Capital University Law School To Hold Adoption, Child Welfare Law Conference

March 2, 2009

Capital University Law School will hold its fifth annual Wells Conference on Adoption Law from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 12, at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, 400 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio.

Sponsored by the Capital University Law Review and the National Center for Adoption Law and Policy (NCALP), this year’s conference is titled “Contemporary Approaches for Overcoming Challenges to Permanency.”

Topics and presenters are:

The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children: Procedural Challenges to Permanency

John C. Lore III, Rutgers School of Law
Vivek S. Sankaran, University of Michigan Law School
Susan L. Stockham, Law Offices of Susan L. Stockham, P.A.

The Multiethnic Placement Act: Examining the Role of Race in Placement Decisions

R. Richard Banks, Stanford Law School
Cynthia G. Hawkins-Leon, Stetson University College of Law
Adam Pertman, Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute

Planned Permanent Living Arrangements, Long Term Foster Care and Other Alternatives: Addressing the Needs of Older Youth

David J. Herring, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Alexandra Lowe, New York Administration for Children’s Services, Division of Family Permanency Services
Susan V. Mangold, The State University of New York at Buffalo Law School

In light of Capital University Law School’s strong focus and dedication to adoption law, the Capital University Law Review, in partnership with NCALP, initiated the Wells Conference on Adoption Law in 2005. The primary goal of the annual conference is to address relevant and timely adoption and family-law related topics by drawing together highly renowned scholars and practitioners in the area of adoption and family issues to engage scholars and practitioners in illuminating discussions.

For more information and online registration, visit www.law.capital.edu/Wells. The cost is $75. The program is open to the public and has been approved for 6.25 Social Work CEU credits and an application is pending for 6.5 CLE credits. For more information, please call (614) 236-6789.