GA Child Welfare Legal Academy 

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Richard T. Griffiths holds the position of Vice-President and Senior Editorial Director for CNN, responsible for editorial quality control. Griffths oversees "the Row," the network's correspondent script approval and story vetting operation. His responsibilities include editorial oversight of CNN's investigative journalism. He has been closely involved in CNN's Freedom Project, an effort to shed light on modern forms of slavery.  Other award winning reports include an expose on mental health treatment scams in California, investigation and analysis of Al Qaeda's videotape library, reporting on the Benghazi attack that killed the U.S ambassador, and the Gulf Oil spill. His work has received numerous awards including the prestigious 2012 Investigative Reporters and Editors medal,  the Peabody Award for Excellence in Electronic Media, the Overseas Press Club David Kaplan Award, and two Emmy Awards.  Originally from Great Britain, Griffiths studied at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where he began his journalism career as a college radio reporter in 1974.

EXPLORING A YEAR OF OPENNESS IN CHILD WELFARE: DISSECTING A CHILD WELFARE CASE
 

Our next Child Welfare Legal Academy will continue to explore the theme of openness in the child welfare system by closely examining several composites of child welfare cases.  Richard Griffiths, Senior Editorial Director, CNN, will serve as interlocutor for a Fred-friendly panel.  Different Georgia child welfare professionals will be asked to play their roles of a mandated reporter, an intake worker, an investigator, a child welfare agency attorney (or SAAG) and a Juvenile Court Judge for two "ripped-from-the-headlines" scenarios.  The panelists will be asked to describe what their professional responses would be to the imaginary "facts" of each scenario.  Join us on Tuesday, October 28, from 1:30-3:45pm at the State Bar of Georgia for this panel discussion. 

COST:
Registration:  $10  (cash/check at the door)
Registration + 2.0 CLE credits (GA Attorneys only):  $20 (cash/check at the door).
If you do not need CLE, you may simply pay the registration fee only.  For faster check-in, please have checks written and made payable to "Emory University."

Online registration is strongly encouraged to help us adequately prepare for materials and refreshments. We aplogize that the online payment option is not available at this time.

Please note that significant construction is occurring on Spring Street that will affect access to the State Bar parking garage and vicinity. Please visit Spring Street detours link for more information. Please allow extra travel time for traffic congestion in that area or use MARTA.

 

 

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