The Children’s Commission is offering the following conference scholarships this summer:

• for attorneys to attend the 2023 TexasBarCLE’s one-day Child Abuse and Neglect Workshop, in-person and virtual options as detailed below; and
• for judges and attorneys to attend the National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC) 46th National Child Welfare Law Conference, on August 10-12, 2023 in Minneapolis, MN.

The final date to submit an application for either scholarship opportunity is midnight Friday, May 26, 2023. More information and links to apply are below.

The 2023 TexasBarCLE one-day Child Abuse and Neglect (CAN) Workshop will be held live on Wednesday, August 9, 2023, as an in-person event in San Antonio, Texas, with one virtual webcast replay on September 22, and two video replays which will take place in Dallas on September 22 and in South Padre Island in October 2023. The Children’s Commission is offering 100 registration scholarships to attorneys to attend the 2023 CAN Workshop on one of the dates listed above. 

For more information about the scholarship and to submit an application, please visit the Attorney Scholarships webpage.

The Children’s Commission is offering up to 10 reimbursement scholarships to judges and attorneys to attend the in-person National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC) 46th National Child Welfare Law Conference on August 10-12, 2023 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. More information about the conference is available on the NACC website.

Judicial applicants may visit the Judicial Scholarships webpage for more information and a link to apply. Attorney applicants may visit the Attorney Scholarships webpage for more information and a link to apply.