Kids at Court Conference: Trauma Sensitive Strategies for Attorneys
The Support Center for Child Advocacy is hosting its Kids at Court Conference: Trauma Sensitive Strategies for Attorneys at locations in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh during September 2024.
Join the Kids at Court Conference to learn how to utilize trauma sensitive strategies to support your work with child victims and/or witnesses.
This conference is open to all attorneys who interact with children and youth in their courtroom practice, including, but not limited to, criminal, dependency, delinquency, civil, and domestic relations across Pennsylvania.
The conference includes an online pre-requisite training and a live, full-day event. Topics will include oppression-based trauma, the neurobiological impact of trauma, understanding and utilizing forensic interviewing, experts and motions, strategies when children are in-trial and on-the-stand, and more. The content includes the perspective of those with lived experience.
- Includes both pre-recorded content and the in-person conference.
- 9.0 CLE credits available (2.5 substantive/0.5 ethics for the online pre-requisite training; 4.5 substantive/1.5 ethics for the in-person conference)
- Space is limited, pre-registration required, no walk-ins will be admitted.
Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network staff can register at the reduced-cost public interest attorney rate to obtain CLE Credit.
Philadelphia:
The in-person portion of the conference in Philadelphia will be held on September 13, 2024 at:
Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law
1719 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19122
Friday, September 13, 2024
8:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Pittsburgh:
The in-person portion of the conference in Pittsburgh will be held on September 20, 2024 at:
Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University
900 Locust St, Pittsburgh, PA 15282
September 20, 2024
8:30 AM to 5:00 PM