Announcements and Upcoming Events:

Model Court Conference: Implicit Bias and Family Engagement
Friday April 2, 2010
Jantzen Beach Red Lion in Portland, Oregon.
Speakers will include Judge William Thorne and Dr. Shawn Marsh, among others.

Judge William Thorne is a Pomo/Coast Miwok Indian from northern California. To give just a sample of his experience, Judge Thorne served as the president of the National Indian Justice Center for 20 years and is currently the vice-president. He has served as a tribal court judge in Utah, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Wisconsin, South Dakota, California, Nevada and Michigan. He is the past chair of the Racial & Ethnic Fairness Commission for the Sate of Utah and has just completed service as a commissioner with the PEW Commission on Children in Foster Care. He has recently finished serving eight years as a member of the Board of Directors for National CASA and is a former member of the Board of Directors for the National American Indian Court Judges Association.

Shawn Marsh, PhD, is the Director of the Juvenile and Family Law Department of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. Dr. Marsh is a social psychologist with research and teaching interests in the areas of psychology and the law, juvenile justice, resiliency, and positive youth development. Dr. Marsh is affiliated with several academic departments at the University of Nevada, and his research appears in scholarly journals such as Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, Health Psychology, Offender Rehabilitation and School Violence. Dr. Marsh has published articles on implicit bias which have been distributed to the Child Welfare Council.

Oregon Child Advocacy Project Conference: Ethical and Practical Dilemmas of Representing Children
Friday April 2, 2010
University of Oregon School of Law, Room 175
Contact: Jill Forcier , 541-346-3845

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