Selected Presentations, Speeches, and Conference Papers
Advocacy
Presenter, Effective Policy Advocacy in a Fiscally Conservative Era, 2013 National Association of Counsel for Children National Child Welfare, Juvenile, and Family Law Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, August 27, 2013.
Presenter, Integrated Strategies for Legislative Advocacy, National Juvenile Defender Center Leadership Summit, Puerto Rico, October 27, 2012.
Co-Presenter with Beth Reimels, Integrated Strategies for Legislative Advocacy, 2009 National Association of Counsel for Children national conference, New York, New York, August 21, 2009.
Presenter, The Advocacy Workshop, The Interfaith Children’s Movement of Metropolitan Atlanta Advocacy Training, Atlanta, Georgia, October 25, 2005.
Plenary Session Presenter, A Local Organization Perspective on Advocacy and Lobbying, Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Grantee Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, June 21, 2002.
Presenter, Integrated Strategies for Legislative Advocacy, National Juvenile Defender Center Leadership Summit, Puerto Rico, October 27, 2012.
Co-Presenter with Beth Reimels, Integrated Strategies for Legislative Advocacy, 2009 National Association of Counsel for Children national conference, New York, New York, August 21, 2009.
Presenter, The Advocacy Workshop, The Interfaith Children’s Movement of Metropolitan Atlanta Advocacy Training, Atlanta, Georgia, October 25, 2005.
Plenary Session Presenter, A Local Organization Perspective on Advocacy and Lobbying, Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Grantee Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, June 21, 2002.
Child Abuse
Presenter, The Special Needs of Adolescent Girls in the Child Welfare System, 2013 National Association of Counsel for Children National Child Welfare, Juvenile, and Family Law Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, August 27, 2013.
Presenter, The Special Needs of Adolescent Girls in the Child Welfare System, 15th ABA National Conference on Children and the Law, Washington, D.C., July 13, 2013.
Presenter, Legal Issues in Child Welfare: Advanced Legal Training for Social Services Case Managers, Newton County DFCS training, Macon, Georgia, November 17, 2005.
Speaker, Overview of Child Abuse and Neglect in Metropolitan Atlanta, SCLC Women’s Breaking the Cycle of Child Abuse and Neglect Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2, 2005.
Presenter, The Special Needs of Adolescent Girls in the Child Welfare System, 15th ABA National Conference on Children and the Law, Washington, D.C., July 13, 2013.
Presenter, Legal Issues in Child Welfare: Advanced Legal Training for Social Services Case Managers, Newton County DFCS training, Macon, Georgia, November 17, 2005.
Speaker, Overview of Child Abuse and Neglect in Metropolitan Atlanta, SCLC Women’s Breaking the Cycle of Child Abuse and Neglect Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2, 2005.
Children’s rights
Presenter, What Rights Should Children Have?, The Future of Marriage and Family Life, Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory School of Law, January 17, 2007.
Panel Chair, What’s Wrong with Children’s Rights, What’s Wrong for Rights for Children?, Emory Law School, Atlanta, Georgia, October 21, 2005.
Presenter and Panel Moderator, Kenny A.: What Does it Mean?, Georgia Office of the Child Advocate 2005 Guardian Ad Litem Conference, Savannah, Georgia, August 18, 2005.
Presenter, Balancing the Interests: Parents’ Rights v. Children’s Rights in the Juvenile Court, National Court Appointed Special Advocates Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, April 17, 2005.
Speaker, Competing Paradigms of Rights and Responsibility? Children in the Discourses of Religion and International Human Rights, Feminism and Legal Theory Project of Emory School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia, April 16, 2005.
Panel Chair, What’s Wrong with Children’s Rights, What’s Wrong for Rights for Children?, Emory Law School, Atlanta, Georgia, October 21, 2005.
Presenter and Panel Moderator, Kenny A.: What Does it Mean?, Georgia Office of the Child Advocate 2005 Guardian Ad Litem Conference, Savannah, Georgia, August 18, 2005.
Presenter, Balancing the Interests: Parents’ Rights v. Children’s Rights in the Juvenile Court, National Court Appointed Special Advocates Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, April 17, 2005.
Speaker, Competing Paradigms of Rights and Responsibility? Children in the Discourses of Religion and International Human Rights, Feminism and Legal Theory Project of Emory School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia, April 16, 2005.
Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children
Panelist, Network Perspectives: Sex Work from Abolition to Agency, Women, Economics & Peace: A Summit of Women's Funding Network, Los Angeles, California, May 4, 2012.
Presenter, Identifying and Providing Services to Commercially Sexually Exploited Children, 17th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Atlanta, Georgia, April 3, 2009.
Presenter, Sexual Exploitation of Girls in Georgia, Berry College, Rome Georgia, February 8, 2006.
Educational, Medical, and Mental Health Needs of Youth
Panelist, Youth in Foster Care and Psychotropic Medications: Strategies to Improve Health Outcomes, 2011 National Association of Counsel for Children National Child Welfare, Juvenile, and Family Law Conference, San Diego, California, September 1, 2011.
Panelist, Psychotropic Medication of Our Clients: What’s to be Done? 14th ABA National Conference on Children and the Law, Arlington, Virginia, July 15, 2011.
Guest speaker, Protecting the Health Needs of Youth in Foster Care, Family Programs Hawaii Wailuku Resource Family Support Group, April 20, 2011.
Panelist, Psychotropic Medication of Our Clients: What’s to be Done? 14th ABA National Conference on Children and the Law, Arlington, Virginia, July 15, 2011.
Guest speaker, Protecting the Health Needs of Youth in Foster Care, Family Programs Hawaii Wailuku Resource Family Support Group, April 20, 2011.
Girls' Concerns/ System-Involved Girls
Panelist, How The Trauma-Informed Approach Should Inform Policy, Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice for Disconnected Girls, Georgetown Law School, November 15, 2013.
Presenter, The Special Needs of Adolescent Girls in the Child Welfare System, 2013 National Association of Counsel for Children National Child Welfare, Juvenile, and Family Law Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, August 27, 2013.
Presenter, The Special Needs of Adolescent Girls in the Child Welfare System, 15th ABA National Conference on Children and the Law, Washington, D.C., July 13, 2013.
Panelist, Marginalized Girls: Creating Pathways to Opportunity, Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy Symposium, Georgetown Law School, April 11, 2013.
Panelist, Network Perspectives: Sex Work from Abolition to Agency, Women, Economics & Peace: A Summit of Women's Funding Network, Los Angeles, California, May 4, 2012.
Presenter, Identifying and Providing Services to Commercially Sexually Exploited Children, 17th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Atlanta, Georgia, April 3, 2009.
International Human Rights
Presenter, Children and Social Justice, The Humphrey Fellowship Program Workshop on Global Development and Social Justice, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, March 17, 2010.
Presenter, Georgia: Taking Action Locally to Promote Children’s Rights and the CRC, National Summit on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Washington, DC, May 19, 2006.
Co-Presenter with Karen Baynes Dunning, What US Courts can Learn from Child Development Research and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Fourth World Congress on Family Law & Children’s Rights, Cape Town, South Africa, March 21, 2005.
Presenter, Georgia: Taking Action Locally to Promote Children’s Rights and the CRC, National Summit on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Washington, DC, May 19, 2006.
Co-Presenter with Karen Baynes Dunning, What US Courts can Learn from Child Development Research and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Fourth World Congress on Family Law & Children’s Rights, Cape Town, South Africa, March 21, 2005.
Juvenile Justice
Co-Presenter with Judge Peggy Walker, Child Development: Children are Different than Adults, Emory Summer Child Advocacy Program initial training, Emory Law School, Atlanta, Georgia, May 25, 2006.
Presenter, Developmental Disabilities and the Juvenile Court, Georgia ARC Conference, Peachtree City, Georgia, October 8, 2004.
Presented Testimony, Indigent Defense for Children in Georgia, Georgia Public Defender Standards Council Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, September 24, 2004.
Presenter, Law School Clinics and Juvenile Defense, Juvenile Defender Leadership Summit, Phoenix, Arizona, October 26, 2002.
Moderator, Special Needs of Girls in the Juvenile Justice System, Girls’ Inc. Girls Summit, Decatur, Georgia, October 17, 2002.
Presenter, Current and Proposed Juvenile Law: Is It Becoming More Punitive?, American Bar Association Law Related Education Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, April 4, 2000.
Presenter, Developmental Disabilities and the Juvenile Court, Georgia ARC Conference, Peachtree City, Georgia, October 8, 2004.
Presented Testimony, Indigent Defense for Children in Georgia, Georgia Public Defender Standards Council Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, September 24, 2004.
Presenter, Law School Clinics and Juvenile Defense, Juvenile Defender Leadership Summit, Phoenix, Arizona, October 26, 2002.
Moderator, Special Needs of Girls in the Juvenile Justice System, Girls’ Inc. Girls Summit, Decatur, Georgia, October 17, 2002.
Presenter, Current and Proposed Juvenile Law: Is It Becoming More Punitive?, American Bar Association Law Related Education Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, April 4, 2000.
Public Policy
Panelist, How The Trauma-Informed Approach Should Inform Policy, Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice for Disconnected Girls, Georgetown Law School, November 15, 2013.
Panelist, Marginalized Girls: Creating Pathways to Opportunity, Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy Symposium, Georgetown Law School, April 11, 2013.
Presenter, Law School Child Law Programs, ABA National Conference on Children and the Law, Harvard Law School, April 13, 2007.
Presenter, 2006 Legislative Update: New Laws Affecting Georgia’s Children, Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation/Marcus Institute Lecture Series, Marcus Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, October 11, 2006.
Presenter, Georgia as Parent: What are the State's Responsibilities?, Adoptive and Foster Parent Association of Georgia Annual Conference, Jekyll Island, Georgia, March 17, 2006.
Presenter, Current and Proposed Juvenile Law: Why the Disconnect Between Research and Policy?, National Court Appointed Special Advocates Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, April 18, 2005.
Presenter, Building a Metro Interfaith Alliance: the Story of the Interfaith Children’s Movement of Metropolitan Atlanta, Children’s Defense Fund Proctor Institute for Child Advocacy Ministry, the Alex Haley Farm, Clinton, Tennessee, July 17, 2002.
Panelist, Marginalized Girls: Creating Pathways to Opportunity, Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy Symposium, Georgetown Law School, April 11, 2013.
Presenter, Law School Child Law Programs, ABA National Conference on Children and the Law, Harvard Law School, April 13, 2007.
Presenter, 2006 Legislative Update: New Laws Affecting Georgia’s Children, Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation/Marcus Institute Lecture Series, Marcus Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, October 11, 2006.
Presenter, Georgia as Parent: What are the State's Responsibilities?, Adoptive and Foster Parent Association of Georgia Annual Conference, Jekyll Island, Georgia, March 17, 2006.
Presenter, Current and Proposed Juvenile Law: Why the Disconnect Between Research and Policy?, National Court Appointed Special Advocates Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, April 18, 2005.
Presenter, Building a Metro Interfaith Alliance: the Story of the Interfaith Children’s Movement of Metropolitan Atlanta, Children’s Defense Fund Proctor Institute for Child Advocacy Ministry, the Alex Haley Farm, Clinton, Tennessee, July 17, 2002.
Representing Children
Guest lecturer, Representing Children in the Child Welfare System, Violence and Vulnerability Seminar, Emory Law School, Atlanta, Georgia, March 31, 2010.
Participant, Raising our Hands: Creating a National Strategy for Children’s Right to Education and Counsel, invitation only working summit sponsored by the American Bar Association Section of Litigation Children’s Rights Litigation Committee, October 23, 2009.
Panelist, Should Children be Parties?, Child as a Party Conversation and Web cast, Emory Law School, Atlanta, Georgia, October 6, 2006.
Presenter, Models of Child Representation and Ethical Issues when Representing Children, Emory Summer Child Advocacy Program initial training, Emory Law School, Atlanta, Georgia, May 25, 2006.
Presenter, Professionalism and Ethics for Guardians Ad Litem in Abuse and Neglect Cases, GAL Training/CLE, State Bar of Georgia Headquarters, October 25, 2006.
Presenter, Professionalism and Ethics for Children’s Attorneys, ICLE Child and Parent Attorneys in Deprivation Cases, Atlanta, Georgia, October 26, 2005.
Plenary Speaker, Models of Representation, Georgia Office of the Child Advocate 2004 Guardian Ad Litem Conference, Macon, Georgia, September 29, 2004.
Participant, Raising our Hands: Creating a National Strategy for Children’s Right to Education and Counsel, invitation only working summit sponsored by the American Bar Association Section of Litigation Children’s Rights Litigation Committee, October 23, 2009.
Panelist, Should Children be Parties?, Child as a Party Conversation and Web cast, Emory Law School, Atlanta, Georgia, October 6, 2006.
Presenter, Models of Child Representation and Ethical Issues when Representing Children, Emory Summer Child Advocacy Program initial training, Emory Law School, Atlanta, Georgia, May 25, 2006.
Presenter, Professionalism and Ethics for Guardians Ad Litem in Abuse and Neglect Cases, GAL Training/CLE, State Bar of Georgia Headquarters, October 25, 2006.
Presenter, Professionalism and Ethics for Children’s Attorneys, ICLE Child and Parent Attorneys in Deprivation Cases, Atlanta, Georgia, October 26, 2005.
Plenary Speaker, Models of Representation, Georgia Office of the Child Advocate 2004 Guardian Ad Litem Conference, Macon, Georgia, September 29, 2004.