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Como encontrar ayuda legal
Usted no está obligado a contratar un abogado, pero los asuntos legales pueden ser complicados. Considere la posibilidad de hablar con un abogado para hablar de sus opciones. Para información sobre cómo obtener ayuda legal vea nuestra página Como encontrar ayuda legal.
2020 Court Improvement Summit
The Summit is a biennial training hosted by the Court Improvement Program for child welfare professionals in Utah. Our purpose is to increase child welfare expertise in the legal community and facilitate cross-training opportunities among agencies, courts and other key stakeholders.
Our theme this year is Principles & Practices: Creating a Full Integrated Child-Welfare System. The Summit introduced Utah's Core Principles and Guiding Practices for a Fully Integrated Child-Welfare System that are focused on best practices and our commitment to protecting children and strengthening families.
Keynote Address: Our Moment of Obligation: Transforming Our Child Protection System into a Child Welfare System - Vivek Sankaran, University of Michigan Law School
Introduction of Utah's Child-Welfare Core Principles and Guiding Practices – PDF
Principios Centrales y Prácticas Rectoras para un Sistema de Bienestar del Menor Plenamente Integrado en Utah - PDF
Improving Outcomes for Court Involved Children & Families: A Reasonable Efforts Discussion –
PDF
Judge Leonard P. Edwards (ret.)
Relationship Building as a Foundation for Reasonable Efforts –
PDF
Natalie Netzel, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Father Engagement: MALES (Manifesting. Action. Leveraging. Engagement. Success) –
PDF
Corey Best
Trauma of Removal –
PDF
Christopher Church, Casey Family Programs
The Family First Prevention Services Act: Requirements, Lessons Learned & the Road Ahead –
PDF
Allison Green, National Association of Counsel for Children
Strengthening Families Using a Racial Equity Lens
Dr. Jessica Pryce, Florida Institute of Child Welfare
- Family Separation Research Brief – PDF
Cultural Humility as an Approach to Improve ICWA Practice
Sheldon Spotted Elk & Sheri Freemont, Casey Family Programs
Introduction to the Safety Guide: Part 1 and 2 –
PDF
Rob Wyman, Casey Family Programs
Supervision During Physical Distancing
Heather Meitner, National Council on Crime and Delinquency
Legal Ethics for Attorneys and Judges - "It's Not You, It's Me..." Breaking up with the "Jealous Mistress" –
PDF
Ammon Nelson, Parental Defense Attorney
Date and Location
- August 12, 2020 from 9:00 AM – 4:15 PM
- August 13, 2020 from 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM
Held virtually via Webex Events
- Program: 2020 CIP Summit – PDF
Continuing Legal Education Credits
The Utah State Bar approved 7.5 CLE Credits, including 1.0 Ethics Credit.
If you need closed captioning to access any of the above recordings or need the videos translated into another language, please email cip@utcourts.gov with your request. Si usted necesita los videos en español, mande un email a cip@utcourts.gov.
The Utah State Courts mission is to provide the people an open, fair, efficient, and independent system for the advancement of justice under the law.
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