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____ Hosted by the Court Improvement Program of the Louisiana Supreme Court ____
Ethical Considerations for the Child Welfare Practitioner: What would you do?
Thursday, April 17 | 12:00pm-1:00pm
Approved 1 HOUR CEU - Approved CLE 1 ETHICS HOUR
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Child welfare proceedings present attorneys with a set of challenges and concerns that differ from those seen in other more familiar areas of the law. However, the Louisiana Rules of Professional Conduct and other standards still apply.
Thailund Porter-Green and Rodney Hastings are seasoned attorneys who have served in a variety of positions in the child welfare practice. Join them for an engaging discussion around a few unique challenges they’ve navigated, with authority from the Louisiana Rules of Professional Conduct. In short, you and fellow attendees will be asked “What Would You Do?”
Speakers:
Rodney B. Hastings, JD, CWLS is an attorney with the Mental Health Advocacy Service, Child Advocacy Program, representing foster children in Child-in-Need-of-Care court proceedings in East Baton Rouge Parish. Rodney has been active in child welfare matters since 2011, representing foster children with MHAS/CAP and Southeast Louisiana Legal Services in multiple jurisdictions, as well as serving as a regional attorney supervisor for the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services. Rodney received his undergraduate degree from Southeastern Louisiana University and his J.D. from Loyola University College of Law – New Orleans. Rodney has been certified as a Child Welfare Law Specialist by the National Association of Counsel for Children since 2015. Prior to entering the child welfare practice, Rodney spent 12 years working in various positions with the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board, including serving as a deputy disciplinary counsel with the Office of the Disciplinary Counsel and as counsel for the Board’s appellate review panels. Rodney has served as a trainer for the Pelican Center for Children and Families, and as a presenter/speaker at seminars throughout Louisiana on the topics of child welfare, ethics, professionalism, and computer forensics.
Thailund Porter-Green, Esq., State of Louisiana Mental Health Advocacy Service – Child Advocacy Program is a native of Los Angeles, California. She completed her undergraduate studies in Political Science, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from Southern University and A & M College, in 1990; and in 1993, a Juris Doctorate from Southern University Law Center. Ms. Porter-Green has spent the last 25 years of her career as a public servant. She has represented Children in Need of Care, served as a Public Defender representing adults and juveniles, and as an Assistant District Attorney, prosecuting Abuse/Neglect cases, Delinquent and Status Offenses, Criminal Neglect of Families and Support Enforcement cases, adult Sex Crimes when the victims were juveniles and was a Juvenile Drug Court prosecutor. She also worked with the Pelican Center for Children and Families/Court Improvement Program serving as the Director of Training and Education and with the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services as the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Manager for the Division of Child Welfare. Mrs. Porter-Green is certified in "Breaking the Iron Cage of Poverty", and "Coaching Institute" both with Communication Across Barriers. She is "Dare to Lead" trained and is currently a Lean Six Sigma, Green Belt candidate as well as pursing a "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace" certificate at the University of South Florida. However, her most cherished accomplishments are 30 years and counting of marriage to her college sweetheart, and parenting two daughters, one son and a daughter-in-love.
Agenda:
2:00 – 12:20pm Ethical Considerations
12:20 – 12:50pm Common Child Welfare Challenges and How to Address Them
12:50 – 1:00pm Questions and Discussion
Objectives:
- Identify common concerns and challenges to ethical representation in child welfare proceedings.
- Discover best practices to address concerns and challenges to ethical representation in child welfare proceedings.
- Develop practice strategies to help remediate these common concerns and challenges to ethical representation in child welfare proceedings.
This training is free and is designed for all judges, private adoption attorneys, adoption agencies, clerks of court, foster parents, social workers, educators, faith-based leaders and child welfare stakeholders.
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