In this session, Attorney Sammi Maifair in the Department of Children’s Services (DCS) Office of the General Counsel will present a 90-minute virtual Continuing Legal Education session for parent and child attorneys working in juvenile court, hosted by the Court Improvement Program in the AOC. The session will provide guidance on locating key DCS policies, summarizing critical policies relevant to dependency cases, and leveraging these policies to advocate for best practices in court. Attorneys will also learn strategies for navigating professional relationships with DCS, addressing policy compliance concerns, and effectively using the chain of command when issues arise. A key focus will be on DCS’s legal obligation to provide reasonable efforts to prevent removal and to reunify families or achieve the case plan goal outlined in the family permanency plan.
This session is approved for 1.5 general CLE hours.
Register here: https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/M61rY1K8SLqLGfehlp97TA
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37219 TN
United States