Children’s Law Symposium

Title: Children’s Law Symposium
Location: Fulbright Tower Auditorium 1301 McKinney Houston, Texas 77010
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Description: Please join CHILDREN AT RISK and its partners for our annual

CHILDREN’S LAW SYMPOSIUM

Hear legislators, attorneys and other experts conduct an in-depth exploration of
four issue areas affecting Texas’ children:

Juvenile Justice and Juvenile Mental Health

Education

Immigration

Human Trafficking

This year’s symposium will provide participants with views from the legal industry’s
top minds on crucial aspects of childhood, including talks from Cherie Townsend,
Executive Director of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, as well as a panel
discussion on school discipline with Deborah Fowler, Deputy Director of Texas
Appleseed, Dustin Rynders, Supervising Attorney with Disability Rights Texas, and
Sarah Guidry, Interim Executive Director of the Earl Carl Institute at Thurgood
Marshall School of Law. These talks will be followed in the afternoon, among
others, by a discussion on immigration by Claudia Kolker, author of The Immigrant
Advantage, and a talk regarding the decriminalization of child-trafficking victims
from Ann Johnson, who represented the minor in the 2010 case, In re. B.W., heard
before the Texas Supreme Court.

REGISTER TODAY: http://action.voices.org/site/R?i=3jrhjWZgDwgMpR5jNins6Q

$90 for Attorneys; $50 for Non-profit or Government
Attorneys/Non-Attorney
Professionals; $20 Students. Lunch will be provided.
Continuing Legal Education and CEU Credits Pending

Tuesday, July 10, 2012
9:00 AM – 2:30 PM
Registration begins at 8:30 AM

Fulbright Tower Auditorium
1301 McKinney
Houston, Texas 77010

For more information and to learn about sponsorship opportunities, please contact RJ
Hazeltine-Shedd at rhazeltine-shedd@childrenatrisk.org.
Start Time: 09:00
Date: 2012-07-10
End Time: 14:30