, PhD – Director\, Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice\, Northeastern University\nAlisa Lincoln\, MPH\, PhD\, is a professor of Sociology and Health Sciences at Northeastern University\, where she is the Director of the Institute of Health Equity and Social Justice Research (IHESJR) and the Senior Co-Director of the Northeastern University Public Evaluation Lab (NUPEL). Professor Lincoln’s research\, which has been supported by NIMH\, MIMHD\, SAMHSA and NIJ\, looks at public mental health\, race and ethnic disparities in health and health care\, literacy\, education\, and health. She has developed teaching and education materials regarding the SDOH for clinicians and has deep experience in program evaluation. Professor Lincoln oversees and teaches parts of the Salus Populi curriculum that relate to public health and health equity and provide expert methodological consultation to the program’s\nevaluation efforts. \nBeth Molnar\, ScD\, SM – Director\, Population Health PhD Program; Associate Director\, Institute of Health Equity and Social Justice Research\, Northeastern University\nDr. Molnar is a social and psychiatric epidemiologist and a Professor in the Department of Health Sciences. She is the Director of the Population Health PhD Program and the Associate Director of the Institute of Health Equity and Social Justice Research (IHESJR) at Northeastern University. Her scholarship focuses on two major areas: (1) violent\, traumatic experiences (such as child maltreatment\, sexual violence\, community violence) and the ways that they affect children\, youth and those who respond to those who experience violence\, i.e. vicarious trauma; and (2) the social context of high-risk behaviors among adolescents (the latter often being sequelae of the first.). \nCLE:\nCalifornia (60-minute hour) – This participatory activity has been accredited by the State Bar of California for a maximum of 1.5 hours of General credit for live and on-demand participation. Attorneys must sign in for CLE. \nColorado (50‐minute hour) – This course has been accredited by the Colorado Board of Continuing Legal and Judicial Education for a maximum of 1.8 units of General credit for live and on-demand participation. Attorneys must sign in for CLE. Colorado is a self-report state. \nAttorneys in all other jurisdictions must seek CLE accreditation individually if desired.
URL:https://naccchildlaw.org/event/salus-populi-part-1/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Member Event,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Child Welfare Law Career Panel - HBCU Grads
DESCRIPTION:Students: come learn about potential careers in child welfare law from graduates of Historically Black Colleges and Universities who now work in the field! If you are interested in child welfare law or legal issues surrounding the foster care system\, come hear from these professionals about their careers and the work. This is a free event\, but please sign up ahead of time. \nPanelists:\nCoravious Cowart\, Legal Aid Society (attended Albany State) \nTrenile Tillman\, DeKalb County Child Advocacy Center (attended Howard) \nFeweh Dempster\, Children’s Law Center (attended Coppin State) \n  \nSign up for this panel via Zoom
URL:https://naccchildlaw.org/event/child-welfare-law-career-panel-hbcu-grads/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20250422T120000
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SUMMARY:Salus Populi Part 2
DESCRIPTION:Social factors\, including housing affordability\, quality and stability\, socio-economic position\, and structural racism are critical determinants of health for children and families. To equip lawyers with tools and information to argue for the wellbeing of children and families\, this course will introduce how these factors\, collectively referred to as the “social determinants of health” (SDOH)\, impact individual and population health and inequities in health. \nThis interactive course will include discussions of the socio-ecological model of health\, constrained choice theory\, and population health. The course will also illustrate the interconnectedness among SDOH and explore how they intersect with legal issues that arise in child welfare and juvenile law cases in Massachusetts. The course will also discuss the terminology and methodology that epidemiologists and other public health researchers use to understand how the SDOH impact health\, and discuss how lawyers can raise issues related to the SDOH in child welfare and juvenile law cases.  \nThis webinar is part two of a two-part free webinar series. \nTopics covered in part two: \n\nWhat issues litigants may face in juvenile court and in family/child welfare court as it pertains to the intersection of health and law from a judicial perspective\nHow can lawyers and advocates better and most effectively face court and provide a complete picture of the litigant that serves their interest\nWhat are some common oversights or missteps advocates make when it comes to representing children in cases where law as a SDOH is material\nWhat are areas of opportunity as it pertains to the SDOH\n\nPresenters:\nHon. Jay Blitzman (ret.) – Former First Justice\, Massachusetts Juvenile Court \nJudge Blitzman is a retired First Justice of the Massachusetts Juvenile Court. Prior to his judicial appointment\, Judge Blitzman was a founder and the first director of the Roxbury Youth Advocacy Project\, a community-based interdisciplinary public defender unit that created the basis for the development of a statewide department. Now retired\, Judge Blitzman regularly publishes\, presents\, teaches\, and advises on a wide array of issues\, including racial and ethnic equity in all contexts and adolescent development. Judge Blitzman was a co-founder of Our RJ\, a school and pre arraignment restorative justice initiative. He currently serves on the ABA Commission on Youth at Risk and has been appointed as the ABA Advisor to the Criminalization of Student Discipline Committee of the Uniform Law Committee. \nWendy Parmet\, JD – Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law and Faculty Director\, Center for Health Policy and Law\, Northeastern University \nWendy E. Parmet\, JD\, is the Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law at Northeastern University. She is also the Faculty Director of the Center for Health Policy and Law. For over thirty years\, she has worked to enhance the legal system’s understanding of population health. Her 2023 book\, Constitutional Contagion: COVID\, the Courts and Public Health\, looks at how judicial decisions have adversely affected health\, including by augmenting health inequities. Professor Parmet is also the faculty director of the Public Health Law Watch’s judicial tracking project as part of the Act for Public Health partnership. In that capacity\, she is helping to lead efforts to develop a new strategy to address judicial decisions that adversely affect public health. Professor Parmet teaches and oversees the legal part of Salus Populi’s curriculum. \nCLE:\nCalifornia (60-minute hour) – This participatory activity has been accredited by the State Bar of California for a maximum of 1.5 hours of General credit for live and on-demand participation. Attorneys must sign in for CLE. \nColorado (50‐minute hour) – This course has been accredited by the Colorado Board of Continuing Legal and Judicial Education for a maximum of 1.8 units of General credit for live and on-demand participation. Attorneys must sign in for CLE. Colorado is a self-report state. \nAttorneys in all other jurisdictions must seek CLE accreditation individually if desired.
URL:https://naccchildlaw.org/event/salus-populi-part-2/
LOCATION:Virtual
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SUMMARY:Online Child Welfare Law Red Book Training Course - Spring 2025
DESCRIPTION:Wednesdays\, 3:00 – 4:30pm MT. \nThe 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 you in preparing for the Child Welfare Law Specialist examination. \nThe 2025 course will include material based on the Fourth Edition of Child Welfare Law and Practice: Representing Children\, Parents\, and Agencies in Neglect\, Abuse\, and Dependency Cases. During weekly webinars\, the presenter will assist participants in breaking the material down\, focusing on important concepts\, and learning CWLS exam-taking strategies. View the course syllabus. \nThis course will not cover every part of every chapter. The instructor has made intentional decisions about what information to cover in the time that is allotted for the course. If part of a chapter is not covered\, that does not mean that content will not appear on the exam. Therefore\, you should incorporate any parts that are not covered into your self-study plans.  \nThe registration fee is $225 per person for groups and NACC members ($125 for CWLS; $300 for nonmembers) and includes access to live sessions\, recordings\, the electronic Red Book\, and the RBTC workbook. Email Training@NACCchildlaw.org for group registration. All sessions will be recorded and available for later viewing at the attendee’s convenience.   Hardcopies of the Red Book are available for purchase. A hardcopy Red Book is included in the Child Welfare Law Specialist application fee. \nBecome a Member of NACC for discount pricing.  \nCLE\n2025 Spring RBTC CLE Info
URL:https://naccchildlaw.org/event/online-red-book-training-course-spring-2025/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Foundations Training,Trainings
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SUMMARY:Leveraging Technology to Improve Client Engagement & Legal Representation in Child Welfare Cases
DESCRIPTION:In this NACC member webinar\, Gwendolyn Clegg from Oklahoma’s Office of Family Representation and Ryan O’Donnell\, CEO & Co-Founder of Your Case Plan\, will discuss how technology is reshaping client engagement and legal representation in child welfare cases. The session will highlight the successful pilot of the “Your Case Plan” app in Oklahoma\, showcasing how it has improved family engagement\, provided timely updates\, and enhanced the quality of legal representation. Ryan will share his personal journey\, from being a pre-adoptive foster parent to a passionate advocate for reunification\, and how his foster son’s case inspired the creation of the app.  \nParticipants will gain insight into how attorneys can use technology to improve client engagement and coordination between everyone involved in a child welfare case. Ryan will recount the compelling story of his foster son’s nearly seven-year journey in foster care\, despite his father never being accused of abuse or neglect\, and how Your Case Plan helped bridge the communication gap between family members\, legal representatives\, and the court system. Attendees will also learn how to recognize common challenges and biases that can delay reunification and explore how technology can foster collaboration and ensure more accurate\, real-time information in child welfare cases.  \nPresenters:\nGwendolyn Clegg\, JD – Executive Director\, Oklahoma Office of Family Representation  \nGwendolyn L. Clegg has dedicated the past twenty-three years of her legal career to representing parents\, children\, and families involved in Oklahoma’s juvenile deprived court system. In 2024\, Gwendolyn Clegg was appointed as the Executive Director of Oklahoma’s new state-wide Family Representation and Advocacy Program. The Program is a legislative-funded central office for high-quality legal representation for parents and children. Prior to her appointment\, she was the Program Director of the Parent Representation Defense Program at Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma\, Inc.\, in Tulsa County after having served the program as the Managing Attorney. LASO’s parent defense program was the first and only proof of concept interdisciplinary parent defense office in the state of Oklahoma. She received her JD from the University of Tulsa\, College of Law in 2000 and her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Northeastern State University in 1994.  \nRyan O’Donnell\, Tech Entrepreneur & Former Foster Parent; CEO & Co-Founder\, Your Case Plan by Sunlight  \nRyan O’Donnell is a serial tech entrepreneur and former foster parent on a mission to use technology for good. Based in Raleigh\, North Carolina\, he serves as the CEO and Co-Founder of Sunlight and is on a mission to strengthen America’s social safety net\, starting with our broken child welfare system. Their first product\, Your Case Plan\, improves legal representation and communication in child welfare cases in order to reduce the time children spend in foster care. He brings over a decade of experience starting and scaling technology start-ups\, where he has helped over 30\,000 people get jobs\, build two national fundraising platforms\, and broke the Guinness World Record for the largest food drive in 24 hours at a single location. He is a proud graduate of the NC School of Science and Mathematics and NC State University.  \nCLE:\nCalifornia (60-minute hour) – This participatory activity has been accredited by the State Bar of California for a maximum of 1.5 hours of General credit for live and on-demand participation. Attorneys must sign in for CLE after the session concludes. \nColorado (50‐minute hour) – This course has been accredited by the Colorado Board of Continuing Legal and Judicial Education for a maximum of 1.8 units of General credit for live and on-demand participation. Attorneys must sign in for CLE after the session concludes. Colorado is a self-report state. \nAttorneys in all other jurisdictions must seek CLE accreditation individually if desired.
URL:https://naccchildlaw.org/event/leveraging-technology-to-improve-client-engagement-legal-representation-in-child-welfare-cases/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Member Event,Webinar
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