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5th Annual Advanced Child Protection Law Conference – March 2023:

Advanced Family Child Abuse & Neglect Workshop – August 10, 2022

Marriott Rivercenter,  San Antonio, Texas

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Free Roundtable Breakfast for Members prior to workshop – 7:30 am to 8:30 am located across from workshop event – please rsvp at cpls.2022@yahoo.com by August 1, 2022.

 

Child Protection Law Section ReceptionHonoring Justice Debra Lehrmann

Rio Rio Cantina  |  August 3, 2021
403 E. Commerce St. (3rd Level)
Riverwalk, San Antonio, Tx 78205

 

Child Abuse and Neglect Track
Advanced Family Law Course

San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter  |  August 4, 2021
San Antonio, Texas

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Creating a Trauma-Informed Court and Trauma-Informed Advocacy for Parents

Friday June 25 – Monday June 28, 2021
Virtual

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Part I – Viewing of the Film “All Rise for the Good of the Children”
Watch on  your own time. Video will be available starting Friday, June 25  at noon  through Monday, June 28 at noon.

This film is a 75-minute documentary showing  the transformation of Judge Carole Clark’s court to a trauma-informed court for the benefit of cases involving children in the child protection system. The documentary includes actual hearings in Judge Clark’s court and shows how when the judge and attorneys in the case approach parents in a way that helps them heal from their own childhood trauma their chance of getting their children back from foster care as the outcome of their court case dramatically increases. The movie will serve as the foundation for the Part II webinar with a panel discussion on the topic of creating a trauma-informed court and trauma-informed advocacy for parents.

Part II – Panel Discussion | Monday June 28, 2021, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. 

This presentation is a panel discussion of the documentary “All Rise for the Good of the Children” and focuses on how to create a trauma-informed court that is capable of addressing the childhood trauma experienced by parents whose children have been removed and placed in foster care and how attorneys can practice trauma-informed advocacy for the parents involved in those court cases.  The panel will discuss how when the judge and attorneys in the case approach parents in a way that helps them heal from their own childhood trauma their chance of getting their children back from foster care as the outcome of their court case dramatically increases. The panel will also provide specific practice tips focusing on what trauma-informed advocacy for parents looks like in day to day practice and how to implement this new approach in court.

Moderator:  Barbara Elias-Perciful, J.D., Director, Texas Lawyers for Children —  Barbara has over 25 years of experience as an attorney working in the child protection field. She currently serves on the Council for the State Bar Child Protection Law Section and on the Collaborative Council for the Supreme Court Children’s Commission and is a past Chair of the State Bar’s Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect.

Panelist: Hon. Carole Clark — Judge Clark is a retired district court judge whose court is the subject of the documentary “All Rise for the Good of the Children”. Judge Clark will discuss the steps necessary to create a trauma-informed court, and how the outcomes for children and parents involved in child protection court cases are much better when the judge and attorneys use a trauma-informed approach to these court cases.

Panelist: Elizabeth Watkins, J.D. — Elizabeth is one of the attorneys who helped Judge Clark create her trauma-informed court, She is now the Family Justice Director at the Williamson County Attorney’s Office, where she worked to create the Family Recovery Court. She will focus on how to implement trauma-informed practices to create a trauma-informed court.

Panelist: Patricia Hogue, J.D. — Patricia is the Special Projects Attorney for Texas Lawyers for Children. She is part of the team of attorneys who created the Legal Professional Trauma Training Program funded by the Office of the Governor, and is the trainer who focuses on trauma-informed advocacy for parents. Patricia will focus on specific advocacy tips to teach attorneys how to use a trauma-informed approach when representing parents in child protection court cases since the outcomes for children and parents in these cases are much better when this approach is used.

3rd Annual Advanced Child Protection Law Course 

Full Event Streamed: April 1-2, 2021
Thursday, April 1: 12:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Friday, April 2: 8:45 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Watch at Your Convenience: April 4 – July 1, 2021

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This was streamed in its entirety April 1-2, 2021. All presentations were also available for registrants until July 1, 2021 for convenience viewing or review.


My Life in Foster Care: Was Race a Factor with Zoe Jones Walton

featuring Andrea Frye, Dallas County Public Defender’s Office

Noon CDT, Friday, September 4

Featuring Presenters:

Zoe Walton
Former Foster Youth

Andrea Frye
Dallas County Public Defender’s Office

Moderated by:
Rhonda Hunter
Law Office of Rhonda Hunter
Dallas County, Texas

CANCELLED

3rd Annual
Advanced Child Protection Law CLE
March 26-27 ~ Houston

Hilton Houston Post Oak by the Galleria
2001 Post Oak Boulevard
Houston TX 77056

For the health and safety of all those involved we have decided to cancel this CLE event. We appreciate your patience while we work to refund all paid registrants. Refunds will be processed as quickly as possible but it may take 5-7 business days to be available in personal accounts.

Please cancel your hotel and travel arrangements. If you made an online hotel reservation you can cancel it online using your confirmation number. If you booked your hotel room over the phone please call 1.800.245.7299.

We hope to reschedule this event at a date TBA.

Read about the State Bar of Texas’ COVID-19 safety measures here.

Child Abuse & Neglect Workshop at Advanced Family Law:

 August 14, 2019 – Marriott Rivercenter – San Antonio

MCLE Credit: 6.25 hours (2.5 ethics).
Applies to the Texas Bar College and the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in
Child Welfare, Civil Appellate, Civil Trial, and Family Law.

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