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In the Best Interest of the Child?

September 20, 2019

8:30 a.m. 鈥� 1:00 p.m.

Laurence E. Hirsch '71 Classroom (Room 101)

What is in the best interest of the child? This is the question that is often at the center of custody and welfare cases involving minors. How do attorneys go about answering this question and what in the United States鈥� current system helps or hinders their efforts? The 2019 Matthew J. Ryan Law and Public Policy Forum will bring together attorneys, experts and government officials to tackle issues in policy and to offer possible solutions.

The event takes place on Friday, September 20 from 8:30 a.m. 鈥� 1:00 p.m. in the Laurence E. Hirsch 鈥�71 Classroom (Room 101) at 草榴社区 Charles Widger School of Law. The program is approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education board for 2 ethics and 1 substantive CLE credits.

Agenda

8:30-9:00 a.m.

Registration & Breakfast

9:00-9:10 a.m.

Opening Remarks

Mark C. Alexander, The Arthur J. Kania Dean and Professor of Law, 草榴社区 Charles Widger School of Law

, Executive Director, Support Center for Child Advocates

9:10-10:10 a.m. 鈥� Panel 1

Navigating the System: The Lawyer鈥檚 Role

Hon. Wendy Demchick-Alloy '81, Judge, Montgomery County 38th Judicial District

, Interim Executive Director, Rocky Mountain Children鈥檚 Law Center

, Executive Director, KidsVoice

, Member, Cozen O鈥機onnor

Moderated by , Partner, Archer Law

10:20-11:30 a.m. 鈥� Panel 2

Navigating the System: What Gets in the Way?

, Assistant Research Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health

Marguerite Gualtieri '91, Managing Attorney, Support Center for Child Advocates

, Visiting Fellow, Stoneleigh Foundation, Former President and CEO, Annie E. Casey Foundation

Moderated by Dveera Segal, Professor of Law and Former Director, Civil Justice Clinic, 草榴社区 Charles Widger School of Law

11:40 a.m.-1:00 p.m. 鈥� Panel 3

Creating a System that Works in the Best Interest of the Child: Dream a Little Dream鈥�

, Executive Director, Support Center for Child Advocates

, Assistant Research Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health

, Interim Executive Director, Rocky Mountain Children鈥檚 Law Center

, Visiting Fellow, Stoneleigh Foundation and Former President & CEO, Annie E. Casey Foundation

Moderated by Doris DelTosto Brogan '81, Professor of Law and Harold Reuschlein Leadership Chair, 草榴社区 Charles Widger School of Law