Parent Attorney Conference

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The Parent Attorney Conference provides training for attorneys who represent parents in abuse, neglect, dependency, and termination of parental rights proceedings.

For information about other indigent defense education courses, visit our Public Defense Education site.

The registration is currently closed. If you are still interested in attending please email Kate Jennings

Agenda

Additional information

Format:

This year’s conference will be offered remotely through the Zoom webinar platform.

CLE:

The Parent Attorney Conference will offer up to six hours of CLE credit and qualifies for NC State Bar family law specialization credit. If you are unable to attend all live sessions, you will receive a link to the recorded program content, once those recordings are available. Registrants will have two weeks after receiving the link to view the content.

Juvenile Conference:

If you would like to also attend the Juvenile Defender Conference, you must register for it separately. You can register for that conference HERE.

CLE Value:

General	5.00 hrs
Ethics	1.00 hrs
Total	6.00 hrs

There currently are no scheduled offerings of this course.

The Parent Attorney Conference will offer up to six hours of CLE credit and qualifies for NC State Bar family law specialization credit. If you are unable to view either program entirely, either live or via recording, please submit a partial credit form to Kate Jennings at jennings@sog.unc.edu. Partial credit forms are due two weeks after receiving the recording link.

Materials are hyperlinked below

Agenda 2021 Parent Attorney Conference (pdf, 149 KB)

Parent Attorney Conference Blog Posts (pdf, 141 KB)

Parent Attorney Conference Case Update August 2021 (pdf, 1 MB)

2021 Child Welfare Case Update-PPT (pdf, 5 MB)

2021 Partial Credit Parent Attorney Conference (pdf, 59 KB)

Legislative Update 2021 -Parent Attorney Conference (pdf, 89 KB)

Cost of Care and TPRs PPT (pdf, 201 KB)

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