Recently admitted NY attorneys: This program is accredited for transitional CLE credit

Why You Should Attend

By attending PLI's sixth annual Adoption Law Institute, you will learn from a distinguished, highly experienced faculty about the latest developments in the fast-changing field of adoption law, and the implications of these developments for your practice. The faculty and the course handbook materials will provide practice tips and practical solutions to a broad range of issues that legal, medical, and social work professionals commonly confront in adoption cases.

What You Will Learn

* Representing birth parents in termination of parental rights and voluntary relinquishments/surrenders: state and national practice issues
* Adoption from the "consumers" perspective of adoptive parents
* Adoption of adolescents from foster care
* Ethical issues in adoption: the costs of both domestic and international adoptions, standards for international adoptions.
* Financial support for adoption: the Family Medical Leave Act, adoption tax credits, social security, and health care coverage

Who Should Attend

This program is designed especially for family law attorneys, social workers, adoption advocates, adoption agency professionals, mental health professionals, and other related professionals seeking to expand their knowledge of this growing field.

Scholarships to attend this program are available for qualified individuals. Please visit http://pro-bono.pli.edu for scholarship information.

Special Features

Live Webcast - Simultaneous live webcast of the New York session is available for individual viewing. Webcast participants will receive streaming audio and/or video of the program, view and print the Course Handbook, and have the ability to submit questions electronically.

For more information click on the Live Webcast link in the Related Items box.

Special Bonus to all Registrants

All attendees will receive a complimentary copy of PLI's comprehensive Course Handbook. This softcover, bound volume was written to augment the program and to stand alone as a permanent reference. PLI's Course Handbooks represent the definitive thinking of the nation's finest legal minds, and are often the standard reference in the field.

Please Note: Webcast attendees will receive a downloadable version of the Handbook one business day prior to the program.

PLI Group Discounts

Groups of 4-14 from the same organization, all registering at the same time, for a PLI program scheduled for presentation at the same site, are entitled to receive a group discount. For further discount information, please contact membership@pli.edu or call (800) 260-4PLI.

PLI Can Arrange Group Viewing to Your Firm

Contact the Groupcasts Department via email at groupcasts@pli.edu for more details.

Cancellations

All cancellations received 3 business days prior to the program will be refunded 100%. If you do not cancel within the allotted time period, payment is due in full. You may substitute another individual to attend the program at any time.

For more information and to register, please click here: www.pli.edu/product/seminar_detail.asp