The National Center for State Courts, in partnership with the federal Children’s Bureau, recently launched a series of presentations called
CIP Talks
by nationally recognized child welfare experts. The Children’s Bureau funds the Texas Court Improvement Program (CIP) which is administered by the Supreme Court Children’s Commission.
The CIP Talks occur on the first Monday of every month at 2:00 p.m. CST. The Children’s Commission invites you to tune in to these presentations, which are recorded live and offer virtual Q&A with the speaker after the presentation. After each talk, the presentation is archived online. Please mark your calendars for:
- Monday, February 3, 2020, "Why Every Child in Foster Care Would Benefit from High Quality Legal Representation" by Angela Vigil, Partner and Executive Director of the Pro Bono Practice at Baker and McKenzie LLP;
- Monday, March 2, 2020, “Family Justice in Indian Country” by Sheldon Spotted Elk, Director of Indian Child Welfare at Casey Family Programs;
- Monday, April 6, 2020, "What Every Judge and Attorney Needs to Know about the Trauma of Removal" by Monique Mitchell, Director of Translational Research & Curriculum Development at The Dougy Center: The National Center for Grieving Children & Families; and
- Monday, May 4, 2020, "How Attorneys and Judges Can Help Reduce the Need for Foster Care and Family Separation" by Christopher Church, Staff Attorney at the University of South Carolina School of Law.
To access the CIP Talks, please link
here
. To access the virtual Q&A discussion following each presentation, please link
here
.
