Join The Pro Bono Project on Friday, November 19 for our free annual six-hour CLE seminar for children's attorneys. Topics this year will include the Indian Child Welfare Act and working with immigrant children. As a condition of this free seminar, we ask that you accept representation in a pro bono CINC case or other matter.
This seminar will be online, and the Zoom link will be disseminated via email the week of the seminar. Because this is an online seminar, we are required to poll attendance during the course. Only those who respond to the attendance polling will receive CLE credit.
Agenda:
9:00 – 9:15: Check-in and logistics overview; Welcome and Introduction to The Pro Bono Project, Kathryn Lafrentz
9:15 - 11:15: CINC Practice Overview: Instanter to Termination, Mary Mustaller McMillan
11:15-11:30: Break
11:30 - 12:30: Screening Children for Immigration Relief, Kristin M. Jones
12:30 – 1:00: Lunch
1:00 - 2:00: Participants in the CINC Process: Roles and Responsibilities, Josephine Vanderhorst
2:00 - 3:00: Indian Child Welfare Act, Jesse S. George
3:00 – 3:15: Break
3:15 – 4:15: Ethical Considerations for Children’s Attorneys, Jesse S. George
4:15: Final roll-call and adjourn
Training Panel:
Mary Mustaller McMillan, Southeast Louisiana Legal Services
Kristin M. Jones, Staff Attorney, Immigration and Refugee Services, Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans
Josephine Vanderhorst, Managing Attorney, Child In Need of Care (CINC) Unit
Jesse S. George, New Orleans Policy Director, Alliance for Affordable Energy
Kathryn Lafrentz, Director of Legal Services, The Pro Bono Project