MBA
members are invited to attend this open meeting hosted by the Juvenile and Child
Welfare Section. There will be a short business meeting at 5:30 PM at
which future CLE planning and legislative issues will be discussed.
At 6:16 PM, the
guest speaker will be Susan Elsen, staff attorney at the
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute who will discuss the MLRI report, 'If Not
Now, When?"
Susan Elsen joined MLRI’s Family Law Unit in May 2001.
She currently focuses on children and family issues including child custody and
child welfare issues and directs her advocacy towards ensuring that children
grow up in homes that are safe, financially secure, and provide a foundation for
a healthy, productive adulthood. Before joining MLRI, she had a private family
law practice, was a staff attorney at Neighborhood Legal Services in Lynn and at
South Middlesex Legal Services, and was an Assistant Corporation Counsel for the
City of New York. She graduated from Columbia Law
School.
If you would like to review the report prior to the
meeting, please go to http://www.mlri.org/uploads/0b/b4/0bb4c81a9d9f787f9d9188a24a75bcf2/Systemic-Child-Welfare-Reform-in-MA.pdf.
Please RSVP as
space is limited.