Continuing Legal Education
Continuing Legal Education
NYPWA 2024 Annual Winter Conference
All legal sessions are in-person only and will not be recorded. Local DSS attorneys are eligible for up to 10.5 hours of CLE credits with their paid registration and confirmed attendance.
Sign-in for CLEs opens 15 minutes prior to start of each session.
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
9:00am — 10:30am
Corroboration of a Child's Out-of-Court Statement (1.5 CLEs, 90 minutes)
The presentation will examine how corroboration has been treated by the Appellate Courts from 1985 to the present. There will be in-depth discussion of how the Family Court has applied FCA Sec. 1046 corroboration requirements in Article 10 and Article 6 cases.
Evaluations
Outline
Table of Caselaws
Caselaw Summary
1:30pm — 3:00pm
Confidentiality Issues & Questions (1.5 CLEs, 90 minutes)
The new sections in the 2024 Confidentiality Handbook will be reviewed, along with a
discussion of a variety of questions related to the confidentiality of LDSS client records.
Evaluations
PowerPoint
Handbook - January 2024
Questions
3:30pm — 5:00pm
Child Support Case Law Update (1.5 CLEs, 90 minutes)
Discussion of significant court decisions in 2023 relating to parentage, child support establishment, modification, and enforcement.
Evaluations
PowerPoint
2023 Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA) Review
Caselaw Update
Thursday, January 25, 2024
9:00am — 10:30am
Child Welfare Caselaw Review, Part I (1.5 CLEs, 90 minutes)
The published opinions related to child welfare cases released from July-December 2023 will be reviewed. Part I will primarily be a review of FCA Article 10 cases.
Evaluations
PowerPoint (same for both sessions)
Full Cases (same for both sessions)
10:45am — 12:15pm
Child Welfare Caselaw Review, Part II (1.5 CLEs, 90 minutes)
The published opinions related to child welfare cases released from July-December 2023 will be reviewed. Part II will primarily be a review of TPR, and custody cases, as well as trial level decisions related to a number of child welfare related cases.
Evaluations
PowerPoint (same for both sessions)
Full Cases (same for both sessions)
1:30pm — 3:00pm
Nuts & Bolts of Abuse Cases (1.5 CLEs, 90 minutes)
This program will focus on Article 10 Abuse Cases. We will be discussing relevant case law, evidentiary issues commonly found in abuse cases, as well as litigation tips for trial.
Evaluations
Handouts
3:30pm — 5:00pm
Crying in the Courtroom: Why 'Toughness' Isn't Enough (1.5 Diversity, Inclusion, Elimination of Bias CLEs, 90 minutes)
When incorporating Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) initiatives to promote organizational change, lawyers may be involved in hiring and/or servicing individuals with traumatic lived experiences. The American legal system, which maintains many of its patriarchal foundations and attributes, rewards toughness and objectivity over empathy and emotion. As a result, lawyers run the risk of not forming legitimate human connections with employees and/or clients, and as a result never gain awareness of the negative and real impact of implicit biases, discrimination, and misguided savior complexes that can harm individual relationships and organizational culture as a whole. This CLE explores how to become a skilled advocate with the ability to effectively navigate working with and for people who have experienced harm as a result of individual or systemic inequities.
Evaluations
PowerPoint
Resources
Friday, January 26, 2024
9:00am — 11:00am
Meeting with State Agency Counsel
LDSS attorneys are invited to meet with OCFS (9:00-10:15) and OTDA (10:00-11:00) counsel to discuss questions related to their respective areas of practice as well as those where clarification from the State agencies are needed.
Questions