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Description:
This workshop will address the importance of understanding the legal needs of minors in homes with domestic violence. For example, victim advocates and other service providers working directly with children and adolescents, as well as those working with parents with children in the home, need to consider the unique legal concerns of minors exposed to domestic violence, such as the impact on school disciplinary hearings, juvenile court, minors’ access to domestic violence protective orders, custody and immigration rights, and other legal hearings. Serving only parental legal needs, or failing to ask the minor what concerns he or she may have that are different from the parent, may ignore significant barriers facing the family. Through completion of this course, service providers will learn how to recognize minors’ potential legal concerns, communicate with both child and parent without engaging in the unauthorized practice of law, and how to identify and communicate appropriate legal resources and referrals related to children and adolescents exposed to domestic violence. This workshop is the fifth in a series focused on children and domestic violence but does not require completion of earlier courses.


Learning Objectives:
- Better understand the legal impact of domestic violence on children and adolescents.
- Acquire basic legal advocacy skills for minors in cases of domestic violence.
- Effectively identify and communicate legal resources and referrals to parent and children exposed to domestic violence.

Author(s):
Jennifer Brobst, J.D., LL.M.

Jennifer Brobst is the Legal Director at the Center for Child and Family Health (www.ccfhnc.org), overseeing the Legal Program which is a component of the Clinical Programs at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) School of Law. She has formerly worked as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in South Bend, Indiana, as the Trainer for the North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault, and as the first Clinical Supervising Attorney for the Domestic Violence Clinic at NCCU. She is licensed to practice law in California, Indiana, and North Carolina.

Target Audience:
This workshop will benefit child and adolescent service providers, including psychologists, social workers, family therapists, counselors, early intervention providers, child caregivers, shelter providers and community mental health providers. This also includes school based professionals, public health providers, and all other interested professionals. It is not intended to provide continuing legal education for attorneys, but rather is focused on educating non-lawyers about providing legal information and referrals.

Length: 1 Hour

Credit Type(s): 1.0 NBCC, 0.1 CEU, 1.0 Contact Hours

Cost: $5.00