South Georgia Juvenile Defender Seminar

The Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, the Southern Juvenile Defender Center, and the Barton Juvenile Defender Clinic at Emory Law School are presenting a free training for juvenile defense attorneys at the State Bar of Georgia in Tifton, Georgia on July 10, 2009.

For more information, contact Marion Chartoff at marion.chartoff@splcenter.org. 

Agenda

8:00 am – 8:30 am                    Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:30 am – 8:45 am                    Welcome/Introduction

8:45 am – 9:45 am                    Overview of School Discipline and Special Education

9:45 am – 10:45 am                  Detention and Dispositional Advocacy

10:45 am – 11:00 am                Break

11:00 am- 12:00 noon              Ethics for the Juvenile Defender

12:00 noon – 1:00 pm              Pick-up Lunch and A.P.P.E.A.L. for Youth

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm                   Child and Adolescent Development for the Juvenile Defender
                                               Dr. Chris Tillitski

2:00 pm – 2:15 pm                   Break

2:15 pm – 3:15 pm                   Designated Felonies