Preparing for the Challenges of Child Witnesses
Free Teleconference
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
1—2:30 p.m. EST
To register: http://www.abanet.org/cle/programs/t08ccw1.html
Sponsored by the ABA Section of Litigation Children’s Rights Litigation Committee and the ABA CLE Center, this teleconference will focus on the skills needed to work effectively with child witnesses. After listening to this teleconference and reviewing the print materials, callers will be able to:
Outline the issues that must be addressed in order to prepare a child (both a young child and an adolescent) to be a witness
Identify the ways that a lawyer can prepare a court or jury for the issues unique to a child witness
Define competency and identify competency issues in child witnesses
Recognize the importance of age-appropriate language and limits of language when examining a child witness in court
Compare the unique issues related to child witnesses in a variety of different substantive areas (e.g. immigration and criminal cases) as well as in different roles (child as victim, witness or defendant)
Plan for the courtroom: accommodations for child witnesses, opening statement, and use of physical tools
Program Moderator
Margie Gualtieri, Supervising Staff Attorney, Support Center for Child Advocates, Philadephia, PA
Program Faculty
Antoinette Kavanaugh, Clinical Director, Juvenile Justice Division, Cook County Juvenile Court Clinic, Chicago, IL
Jennifer G. Long, Director, National Center for the Prosecution of Violence Against Women, American Prosecutors Research Institute, National District Attorneys Association, Alexandria, VA
Dr. Sherrie Bourg Carter, Co-Director, Institute for the Behavioral Sciences and the Law, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Marie D. Osborne, Chief, Juvenile Division, Miami-Dade Public Defender, Miami,
Carmen M. Chávez, Executive Director, Casa Cornelia Law Center, San Diego, CA
This call is offered at no cost due to a grant from the Standing Committee on Continuing Legal Education. To register visit: http://www.abanet.org/cle/programs/t08ccw1.html
Catherine E. Krebs
Committee Director
ABA Section of Litigation Children's Rights Litigation Committee
1348 Massachusetts Ave SE
Washington, D.C. 20003
(p)(202) 547-3060
(f)(202) 547-3064