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Georgia Child Welfare Legal Academy
The Georgia Child Welfare Legal Academy is a collaboration between the Supreme Court of Georgia Committee on Justice for Children and the Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic to bring child welfare legal experts to Emory Law School for a monthly workshop as Visiting Scholars in Practice.
The workshop videos and Powerpoint presentations will be archived here. Please bookmark this page and check back periodically for new materials.
If you have difficulty viewing the videos, please contact Michele Papotto by email to mpapott(at)emory.edu or by phone 404.712.8367.
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GCWLA Training Workshops:
The 2010 Georgia Child Welfare Legal Academy presents the next program on March 3, 2010. Online registration is strongly recommended. Visit www.regonline.com/caseplan to register.
The Honorable R. Michael Key will teach about effective case planning as well as the required evidentiary finding of whether the agency has made reasonable efforts to reunify a family AND the evidentiary finding required to make sure reasonable efforts have been made to achieve permanency for a child/ren. Visitation as a required part of the case plan will also be addressed.
Judge Key, of LaGrange, GA, has been a juvenile court judge in Troup County since 1989. He has held numerous leadership roles with the Georgia Council of Juvenile Court Judges and in July 2010 he will be the President of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. He has also received several child advocacy awards in his role as a juvenile judge and is a wonderful speaker. Judge Key is alumnus of Emory Law School (79L).
CLE credit: 1.0 Professionalism and 2.0 regular CLE credits will be offered for this program for an additional fee of $30.00 payable by cash or check at the door. Please make checks payable to Emory University.
Upcoming Legal Academy 2010 programs
April 1, 2010: Robin Nash Lecture with Roy Sanders, M.D., and Betsy Bockman, Ph.D.
Register online at www.regonline.com/judgenash
April 28, 2010: Cold Case Project fellows
The Diligent Search: Law and Policy
January 27, 2009
Part 1
| Visiting Scholars in Practice: Mr. Bobby Cagle, MSW |
To view Judge Tilley and Mr. Cagle's Video Presentation, please click here | |
Part 2
| Andrew Stimson presents the robust Accurint database system currently available for assisting caseworkers with searches for relatives of children in foster care. |
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APPLA - The Least Desired Permanency Option and How the New Fostering Connections Law Impacts It
February 25, 2009
Part 1
| Visiting Scholars in Practice: Ms. Ebony Harris, MAOM |
To view Judge Crawford and Ms. Harris' Video presentation, please click here. | |
Part 2
| Jennifer Pokempner, Esq. Additional reference documents: |
To view Ms. Pokempner's Video presentation, please click here. | |
Permanency Hearings
March 25, 2009
| Visiting Scholars in Practice: Judge Philip B. Spivey |
To view Video Presentation Part 1, please click here. | |
Click here to view the Powerpoint presentation: Path to Permanency
Handouts:
Education Checklist
Judicial Review Order
Permanency Hearing Checklist
Permanency Pact
Family Preservation in Georgia
April 21, 2009
Visiting Scholars in Practice: Kathy Herren Juvenile Court of Douglas County Judge Steve Franzen | |
To view Video Presentation Part 1, please click here. | |
Click here to view the Powerpoint presentation: Family Preservation in Georgia
Protecting Our Children and Our Liberty
May 29, 2009
| Visiting Scholar in Practice: Tom Rawlings |
To view Tom Rawlings' Video Presentation, please click here. | |
Permanence and Rules of Engagement
June 26, 2009
| Visiting Scholar in Practice: Sue Badeau, Director of Knowledge Management, To view Sue Badeau's Powerpoint presentation, click here. |
Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children
July 30, 2009
| Visiting Scholars in Practice: Mr. Stephen Pennypacker, Esq. |
To view Judge Hammond's video presentation click here. | |
Infant Brain Development and the Trauma of Removal to Foster Care
August 31, 2009
| Visiting Scholar in Practice: |
To view Dr. Greenbaum's video presentation Part 1 click here. | |
Community Involvement with Children in Juvenile Court
September 25, 2009
| Visiting Scholars in Practice: |
To view Judge Teske's video presentation, click here. | |
The Power of Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment
October 22, 2009
| Visiting Scholars in Practice:
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To view Josh Norris' video presentation, click here.
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The Ethical and Evidentiary Challenges in Dependency Proceedings
November 19, 2009
| Visiting Scholars in Practice: Paula Frederick |
To view the video presentation, click here. To view the Powerpoint presentation, click here. | |
Implementation of Open Juvenile Courts
January 27, 2010
| Visiting Scholars in Practice: Judge Britt Hammond |
To view Part 1 of Judge Tilley's and Judge Hammond's video presentation, click here. To view Part 2 of Judge Tilley's and Judge Hammond's video presentation, click here. 2010 Model Orders (click on link to download in pdf format): Attorneys who wish to view program and self-report to the State Bar of GA: State Bar of Georgia course number is 136059 | |
