Young people from project Foster Power and OCR’s Lived Experts Action Panel, along with pFP’s adult ally Jordyn Gendel and OCR’s Youth Empowerment Attorney Cara Nord, will facilitate a discussion about (1) the importance of extracurricular, enrichment, cultural, and social activities to children/youth in care and caregiver’s exercise of the reasonable and prudent parent standard […]
Join us for a virtual Spring Conference! Virtual via Zoom | 8:45am - 3:30pm | The sessions will be recorded. 8:45am-9:00am | Welcome 9am-10am | Opening Plenary: How to Speak and Get People to Listen? The Art of Communication and Persuasion | Matthew Taylor Breakout Sessions: 10:30-11:30am | Discovery for GALs and CFY: Rules, Requests, Responses, […]
Beyond the Birds & the Bees is a 1.5-hour virtual workshop intended to help adults develop the skills and knowledge to discuss these topics calmly and effectively. Join us for a fun and engaging experience that will further develop the skills needed to be a trusted and safe person for the young people in your […]
The OCR is excited to partner with The Office of the Alternate Defense Counsel and the State Office of the Public Defender to offer a 2-day virtual training on direct file and transfer cases. This training is for attorneys and social workers who work on these cases. Location: Virtual Time: 9:00am-5:00pm Register Here Session line-up: Lived […]
Elie Zwiebel and Matt Cloven join us again to provide practice tips for educational advocacy for the second semester of the school year. Detailed description coming soon. Register Here
*Registration limited to OCR contractors and their legal team only. The webinar will be for both trial court and appellate Counsel for Youth, and it will provide guidance on a variety of appellate topics related to implementation of HB 22-1038 such as: 1) The timeframes involved in appeals cases: 2) Differences between appellate advocacy under […]
