Aiding lawyers and other legal professionals involved with parents and their children in the legal system will be the focus of the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law’s second annual conference, “Improving Representation in the Child Welfare System.”
The July 13-14 conference in Arlington, Va., will feature a variety of workshops and discussion groups covering a host of different situations.
The opening plenary, “Still Searching for America’s Heart: Why We Haven’t Done Better for Poor Families and Children,” on July 13, 9:30–11 a.m., will feature Georgetown University Law Center Professor Peter Edelman and New York University School of Law Professor Martin Guggenheim.
Cook County, Ill., Judge Patricia Martin, president-elect of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, will be the luncheon speaker on July 14, noon – 1:30 p.m. Her remarks are titled “Navigating the System: Working to Empower Parents and to Preserve Families.”
Among the topics discussed during the two-day gathering will be:
• A holistic approach to representing minor parents in foster care;
• Representing parents prior to removal of child;
• Including parents with personal experiences in the foster care system as part of the legal team;
• Child welfare consequences of the criminal justice system – working with incarcerated parents;
• Reinstatement of parental rights; and
• Incarcerated parents and their children.
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