The program will explore the impact of the 2004 landmark New York Court of Appeals decision, Nicholson v. Scoppetta, which held that a child witnessing domestic violence was not sufficient to conclude that the child had been neglected by the child's parent. The decision also radically altered the analysis required before Family Court judges order the removal of a child from his or her parents in all child protective proceedings.

Speakers:
HON. CLARK RICHARDSON
Supervising Judge of the Family Court, Bronx County

VICKI E. LIGHT
Staff Attorney, The Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Rights Practice

THEO LIEBMANN
Professor of Clinical Law and Attorney-in-Charge, Hofstra Child Advocacy Clinic,
Hofstra University School of Law

BONNIE E. RABIN
Cohen Hennessey Bienstock & Rabin PC

LAUREN MELLER
Acting Deputy Commissioner, Family Court Legal Services, Administration for Children's Services

LAUREN SHAPIRO
Director, Brooklyn Family Defense Project, Legal Services for New York City

SHARON STAPEL
Director, Family/Domestic Violence Unit, South Brooklyn Legal Services

Sponsored by:
Committee on Family Court and Family Law, Karen Fisher Gutheil, Chair; Council on Children, Sue Jacobs, Chair; Committee on Children and the Law, Bonnie E. Rabin, Chair; Committee on Domestic Violence, Sharon Stapel, Chair

Members of the Association, their guests and all other interested persons are invited to attend. There is no fee for attending the program. To register click on http://www.nycbar.org/EventsCalendar/show_event.php?eventid=836.