ICWA Avoidance: How and Why Entities Avoid ICWA is a presentation outlining methods that entities and/or individuals may use in an attempt to avoid applying the Indian Child Welfare Act to child custody proceedings. ICWA Avoidance addresses several avoidance methods, and how it effects Indian children, families, and communities. This webinar discusses cultural awareness, public and private individual culture, explicit and implicit bias of the ICWA, and the process of working between various state courts, state agencies, individuals and tribes.
This webinar is relevant to attorneys practicing juvenile dependency, delinquency, probate and family law at the trial level or appellate stage, particularly attorneys that have or could have cases involving Indian children, parents, or tribes. This webinar also applies to Tribal Social Workers, Tribal Social Services Departments and their staff, as well as those who work with or within tribal courts. Kimberly Cluff is the Legal Director at CTFC where she leads a team of attorneys providing direct representation to tribes in state custody proceedings.
Denise Winn Wright is a Senior Staff Attorney at CTFC and provides direct representation for Indian tribes in Indian Child Custody Proceedings. Malia Chung-Paulson was a CTFC Law Clerk and student at Boston University School of Law whose work focused on ICWA and juvenile delinquency cases. Attendees that complete the course will be provided with a copy of the written materials before or during the training. The webinar is one hour.
This course qualifies for one hour of California participatory MCLE (Minimum Continuing Legal Education) credit for attorneys, including implicit bias.