Join The Pro Bono Project on Friday, July 22 for our free annual 6.5 hour CLE (1 hour of Professionalism and 0.5 hours of Ethics) 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.

Agenda:

8:45 – 9:00: Check-in and logistics overview; Welcome and Introduction to The Pro Bono Project, Kathryn Lafrentz

9:00 - 10:30: CINC Practice Overview: Instanter to Permanence, Mary Mustaller McMillan

10:30 – 10:45: Break

10:45 – 11:15: Using the Pelican Center’s Bench Book, Michelle Gros

11:15 – 12:15: Representing Children with Disabilities: Best Practices and Advocating for Services, Debra Weinberg

12:15 – 12:45: Lunch

12:45 – 1:45: Screening Children for Immigration Relief, Kristin M. Jones

1:45 – 2:45: Participants in the CINC Process: Roles and Responsibilities, Josephine Vanderhorst

2:45 – 3:00 - Break

3:00 – 3:30: Ethical Considerations in Trauma-Informed CINC Practice, the Hon. Amanda C. Calogero (ETHICS)

3:30 – 4:30: Professionalism for Children’s Law Attorneys, the Hon. Barron C. Burmaster (PROFESSIONALISM)

4:30: Adjourn

Training Panel:

The Hon. Barron C. Burmaster, Judge, Jefferson Parish Juvenile Court

The Hon. Amanda C. Calogero, Judge, Jefferson Parish Juvenile Court

Michelle Gros, Special Projects Coordinator, Pelican Center for Children and Families

Kristin M. Jones, Staff Attorney, Immigration and Refugee Services, Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans

Kathryn Lafrentz, Director of Legal Services, The Pro Bono Project

Mary Mustaller McMillan, Managing Attorney, Child In Need of Care (CINC) Unit, Southeast Louisiana Legal Services

Josephine Vanderhorst, Managing Attorney, Child In Need of Care (CINC) Unit, Southeast Louisiana Legal Services

Debra Weinberg, Director of Community Advocacy, Disability Rights Louisiana

To register, click here.