Co-Sponsors:
Supreme Court of Georgia Committee on Justice for Children;
Administrative Office of the Courts;
Georgia Public Defender Standards Council;
Georgia'a Office of the Child Advocate;
Georgia Association of Counsel for Children

Presiding:
Regina L. Roberts, Program Chair, Supreme Court of Georgia Committee on Justice for Children, Administrative Office of the Courts, Atlanta

Partners:
Georgia Public Defender Standards Council; Georgia Association of Counsel for Children; Office of the Child Advocate

7:45

Registration and Continental Breakfast
(All attendees must check in upon arrival. A jacket or sweater is recommended.)
8:25

WELCOME AND PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Hon. P. Harris Hines, Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia; Chair of the Supreme Court Committee on Justice for Children, Atlanta (Invited)
8:30

NUTS AND BOLTS OF JUVENILE LAW AND PRACTICE IN CHILD DEPRIVATION CASES
This session will involve specific case scenarios to teach state and federal child welfare law from different attorney perspectives; various roles with the cases, including relationship with CASA; overview of juvenile court process and trial skills; and a very brief description of public benefits.
Karen B. Baynes, Former Associate Director of Carl Vinson Institute of Government, Former Juvenile Court Judge of Fulton County, Athens
Mary D. Hermann, Attorney at Law, Atlanta
10:00

BREAK
10:15

NUTS AND BOLTS (continued)
12:00
Lunch (Included in registration fee)
12:30

ETHICS IN CHILD WELFARE CASES
Jane G. Okrasinski, Georgia Association of Council for Children, Athens
1:45

BREAK
2:00

CASE LAW UPDATE
Hon. Benjamin P. Brinson, Judge, Juvenile Court, Atlantic Judicial Circuit, Claxton (Invited)
3:45
ADJOURN