May 13-16 |
ABA 2009 National Conference on Children and the Law, 30th Anniversary. Renaissance Hotel, Washington, DC. Public access to findings and information about children who die of neglect or abuse. |
June 23-25 |
2009 Wyoming Children’s Justice Conference. Little America Hotel and Resort Conference Center, Cheyenne, Wyoming. Co-sponsored by Wyoming Guardians Ad Litem Program (GAL) and Children's Justice Project. The role of public defender versus GAL in delinquency proceedings |
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For more information on these or other NCYL trainings, please contact rgudeman@youthlaw.org |
November 2007 - NCYL attorneys provided trainings on a range of issues at two recent conferences – the National Legal Aid Defenders Association’s (NLADA) annual conference last month in Tucson, Ariz., and Beyond the Bench, an annual convening of more than 1,000 juvenile dependency and delinquency professionals from California, including judges, attorneys, social workers, and educators.
- AB 490: Ensuring Educational Rights for Foster Youth Training and Implementation materials on California Assembly Bill 490.
- NCYL also does trainings on how foster parents can better advocate for the children in their care; and effective representation of foster children in juvenile court. For more information please contact Rebecca Gudeman.
NCYL conducts trainings on Cal-Learn and Child Support to teens and providers. For more information please contact Patrick Gardner.
- NCYL provides trainings to health care providers on minor consent, confidentiality, and child abuse reporting. For more information please contact Rebecca Gudeman.
- NCYL conducts trainings on the rights of children and adolescents to health and mental health care, and the circumstances under which teens are entitled to confidential medical care. For more information please contact Carin Ward or Rebecca Gudeman.
NCYL provides trainings on: - The rights of juveniles in government custody, including conditions of confinement
- Development of models to provide civil advocacy as a component of representing youth in the juvenile justice system
- Systemic litigation to improve juvenile public defense systems
- Complex class litigation skills
For more information, please contact Pat Arthur.
Juvenile Justice Training Materials:
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Juvenile Justice
Senior Attorney Pat Arthur trained on access to services for youth discharged from prisons, at the National Network for Youth Symposium 2009 in Washington, DC. The Symposium, entitled Celebrating Youth, Inspiring Leadership, and Creating Change, took place January 25-28, 2009 and focused on homeless youth and the law.
Pat Arthur also served on a panel for the ABA Homeless Commission and Poverty Conference in Seattle, WA on June 18, 2008. She presented on the use of the valid court order exception for the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act.
Adolescent Health Care
Senior Attorney Rebecca Gudeman presented a workshop with Dr. Elizabeth Miller from U.C. Davis at Beyond the Bench Conference in San Francisco, CA on December 11, 2008. Gudeman trained on reproductive health access for dependents and wards under juvenile jurisdiction, and Miller presented on adolescent health development in response to trauma exposure and its impact.
Rebecca also presented a workshop at a special convening on judicial bypass and minor consent laws for the National Partnership for Women and Families. The training was held on December 10, 2008 in Washington, DC. In addition, she trained on consent laws for more than 35 youth advocates in Alameda County involved with the California School Health Centers Association (CSHC) on December 2, 2008.
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