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| The Sixteenth Annual Domestic Violence Conference |
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| Start Date: | 3/5/2012 | Start Time: | 8:30 AM |
| End Date: | 3/6/2012 | End Time: | 4:30 PM |
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Event Description
SPACE IS STILL AVAILABLE. PLEASE REGISTER AT DOOR.
THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CONFERENCE
Healing or Hurting? The Hopes and Hazards of Mixing Mental Health and the Courts
CO-SPONSORS: Appellate Division, First Department / Fordham Law School & Feerick Center for Social Justice / Lawyers Committee Against Domestic Violence / New York State Judicial Committee on Women in the Courts
CONFERENCE CHAIRS: Antoinette Delruelle, Senior Attorney, New York Legal Assistance Group, Family/Matrimonial Law Unit / Dora Galacatos, Senior Counsel, Fordham Law School Feerick Center for Social Justice / Terry D. Lawson, Senior Staff Attorney, Family Law Unit, Legal Services NYC - Bronx / Amanda Norejko, Matrimonial/Economic Justice Project Director, Center for Battered Women’s Legal Services, Sanctuary for Families.
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE: We will explore the theory and practice of therapeutic jurisprudence, particularly in the context of custody and visitation cases. The current procedures for forensic evaluations, including the issues of post-traumatic stress disorder and parental alienation, will be analyzed and recommendations made for litigation strategies as well as systematic improvements. The psychological impact of working with domestic violence victims and best practices around vicarious trauma will also be discussed.
CONFERENCE TIME AND FEES: March 5, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. and March 6, 2012, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Fordham Law School McNally Amphitheatre. The registration fee is $90 for one day of the conference and $145 for both days.
Materials for the Conference can be found at:
http://sites.google.com/site/fordhamconference2012
CLE CREDIT IS AVAILABLE: This two-day conference is appropriate for newly admitted and experienced attorneys and is approved for a maximum of 12 transitional and non-transitional credit hours according to the following allocation:
Day 1 March 5: 0.5 skills, 1 ethics and 4.5 professional practice
Day 2 March 6: 2.5 skills, 1 ethics, and 2.5 professional practice
Days 1 & 2 March 5 and March 6: 3 skills, 2 ethics, and 7 professional practice
This CLE credit allocation is approved in accordance with the requirements of the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board. To determine whether another state will award credit, please contact the CLE administrator’s office for that particular state.
FORDHAM LAW SCHOOL HAS A FINANCIAL HARDSHIP POLICY. For more information, please send a written inquiry to the Director of Academic Programs and Continuing Legal Education, Room G-5B, Fordham University School of Law, 140 West 62nd Street, New York, NY 10023. Fax: 212-636-6984. Download Hardship Applications
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR DISABILITIES: Registrants with documented disabilities are asked to contact the Law School’s Office of Public Programming and Continuing Legal Education if they need a special accommodation. Please be as specific as possible regarding the needed accommodation. Email: cle@law.fordham.edu / Fax: 212-636-6984.
CANCELLATION POLICY: A refund will be made for all cancellations received by Monday, February 27, 2012, less a $15.00 administrative fee. Substitutions are encouraged.
THE CO-SPONSORS AND CHAIRS THANK the following individuals for their valuable work on this conference: Kara Bellew, Rachel Braunstein, Erin Burkavage, Azaleea Carlea, BJ Cling, Katie Crank, Nancy Erickson, Diane Feniello, Lisa Fischel-Wolovick, Adolfo Fortier, Rachel Goldsmith, Warren Graham, Ian Harris, Dorchen Leidholdt, Anna Ognibene, Hannah Pennington, Daisy Romero, Nadya Rosen, Gabriella Richman, Allison Ross, Martha Schneiderman, Betsy Tsai, Beth Silverman Yam, Angela Yeboah. |
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