Family Protection Panel Presentation – March 27 at Noon, Lanier – Lunch Provided
Working in family protection representation provides attorneys with an interesting and complex working environment that is not found in many areas of the law. The practice of child welfare law is a collaborative experience. Often, the ultimate goal is to help a family in crisis resolve issues and re-unify. Attorneys who provide family protection representation must become adept at counseling their clients who are often in the worst moments of their lives, working with multiple attorneys and other professionals collaboratively, understanding trauma and how it affects their clients, and zealously advocating for their clients both inside and outside the courtroom. Most attorneys providing family protection representation are private attorneys, allowing them to run their own businesses. This work requires strong courtroom skills and provides frequent opportunities to make oral arguments and examine witnesses at multiple hearings, bench trials, and jury trials. Family protection representation also requires strong negotiation skills in mediation and other meetings.
Those serving on the panel are:
• Judge Bill Harris of the County Court at Law in Paris, Texas and Chair of the Child Protection Law Section
•Jacquelyn Wilson, Chief Counsel, Travis County Office of Parent Representation, Texas Tech Law Alum
•Kaylee Long, Attorney, Mason and Long Attorneys at Law, PLLC, Texas Tech Law Alum
The panel will discuss the complex work of a court-appointed attorney representing children and indigent parents in child welfare cases in Texas (family protection representation). Join us to learn more about how to get involved in family protection representation!
Lunch provided!
