GA Child Welfare Legal Academy 

Join us on March 17th for our next Georgia Child Welfare Legal Academy which will focus on reinstatement of parental rights through the experiences and insights of a panel of children's attorneys who have been involved in these actions.  The recent comprehensive revision to the state's Juvenile Code, codified as the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2013, was undertaken, in part, to modernize Georgia dependency laws.  This effort introduced reinstatement of parental rights as an innovative remedy to address the problem of children who are left without legal parents as a result of termination of parental rights or a voluntary surrender, and who do not have a permanency goal of adoption.  Since the adoption of the new code, a limited number of reinstatement of parental rights cases have been brought to court.  Our Visiting Scholars in Practice, Leslie Abbott, Mercedes Ball, Jennifer Ennerberg and Tara-Anne Canada, offer their experiences on the usefulness of this law as a tool to reconstruct vulnerable families.

WE NO LONGER WILL BE ACCEPTING CLE PAYMENT AT THE DOOR.  IF INTERESTED IN OBTAINING CLE CREDIT, YOU MUST SELF-PAY TO THE GA STATE BAR - REMEMBER TO SIGN CLE ATTENDANCE SHEET DURING REGISTRATION.

COST:

Registration:  $10 (cash/check at the door)
2.0 Trial credits (GA Attorneys only): $10 (self-pay to GA State Bar).
For faster check-in, please have checks written and made payable to "Emory University."

Parking is located at the Lowergate Visitor Parking Deck (Emory University Hospital Visitor Parking Deck - 1717 Lowergate Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322).

We regret that the online payment option is not available at this time.  Please note that the nonrefundable registration fee for all participants is $10 and includes materials, parking validation and light refreshments.

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.  Walk-in registrations will be accepted at the door.  To speed registration, please have checks made payable to "Emory University" for $10 registration fee or exact change in cash.