Family & Youth Justice Programs is excited to partner with the Capacity Building Center for Courts (CBCC) to bring a Reasonable and Active Efforts Attorney Academy to Washington twice in 2023: March 23rd – March 24th (Spring Academy) and  June 14^th – June 15^th (Summer Academy). This highly interactive, virtual training is designed to help attorneys practicing in the Washington child welfare system gain the knowledge and skills necessary to make substantive reasonable and active efforts arguments and engage in targeted out-of-court and in-court advocacy to ensure children, parents, and families receive appropriate, tailored services or interventions to avoid unnecessary removals, reunify children with their families, and improve time to permanency.

WHEN

Spring Academy

All attorneys who attend the academy are required to attend the entirety of both days.

Day 1: Thursday, March 23, 2023 | 8:30am – 3:30pm

Day 2: Friday, March 24, 2023 | 8:30am – 12:30pm

Required Pre-Academy Participant Meeting: March 16^th 12:00-1:00pm

Summer Academy

All attorneys who attend the academy are required to attend the entirety of both days.

Day 1: Wednesday, June 14, 2023 | 8:30am – 3:30pm

Day 2: Thursday, June 15, 2023 | 8:30am – 12:30pm

Required Pre-Academy Participant Meeting: May 31st 12:00-1:00pm

WHO

Attorneys assigned to dependency cases who represent the state, parents, youth/children, tribal interests, and CASA are invited to attend, including appellate attorneys.

Maximum Capacity: 50 attendees

HOW

Maximum capacity reached. Registration for the Spring and Summer academy sessions is CLOSED. If you would like to be placed on the waitlist for one of the academies please email laura.vogel@courts.wa.gov with the below information:

• First Name
• Last Name
• Email Address
• Organization
• Job Title
• Which academy you would like to attend (Spring or Summer)

Please contact Laura Vogel at laura.vogel@courts.wa.gov for questions on the Attorney Academy.