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Training Updates from the OCR
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Training Tuesdays from the Office of the Child's Representative (OCR) is an email bulletin for OCR attorneys and other child welfare stakeholders detailing upcoming OCR sponsored or approved training, outside training opportunities, new resources, and more! If you have questions or a training resource that you would like to see featured in a future bulletin, please contact michellejensen@coloradochildrep.org.
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Reminder for OCR Contract Attorneys: 5 of the 10 annual required training hours must be from an OCR SPONSORED training
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Join Us!
Assessing a Child's Best Interest in Domestic Relations & Paternity Cases
May 22, 2020 | OCR Sponsored | Webinar
Dr. Kathleen McNamara will present an overview of the social science literature on the positive impact of the involvement of both parents on a child's well-being, considerations for assessing a child's best interests related to parenting time, and special considerations during COVID-19. Dr. McNamara will also discuss the importance of including the child's voice when determining best interests and tips for effectively engaging parents.
OCR will also briefly present on the role of the GAL in CLR and Paternity cases, OCR expectations and policies, and general best practices.
1.5 GEN CLE anticipated
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Coming Soon!
Adoption & R-GAP Subsidies: Practice Tips for GALs
May-June, 2020 | OCR Sponsored | Webinar
Chris Henderson and Nicole Rust will offer practice tips and strategies for effective legal advocacy in adoption and R-GAP subsidy negotiations. Nicole Rust will also provide an overview of potential rule changes.
Registration will be sent via the OCR listserv once a date is confirmed.
1 GEN CLE anticipated
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| May-June, 2020 |
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Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
Webinar Series: Parent-Child Contact Problems
May-June, 2020 | OCR Approved | Webinar Series
In lieu of this year's annual national conference, AFCC is offering the content via a webinar series scheduled throughout May and June 2020. Please see the AFCC website for registration and CLE information. This event is approved for up to 5 CLE credits.
Please note this webinar series is specific to parent-child contact problems in domestic relations cases only.
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Join Us!
Practice Tips, Priorities & Special Issues in Truancy Cases
June 5, 2020 | OCR Sponsored | Webinar
GALs Tracy McGuire, Jennifer Zamarripa and Andrew Price will share their experiences, general approach, and practice tips for working with youth on truancy cases.
1 GEN CLE anticipated
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Coming Soon!
Practice Tips and Common Issues: Probate Cases
June, 2020 | OCR Sponsored | Webinar
Registration will be sent via the OCR listserv once a date is confirmed.
1 GEN CLE anticipated
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Save the Date!
OCR Annual Fall Conference
September 14-15, 2020 | OCR Sponsored
OCR's Annual Fall Conference is currently scheduled for September 14-15, 2020, in Colorado Springs. It is yet to be determined whether this conference can be held live or will instead be held virtually. We know that OCR contractors rely on this conference to satisfy their CLE requirements, and we plan to offer sufficient CLEs regardless of the conference format. We will provide more information as it becomes available. Until then, please save the date!
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Other Training Opportunities
Note: The training opportunities below are not OCR sponsored or approved trainings for the purpose of claiming credits on your yearly Training Verifications Form. Please check with each organization for specific CLE or certificate of attendance information.
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Colorado Bar Association
Solo-Small Firm Institute
June 10-12, 2020 | CBA| Virtual
Dedicated to you, the solo or small firm practitioner, our presentations are tailored to address topics and issues you face in running your firm in Colorado.
- 4 Innovative Plenary Sessions
- Choice of 36 Interactive Break-Out Discussions
- SUCCESSFUL and DIVERSE Faculty
- UNIQUE and FAMILY-FRIENDLY Resort
- One-on-One FEEDBACK and EVALUATION Opportunities from Faculty
- PRACTICAL and USEFUL Time with Your Solo-Small Firm Colleagues and Friends
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