School of Law Presents Juvenile Law Symposium Friday, Sept. 25

The University of Arkansas School of Law and the Arkansas Bar Association will present the Juvenile Law Symposium this Friday, Sept. 25, in the E.J. Ball Courtroom at the law school. The symposium will offer six CLE credit hours and includes one hour of ethics.

Agenda

8:00 - 8:25 a.m. Registration/Coffee & Refreshments

8:25 - 8:30 a.m. Welcome/Introduction & Announcements
Dean Cynthia Nance, University of Arkansas School of Law

8:30 - 8:45 a.m. Overview of Juvenile Court
Professor Chauncey Brummer, Professor of Law, University of Arkansas School of Law

8:45 - 9:30 a.m. DYS Strategic Planning and Community Based Programming
Ronald R. Angel, Director, Division of Youth Services, Little Rock
Elbert Grimes, Assistant Director, Division of Youth Services, Little Rock

9:30 - 9:45 a.m. Break

9:45 - 10:45 p.m. Practice Tips and Ethical Issues in Delinquency Court Practice Ethics
Judge Wiley A. Branton, Jr., Juvenile Division, 6th Judicial Circuit, Little Rock
Judge Stacey A. Zimmerman, Juvenile Court, 4th Judicial Circuit, Fayetteville
W.H. Taylor, Taylor Law Partners, Fayetteville

10:45 - 11:45 a.m. Use of Mediation in Juvenile Court
Judge Jay T. Finch, Division 3, 19th Judicial Circuit, Bentonville
Professor Tara Mullen, Adjunct Professor University of Arkansas School of Law

11:45 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch (Provided)
Presentation: The State of Arkansas’ Children
Paul Kelly, Senior Policy Analyst, Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, Little Rock (No CLE)

1:00 - 2:00 p.m. 2009 Legislative Update
Connie Hickman Tanner, Director of Juvenile Division Courts, Administrative Office of the Courts, Little Rock

2:00 - 2:15 p.m. Break

2:15 - 3:15 p.m. An Overview of Dependency Neglect Proceedings
Judge Joyce Williams Warren, Juvenile Division, 6th Judicial Circuit, Little Rock
Renia L. Robinette, Attorney Ad Litem Program Coordinator, Administrative Office of the Courts, Little Rock

3:15 - 4:15 p.m. Juvenile Drug Courts and Other Specialty Courts
Judge Earnest E. Brown, Jr., Juvenile Court, 11th Judicial Circuit, Pine Bluff
Judge Rhonda K. Wood, Division 5, 20th Judicial Circuit, Conway

Complete agendas and registration form for the symposium are available at the Arkansas Bar Association Continuing Legal Education web site.

Contact:

D’lorah Hughes, professor, symposium organizer
School of Law
(479) 575-4573, dlhughes@uark.edu

Andy Albertson, director of communications
School of Law
(479) 575-6111, aalbert@uark.edu