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Collaborative Law Training
Innovative Solutions for Our Future

August 21 – August 22, 2009
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Gainesville, FL
Web site
Flyer, (.pdf, 600 KB)

2009 Weyrauch Distinguished Lecture in Family Law Sanford Katz

October 14, 2009
Room 270 Holland Hall, at Noon.
"The Family Law World of Walter O. Weyrauch"

2009 - 10 Speaker Series:
Juvenile Justice Project

The Center on Children and Families at the University of Florida Levin College of Law is launching the Juvenile Justice Project, an effort to benefit children locally, statewide and nationally by focusing on the juvenile justice system. We will devote ourselves to research, advocacy, conferences, workshops and projects in this area and welcome collaboration with others.

We invite you to visit our Web site. Our first conference will be February 19 and 20 2010, and we have confirmed as our plenary speakers Geoffrey Canada, the founder and president of the Harlem Children's Zone, the innovative project profiled by Paul Tough in Whatever It Takes (2008), and Shay Bilchik, Director of the Juvenile Justice Reform Project at Georgetown, and former president of the Child Welfare League of America. For further information about the first conference, which will focus on issues of prevention and avoidance, and to respond to the Call for Papers, please go to our website. Registration information to attend the conference will be available in fall 2009.

We also invite you to read our report about the controversy over shackling juveniles, The Shackling of Juvenile Offenders: The Debate in Juvenile Justice Policy [493KB PDF].

2008 - 09 Speaker Series

2007 - 08 Speaker Series
"Families in Transition"

2006 - 07 Speaker Series

During 2006-07 academic year, in lieu of a conference, the Center is hosting distinguished speakers in the area of family law and children's law. These lectures are open to the law school community and to the public and free of charge.

Inaugural Weyrauch Distinguished Lecture in Family Law [326 Kb PDF]

Fifth Annual Conference

Bridges to Excellence: Building Sustaining Multidisciplinary Collaboratives for Children
March 31 - April 1, 2006

Co-hosted by First Star, this conference the first in a series of conferences to be held during the next year to establish best practices in multidisciplinary collaboration.

Conference Working Paper

Fourth Annual Conference

Multidisciplinary Collaboration: What is it and how do we do it?
March 11, 2005

An invitational roundtable gathering UF scholars from different disciplines to assist in building a model for multidisciplinary collaboration at the Center on Children and Families. This project is intended to lay the groundwork for designing UF's new First Star Multidisciplinary Center of Excellence (MCE). The MCE are a project spearheaded by First Star, a Washington DC based non profit dedicated to children's welfare. The MCEs will be based in three locations: the College of Law's Center on Children and Families, Columbia Law School and University of San Diego Law School. The MCEs will bring academics with diverse research and practice background together to educate professionals working with abused, neglected and impoverished children.

Third Annual Conference

Beyond Brown - Children, Race & Education
March 25 - 27, 2004

Co-hosted by the Center on Race and Race Relations and the Center on Children and Families, this conference marked the 50th anniversary of the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education, in which the Supreme Court held that segregated schools violated the Constitution. Speakers explored the history and legacy of the decision and its implications for modern children and modern educational policy.

Second Annual Conference

Children, Culture & Violence – an Interdisciplinary Conference
March 20 - 22, 2003

An interdisciplinary conference (co-hosted by the Center for Children's Literature and Culture and the Center on Children and Families at Levin College of Law) for academics, professionals and citizens committed to the study, treatment and prevention of violence in the lives of children and youth. This interdisciplinary conference was supported by SHANDS Healthcare, the Institute for Child Health Policy, the Child Policy Research Institute, and the Harn Museum of Art -- all at University of Florida. The conference featured many nationally known speakers, including keynoters (in order of appearance) Geoffrey Canada, president of the Rheedlen Centers for Children and Families in New York City; Ntozake Shange, poet and novelist; and Hon. Harry Lee Anstead, Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court.

Workshop on Unified Family Courts
October 11, 2003

A day-long workshop on the roll of law schools in the development of the Unified Family Court was held at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. Participants included a diverse group of judges as well as faculty from UF, FSU, Miami, Nova Southeastern, St. Thomas, Barry and Florida Coastal.
View Details [64 Kb PDF]

First Annual Conference

Defending Childhood: Developing a Child-Centered
Law and Policy Agenda
December 7 - 8, 2001

The First Annual Conference of the Center was held at the Doubletree Hotel and Conference Center of University of Florida.

The conference examined the problems facing children and youth and explored evidence-based solutions. Scholars and practitioners from many fields, including law, medicine, sociology, history, psychology and education were brought together to share perspectives about critical issues facing children and youth and to develop a research, practice and policy agenda for the coming decade. Topics included child welfare, family policy, juvenile justice, sexism and racism, children's educational and medical issues, and the ethical treatment of children and youth. Papers from the conference were published in the University of Florida Journal of Law and Public Policy.

 

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