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Conferences and Training

Attorney conference calls are held monthly and provide up-to-date information on topics related to legal advocacy. These trainings are conducted by both Program staff and experts from outside the Florida Guardian ad Litem Program. Each hour long presentation has been approved for CLE credit. Below you will find audio files of these conference calls as well as practice aids and materials provided by the lecturer. If you are an attorney and would like to receive CLE credit for listening to the audio file below, please visit the Florida Bar website and submit the course number provided to receive CLE credit.


Conference Title: SEXUAL ABUSE & THE KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE ACT, Karen Oehme, J. D., Institute Director, Clearinghouse on Supervised Visitation & Sonia Crockett, J.D.

Conference Date: Thursday, August 12, 2010

CLE Course Number: 73520

Audio: Sexual Abuse & The Keeping Children Safe Act
(2 minute download for Cable/DSL)

Documents & Links:
Florida Statute §39.0139: Limiting the Risk of Serious Harm to Children, by Judge Sue Robbins (May 2008) (Link)
Child Sexual Abuse Referrals (Dynamics of Sexual Abuse Training) (Link)
Mahmood v. Mahmood, 15 So.3d 1 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009) (PDF)


Conference Title: BEST INTEREST, Alicia L. Guerra, Deputy General Counsel, Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office

Conference Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2010

CLE Course Number:

Audio: Best Interest
(2 minute download for Cable/DSL)

Documents & Links:
Best Interest July 2010 CLE Outline (DOC)
Citations for Best Interest Training (DOC)


Conference Title: THE EFFECTS OF AN APPEAL ON YOUR CASE, Wendie Cooper, Appellate Counsel, Florida Guardian ad Litem Program

Conference Date: Tuesday, June 29, 2010

CLE Course Number: 64620

Audio: The Effects Of An Appeal On Your Case
(2 minute download for Cable/DSL)


Conference Title: CASE LAW UPDATE, Hillary Kambour, Director of Training, Florida Guardian ad Litem Program

Conference Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010

CLE Course Number: 56910

Audio: Case Law Update
(2 minute download for Cable/DSL)

Documents & Links:
Case Law Update (PPT)


Conference Title: DELINQUENCY ISSUES FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN, Carrie Lee, Director of the Juvenile Justice Center, Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law, Barry University

Conference Date: Wednesday, April 28, 2010

CLE Course Number: 50400

Audio: Delinquency Issues for Dependent Children
(2 minute download for Cable/DSL)

Documents & Links:
Delinquency Overview (PDF)


Conference Title: SPECIAL EDUCATION ISSUES FOR CHILDREN IN THE DEPENDENCY SYSTEM, Gerry Glynn, Associate Professor of Law, Director of Clinical Programs, Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law, Barry University

Conference Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2010

CLE Course Number: 42540

Audio: Special Education Issues For Children In The Dependency System
(2 minute download for Cable/DSL)

Documents & Links:
Special Education and Dependency (ppt)


Conference Title: CONTEMPT, Judge Robert N. Scola, Jr., of the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida

Conference Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010

CLE Course Number: 15130

Audio: Contempt
(2 minute download for Cable/DSL)

Documents & Links:
Contempt Law Clerks (ppt)
Scenarios March 2010 (ppt)
Contempt Bench Book (doc)


Conference Title: REPRESENTING OLDER CHILDREN, Andrea Khoury, American Bar Association and Amy LaMere, Senior Program Attorney, Florida Guardian ad Litem

Conference Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2010

CLE Course Number: 38650

Audio:
Representing Older Children

(2 minute download for Cable/DSL)

Documents & Links:
Seen and Heard (ppt)


Conference Title: IN THE TRENCHES: JUVENILE DEPENDENCY CASES FROM SHELTER TO ADOPTION, The Honorable Tracy Sheehan, Circuit Court Judge and Jon Johnson, General Magistrate, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit

Conference Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009

CLE Course Number: 16180

Audio:
Audio Recording on December 10, 2009 Program Attorney Training

(2 minute download for Cable/DSL)

Documents & Links:
In the Trenches (ppt)
Case Citations (doc)


Conference Title: INTERSTATE COMPACT ON THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN (ICPC), Steve Pennypacker Esq., Compact Administrator, Florida Department of Children and Families

Conference Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2009

CLE Course Number: 95789

Audio:
Audio Recording on November 18, 2009 Program Attorney Training

(2 minute download for Cable/DSL)

Documents & Links:
Overview of ICPC Process (ppt)


Conference Title: MASTER TRUSTS, Deborah A. Schroth, CLS Counsel for Independent Living, Master Trust and Education.

Conference Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009

CLE Course Number: 90569

Audio:
Audio Recording on October 22, 2009 Program Attorney Training

(2 minute download for Cable/DSL)

Documents & Links:
Master Trust/"Client Trust": Legal Fiduciary Obligations
and Necessary Social Work (ppt)

Master Trust/Client Account Casework Guidelines (doc)


Conference Title: LEGAL ETHICS IN DEPENDENCY PRACTICE, David Silverstein, Office of the Attorney General, Children's Legal Services Hillsborough County Florida .

Conference Date: September 22, 2009

CLE Course Number: 81799

Audio:
Audio Recording on September 22, 2009 Program Attorney Training

(2 minute download for Cable/DSL)

Documents & Links:
Excerpts From Rules of Professional Conduct (doc)
Legal Ethics In Dependency Practice (doc)
GAL Program Attorney Standards (doc)
GAL Standards of Operation (pdf)


Conference Title: VIEW FROM THE BENCH, Judge Altenbernd, Second District Court of Appeals, and Judge Seals, Twentieth Circuit Court.

Conference Date: August 12, 2009

CLE Course Number: 67509

Audio:
Audio Recording on August 12, 2009 Program Attorney Training

(2 minute download for Cable/DSL)

Documents & Links:
Views From the Bench (pdf)


Conference Title: 2009 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, Deborah Lacombe, Deputy General Counsel, Legislative Affairs, Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office.

Conference Date: July 15, 2009

CLE Course Number: 19189

Audio:
Audio Recording on July 15, 2009 Program Attorney Training

(2 minute download for Cable/DSL)

Documents & Links:
2009 Passed Legislation


Conference Title: GUARDIANSHIP 101 FOR CHILD ADVOCATES, Shannon M. Miller, MILLER & BRASINGTON, P.L.

Conference Date: May 21, 2009

CLE Course Number: 50069

Audio:
Audio Recording on May 21, 2009 Program Attorney Training

(2 minute download for Cable/DSL)

Documents & Links:
Forms available at www.millerbrasington.com


Conference Title: EDUCATION: THE FOSTERING CONNNECTIONS TO SUCCESS AND INCREASING ADOPTIONS ACT OF 2008, Kristin Kelly and Kathleen M. McNaught, Center on Children and the Law, American Bar Association

Conference Date: April 23, 2009

CLE Course Number: 45029 (Please enter the course date 4/30/2009 when applying for CLE credit)

Audio:
Audio Recording on April 23, 2009 Program Attorney Training

(2 minute download for Cable/DSL)

Documents & Links:
Q&A: Fostering Connections To Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008
BLUEPRINT FOR CHANGE: Education Success for Children in Foster Care
Goal 1: School Stability - Attorneys' Roles
Goal 2: School Transitions - Attorneys' Roles


Conference Title: INDEPENDENT LIVING, Bill Booth, Esq., Juvenile Advocacy Project, Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County

Conference Date: March 26, 2009

CLE Course Number: 22299

Audio:
Audio Recording on March 26, 2009 Program Attorney Training

(2 minute download for Cable/DSL)

Documents & Links:
5-29-02 Memo Re: Immigrant Children Independent Living Benefits
Background Memo on Unaccompanied Minors
Immigrant Children Independent Living Benefits
Independent Living


Conference Title: SEXUAL ABUSE ISSUES & THE KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE ACT, Karen Oehme, J. D., Institute Director, Clearinghouse on Supervised Visitation & Sonia Crockett, J.D.

Conference Date: January 22, 2009

CLE Course Number: 11649

Audio:
Audio Recording on January 22, 2009 Program Attorney Training

(2 minute download for Cable/DSL)

Documents & Links:
Dynamics of Sexual Abuse
Keeping Children Safe Act Training
Summary of Section 39.0139, Florida Statutes (2007)
Order Granting Motion to Determine Unconstitutionality of Florida Statute Section 39.0139. Circuit Fourth of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in and for Pasco County Florida.


Conferences and Training Archives

Click Here to View 2008 Conferences and Training

  • THE FOSTERING CONNECTIONS TO SUCCESS ACT:  OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES FOR FLORIDA, Don Winstead, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Children & Families, presented by The Florida Bar Foundation Children's Legal Services Grantees and the Public Interest Law Section of the Florida Bar.
  • EARLY PERIODIC SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT (EPSDT) TRAINING PART II, Bernie Perlmutter, Director, The Children and Youth Law Clinic & Miriam Harmatz of Florida Legal Services
  • REPRESENTING YOUTH, Andrea Khoury, American Bar Association and the Honorable Nushin Sayfie, 11th Judicial Circuit
  • INTERSTATE COMPACT ON THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN (ICPC), Steve Pennypacker Esq., Compact Administrator, Florida Department of Children and Families
  • EARLY PERIODIC SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT (EPSDT) TRAINING PART I, Anne L. Swerlick, Deputy Director Florida Legal Services, Inc. & Stephanie Johnson, Senior Attorney for the Team Child Program, Legal Services of North Florida, Inc
  • DEPOSITIONS OF CHILDREN, Frances J. Feinberg, Senior Staff Attorney, GAL Program
  • UNDERSTANDING THE INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT (ICWA), Jennifer Staley, Esq., KidsVoice

Click Here to View 2007 Conferences and Training

  • PROVING NEXUS, Thomas W. Young, Appellate Counsel, Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office
  • MASTER TRUST TRAINING PART I & II, William Booth, Esq., Juvenile Advocacy Project; John Walsh, Esq., Foster Children's Project; Jim Walsh, Esq., Foster Children's Project
  • LEGAL ETHICS IN DEPENDENCY PRACTICE, David Silverstein, Office of the Attorney General, Children's Legal Services Hillsborough County Florida
  • TAKING AND DEFENDING DEPOSITIONS, Thomasina Moore, JD
  • PATERNITY, Alicia Guerra, J.D., M.S.W., Senior Program Attorney, Florida Guardian ad Litem Program
  • SEXUAL ABUSE ISSUES & THE KEEPING CHILDREN SAFE ACT, Karen Oehme, J. D., Program Director, Clearinghouse on Supervised Visitation & Sonia Crockett, J.D.
  • INDEPENDENT LIVING ISSUES, Deborah A. Schroth, Staff Attorney, Florida Legal Services, Inc.
  • CONDUCTING EFFECTIVE WESTLAW RESEARCH, Martin Melang, JD, Westlaw Government Account Manager
  • TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, Florida Guardian ad Litem Regional Training
  • THE FLORIDA ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE SYSTEM, Kenneth L. Marvin Staff Counsel Director, Lawyer Regulation
  • PROFESSIONALISM IN PREPARING FOR TRIAL, George E. "Buddy" Schulz Jr., Partner, Holland & Knight, Lawyer Regulation
  • ADOPTION SUBSIDIES, ENHANCED SUBSIDIES AND MORE!, Helen Spohrer, Supervising Attorney, Florida Guardian ad Litem Program

Click Here to View 2006 Conferences and Training

  • MEDICAID WAIVERS AND EARLY PERIODIC SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT (EPSDT), Professor Paolo Annino, Florida State University College of Law
  • IMPLIED CONSENT FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR & PETITIONS FOR HABEAS CORPUS, Patricia M. Propheter, Appellate Counsel, Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Program
  • SINGLE-PARENT TERMINATIONS & VOLUNTARY SURRENDERS, Patricia M. Propheter, Appellate Counsel, Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Program
  • FLORIDA 2006 LEGISLATIVE CHANGES, Deborah Lacombe, Deputy General Counsel, Florida Guardian ad Litem Office
  • PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS, Daniel P. Tressler, Psy.D.
  • EVIDENCE ISSUES INVOLVING JUVENILES IN FLORIDA, Charles W. Ehrhardt, Ladd Professor of Evidence, Florida State University College of Law
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