Webinars & Advocacy Tools

FJI collects and shares advocacy tools from our partners and other child welfare organizations and agencies. Review past webinars and other legal advocacy tools below.

High-Quality, Multi-Disciplinary Representation:

High-Quality Legal Representation in Safe Babies Court Teams Considerations for Attorneys – ABA Center on Children and the Law
WEBINAR: Multidisciplinary Legal Representation and its Positive Impact on Reunifications – ABA Center on Children and the Law
Family Justice Talks Video: Why Multidisciplinary Parent Representation is Beneficial to All – ABA Center on Children and the Law
WEBINAR: Interdisciplinary Parent Representation: Bringing Hope to Families During the Pandemic and Beyond

Pre-filing Representation:

How is universal access to the social determinants of health critical to the continuum of legal advocacy? – Casey Family Programs
How is legal awareness critical to the continuum of legal advocacy? – Casey Family Programs
How is preventive legal advocacy critical to the continuum of legal advocacy? – Casey Family Programs
How is pre-petition legal representation critical to the continuum of legal advocacy? – Casey Family Programs
How is post-petition legal representation critical to the continuum of legal advocacy? – Casey Family Programs
WEBINAR: Prepetition Legal Representation – ABA Center on Children and the Law
Preventive Legal Advocacy

Appellate Advocacy:

Youth and Family Engagement:

Engaging and Empowering Youth: Youth Feedback About Their GAL and Court Experiences, as Well as Other Youth Participation Data – Colorado’s Office of the Child’s Representative
Administration for Children and Families Information Memorandum – Re the importance of family and youth voice in a well-functioning child welfare system
We Were Once a Family – A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America – this book by author Roxanne Asgarian uncovers racial biases and corruption that children and families of color encounter in the child welfare system.

Webinars & Advocacy Tools

High-Quality, Multi-Disciplinary Representation:

Pre-filing Representation:

Appellate Advocacy:

Youth and Family Engagement:

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