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Juvenile
Delinquency &
Child Welfare
Law
Conference 2008
Featuring 9 panels
& workshops—
■ Caselaw and Legislative Update 2008
■ Working with Traumatized Children
and Youth
■ Create a Record for a Winnable
Appeal
■ Immigration Issues for Children in
State Custody
■ How Will the New Federal Sex
Offender Act Affect Youth in
Massachusetts?
■ Helping Traumatized Children Learn
■ A Comprehensive Look at Discovery
Issues on Delinquency and Youthful
Offender Cases
■ Crafting Open Adoption Agreements
■ Panel Discussion with the
Commissioners
Plus—
K E Y N O T E
S P E A K E R
Stephen P. Herman, MD, on the Impact
of Trauma on Children and Youth in
the Delinquency and Child Welfare Systems
New developments in policy, law and
practice
BOSTON,
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2008
MCLE
Keep raising the bar. ®

C O N F E R E N C E
9th Annual
Juvenile Delinquency
& Child Welfare Law
Conference 2008
■✔
9 panels & workshops
■ Caselaw and Legislative Update 2008
■ Working with Traumatized Children
and Youth
■ Create a Record for a Winnable Appeal
■ Immigration Issues for Children in State
Custody
■ How Will the New Federal Sex Offender Act
Affect Youth in Massachusetts?
■ Helping Traumatized Children Learn
■ A Comprehensive Look at Discovery Issues on
Delinquency and Youthful Offender Cases
■ Crafting Open Adoption Agreements
■ Panel Discussion with the Commissioners
Why attend?
MCLE’s Delinquency and Child Welfare Law
Conference brings you a cohesive program that
addresses current issues in each of the juvenile
delinquency and child welfare areas, as well as
issues shared by both. Expert child welfare and
delinquency practitioners and Juvenile Court
judges from across the Commonwealth share
their experiences and review up-to-the minute
developments in the laws.
Conference highlights include a caselaw and
legislative update and a special keynote
presentation by Dr. Stephen Herman on the
“Impact of Trauma on Children and Youth in
the Delinquency and Child Welfare Systems.”
K E Y N O T E S P E A K E R
The plenary session following the keynote
speaker focuses on working with traumatized
children and youth. The afternoon features six
workshop options from which you choose
those most relevant to your practice. A
Conference highlight is an original performance
by area youth from the Spoken Word Curators’
Program of the Cloud Foundation. The
Conference concludes with a panel discussion
with the commissioners and their
representatives from social services, youth
services, and the department of mental health.
Faculty
Amy M. Karp, Esq., Cochair, CPCS CAFL,
Boston; Wendy Wolf, Esq., Cochair, CPCS
Youth Advocacy Project, Roxbury; Hon. Jay D.
Blitzman, Middlesex Juvenile Court; Claudia
Leis Bolgen, Esq., Bolgen & Bolgen, Woburn;
Susan F. Cole, Esq., Massachusetts Advocates for
Children and Harvard Law Legal Services Center,
Jamaica Plain; Dianne Curran, Esq., Deputy
General Counsel, Department of Social Services,
Boston; Erica E. Cushna, Esq., Springfield; Hon.
Leslie A. Donahue, Middlesex Juvenile Court;
Beth L. Eisenberg, Esq., CPCS, Boston; Milton
A. Fatt, Esq., Cambridge; Hon. Margaret S.
Fearey, Middlesex Juvenile Court; Gail Garinger,
Esq., Child Advocate, Boston; Hon. Martha P.
Grace, Chief Justice, Juvenile Court; Hon. Mark
V. Green, Massachusetts Appeals Court;
Stephen P. Herman, MD, New York, NY;
Deputy Commissioner Elaine Hill, Department
of Mental Health, Boston; Pamela L. Hunt, Esq.,
Office of the Attorney General, Boston; Kenneth
J. King, Esq., Suffolk University Juvenile Justice
Center, Boston; Katharine A. Klubock, Esq.,
Stephen P. Herman, MD, on the Impact of Trauma on
Children and Youth in the Delinquency and Child Welfare
Systems
Dr. Herman discusses the impact of early trauma on children’s emotional, social, and
neurological development and factors that may mitigate long-term outcomes.
Retraumatization is common in children once they are placed in the child welfare or the
juvenile justice systems, as well as among those youths living on the streets. Dr. Herman
addresses the high prevalence of mental illness in these populations and paucity of adequate
interventions along with interventions that show promise. The question as to how much
weight to give to adverse childhoods and early trauma in the formulation of legal
dispositions is addressed using the example of Lee Malvo, the juvenile sniper.
CPCS CAFL, Boston; Larni S. Levy, Esq.,
Director of Alternative Commitment and
Registration Support Unit, CPCS, Boston;
Commissioner Angelo McClain,
Department of Social Services, Boston;
Maureen O’ Sullivan, Esq., Kaplan,
O’Sullivan & Friedman LLP, Boston; Dr.
Joyce Maguire Pavao, Center for Family
Connections, Cambridge; Cecely A.
Reardon, Esq., CPCS Youth Advocacy
Project, Roxbury; Jeffrey T. Richards, Esq.,
CPCS, Worcester; Kathryn L. Rucker, Esq.,
Center for Public Representation,
Newtonville; Dorothy Meyer Storrow,
Esq., Greenfield; Commissioner Jane E.
Tewksbury, Esq., Department of Youth
Services, Boston; Margaret C. Winchester,
Esq., CPCS CAFL, Worcester
DATE AND LOCATION
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
MCLE Conference Center,
Ten Winter Place, via Winter Street,
Boston
PROGRAM NO. 2080185P01
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C O N F E R E N C E S C H E D U L E , W E D N E S D A Y , M A Y 2 1 , 2 0 0 8
9 – 9:15 a.m. Welcome and Introduction ■ Amy M. Karp, Esq., Cochair, CPCS CAFL,
Boston; Wendy Wolf, Esq., Cochair, CPCS Youth
Advocacy Project, Roxbury
9:15 – 10:15 a.m. Caselaw and Legislative Update 2008
Includes an update on Rosie D. v. Romney presented by Center for Public
Representation.
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Katharine A. Klubock, Esq., CPCS CAFL, Boston;
Jeffrey T. Richards, Esq., CPCS, Worcester;
Kathryn L. Rucker, Esq., Center for Public
Representation, Newtonville
10:15 – 11 a.m. Keynote Presentation: The Impact of Trauma on Children and Youth in
the Delinquency and Child Welfare Systems
11 – 11:15 a.m. Networking Break
■
Stephen P. Herman, MD, New York, NY
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Plenary Session: Working with Traumatized Children and Youth
This panel explores strategies for how to effectively work with, and advocate
for children and youth in the delinquency and child welfare system.
■ Erica E. Cushna, Esq., Springfield; Hon. Leslie A.
Donahue, Middlesex Juvenile Court; Hon.
Martha P. Grace, Chief Justice, Juvenile Court;
Stephen P. Herman, MD, New York, NY;
Dorothy Meyer Storrow, Esq., Greenfield
12:15 – 12:30 p.m. The New Role of the Office of the Child Advocate ■ Gail Garinger, Esq., Child Advocate, Boston
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch Break (on your own)
1:30 – 2:50 p.m. Workshop Session I (Choose one)
■ Create a Record for a Winnable Appeal
Learn what to do before, during, and after trial to preserve a record for
appeal and protect your client in a delinquency or child welfare case.
■
Claudia Leis Bolgen, Esq., Bolgen & Bolgen,
Woburn; Beth L. Eisenberg, Esq., CPCS, Boston;
Hon. Mark V. Green, Massachusetts Appeals
Court
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Immigration Issues for Children in State Custody
Learn how undocumented youth in DSS custody can obtain permanent
legal residency in the United States.
How Will the New Federal Sex Offender Act Affect Youth in
Massachusetts?
Learn about the changes the Adam Walsh Act may have on children
charged with sexual offenses and how to effectively protect your client.
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Dianne Curran, Esq., Deputy General Counsel,
Department of Social Services, Boston; Milton A.
Fatt, Esq., Cambridge; Maureen O’ Sullivan,
Esq., Kaplan, O’Sullivan & Friedman LLP, Boston
Pamela L. Hunt, Esq., Office of the Attorney
General, Boston; Larni S. Levy, Esq., Director of
Alternative Commitment and Registration Support
Unit, CPCS, Boston; Cecely A. Reardon, Esq.,
CPCS Youth Advocacy Project, Roxbury
2:50 – 3:05 p.m. Networking Break
3:05 – 4:30 p.m. Workshop Session II (Choose one)
■ Helping Traumatized Children Learn
Children who have experienced trauma often face great challenges in
the school environment. The presenters discuss strategies for obtaining
the educational support traumatized children need to succeed (and stay)
in school.
■
Susan F. Cole, Esq., Massachusetts Advocates for
Children and Harvard Law Legal Services Center,
Jamaica Plain
■
A Comprehensive Look at Discovery Issues on Delinquency and
Youthful Offender Cases
What must be included in a pretrial conference report, when is discovery
complete, what are the obligations regarding reciprocal discovery, and
how to obtain third party records are some of the topics that are
addressed in this workshop.
■
Hon. Jay D. Blitzman, Middlesex Juvenile Court;
Kenneth J. King, Esq., Suffolk University Juvenile
Justice Center, Boston
■
Crafting Open Adoption Agreements
This workshop explores strategies for crafting thoughtful, well-planned
open adoption agreements that meet the needs of children, birth
parents, and adoptive parents.
■
Hon. Margaret S. Fearey, Middlesex Juvenile
Court; Dr. Joyce Maguire Pavao, Center for
Family Connections, Cambridge; Margaret C.
Winchester, Esq., CPCS CAFL, Worcester
4:30 – 4:45 p.m. Original Performance ■ Spoken Word Curators’ Program, Cloud
Foundation
4:45 – 5:30 p.m. Panel Discussion with the Commissioners
Commissioners or their representatives from the departments of social
services, youth services, and mental health lead an open forum on how their
departments are equipped to address the issues of traumatized children.
■
Deputy Commissioner Elaine Hill, Department
of Mental Health, Boston; Commissioner Angelo
McClain, Department of Social Services, Boston;
Commissioner Jane E. Tewksbury, Esq.,
Department of Youth Services, Boston

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Child Welfare
Law
Conference 2008
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panels and
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E Y N O T E S P E A K E R
Stephen P. Herman, MD, on the Impact
of Trauma on Children and Youth
in the Delinquency and Child
Welfare Systems
M C L E
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