2025
- 4/10/2025: Child Abuse Prevention Month
- 4/8/2025: Fall 2025 Trial Skills Training
- 4/4/2025: March and April Webinars
- 3/6/2025: ICYMI and Upcoming Webinar Reminder
- 2/27/2025: New Legal Training Opportunity
Resource Letter for Judges & Attorneys
The Children’s Commission publishes a Resource Letter to inform legal practitioners of training and scholarship opportunities and to relay pertinent child welfare-related information about emerging, relevant, and changing policy, laws, practice, and training opportunities. The Resource Letter is shared via email distribution on a near-weekly basis and posted below.
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Jurist in Residence: Letter for Judges
2025
- 2/13/2025, Jurist in Residence Letter: Save the Date: 2025 CWJC; New Scholarship Offering
- 1/15/2025: Upcoming Webinars: Court Interpreters; Non-party Mediations
- 1/9/2025: January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month
2024
- 12/13/2024, Jurist in Residence Letter: Judicial Scholarships to 2025 NCJFCJ Conferences
- 9/5/2024, Jurist in Residence Letter: Special Immigrant Juvenile Classification and Adoption of Foreign-Born Children: An Overview for State Court Judges
- 8/6/2024: Reminder, 2024 CWJC Registration Now Open
- 7/26/2024: Registration Now Open: 2024 Child Welfare Judges Conference
- 7/9/2024: Reminder: Identifying Child Sexual Exploitation: A Judicial Discussion
- 6/12/2024: Identifying Child Sexual Exploitation: A Judicial Discussion
- 3/12/2024: Save the Date: 2024 Child Welfare Judges Conference
2023
- 12/20/2023: Save the Date: 17th Annual Child Welfare Judges Conference October 21-23, 2024
- 11/13/23: Scholarships to Upcoming NCJFCJ Conferences
- 8/3/2023:Registration Now Open: Child Welfare Judges Conference October 23-25, 2023
- 7/10/2023: NCJFCJ Implementation Sites
- 6/12/2023: Reminder, Recommendations for Trial Skills Training Due June 16
- 5/31/2023: Trial Skills Training Participant Opportunity
- 4/28/2023: Judicial Scholarship Opportunity to NCJFCJ 86th Annual Conference in Baltimore, MD
- 3/28/2023: Save the Date: Child Welfare Judges Conference October 23-25. 2023
- 3/9/2023: Resources for Developing or Enhancing Family Treatment Courts
- 1/9/2023: ICYMI: Scholarships Re-Opened for NCJFCJ Conference in Dallas Applications Due January 23rd
2025
- 4/10/2025: Child Abuse Prevention Month
- 4/8/2025: Fall 2025 Trial Skills Training
- 4/4/2025: March and April Webinars
- 3/6/2025: ICYMI and Upcoming Webinar Reminder
- 2/27/2025: New Legal Training Opportunity
- 2/21/2025: Reminder, Upcoming Webinar: Court Interpreters; CBC 101
- 2/18/2025: Scholarships to 2025 TDCAA Conference
- 2/13/2025, Jurist in Residence Letter: Save the Date: 2025 CWJC; New Scholarship Offering
- 1/16/2025: Scholarships to TexasBarCLE Child Protection Law 101 and Advanced Course
- 1/15/2025: Upcoming Webinars: Court Interpreters; Non-party Mediations
- 1/9/2025: January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month
2024
- 12/30/2024: Child Welfare Training and Resources
- 12/13/2024, Jurist in Residence Letter: Judicial Scholarships to 2025 NCJFCJ Conferences
- 12/10/2024: Now Available: Preserving the Record for Appeal Webinar
- 12/5/2024: 2024 Texas Child Welfare Law Bench Book Now Available
- 11/18/2024: November is National Adoption Month
- 10/31/2024: Domestic Violence Awareness and Related Webinar Now Available
- 10/10/2024: Upcoming Webinar: Trial Skills for Child Welfare Cases: Preserving the Record for Appeal
- 10/3/2024: TIDC Family Protection Representation Appointments Reporting Deadline is October 15, 2024
- 9/20/2024: We are hiring: Attorney Position Open at the Children's Commission
- 9/19/2024: Upcoming DV Webinar; New TIDC Website and Reporting Requirements
- 9/11/2024: ICMYI, Upcoming and Recent Webinars
- 9/5/2024, Jurist in Residence Letter: Special Immigrant Juvenile Classification and Adoption of Foreign-Born Children: An Overview for State Court Judges
- 8/29/2024: Educational Resources for the 2024-2025 School Year
- 8/27/2024: Now Available: 2024 Tool Kit for Attorneys Representing the DFPS in Child Welfare Cases
- 8/14/2024: Webinar: Supporting School Aged Children in Care
- 8/1/2024: Scholarship Announcement: Civil Appellate Practice 101 Course
- 7/26/2024, Jurist in Residence Letter: Registration Now Open: 2024 Child Welfare Judges Conference
- 7/18/2024: Webinars: Mediation in Child Welfare; Handling Your First Child Welfare Appeal
- 7/12/2024: Youth SIM Mapping; Call for Family Representation Mentorship Program Applications
- 6/18/2024: Upcoming Webinar: Understanding the Federal Intersection with Key Texas Child Welfare Laws; Family Protection Representation Mentorship Announcement from the Texas Indigent Defense Commission
- 6/12/2024, Jurist in Residence Letter: Identifying Child Sexual Exploitation: A Judicial Discussion
- 6/10/2024: June is Reunification Month
- 6/7/2024: Scholarship Opportunities for Child Welfare Judges and Attorneys to Summer Conferences
- 5/23/2024: Parent, Youth, and Young Adult Surveys from the Statewide Behavioral Health Coordinating Council
- 5/16/2024: Upcoming Webinar: Taking Your First Child Welfare Appeal
- 5/9/2024: May is National Foster Care Month
- 5/3/2024: Now Available: Representing Older Youth in Care Replay and Materials
- 4/23/2024: Upcoming Webinar: Mandamus in Child Welfare Cases
- 4/18/2024: Now Available: 2024 Tool Kit for Attorneys Representing Parents and Children in Child Welfare Cases
- 4/16/2024: Upcoming Webinar: Taking Your First Child Welfare Appeal
- 4/12/2024: New Online Report on Trauma-Informed Courts Project
- 4/11/2024: April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
- 4/10/2024: Trial Skills Contested Hearing Practices Deadline; Upcoming Webinar - Representing Older Youth in Care
- 4/3/2024: Attorney Scholarships to TexasBarCLE's Handling Youth First (or Next) Civil Appeal Webcast Replay
- 3/28/2024: Upcoming Children's Commission Webinar: Representing Older Youth in Care
- 3/26/2024: Trial Skills Training Opportunity: Fall 2024 Contested Hearing Practices Pilot
- 3/12/2024, Jurist in Residence Letter: Save the Date: 2024 Child Welfare Judges Conference
- 2/29/2024: Upcoming Webinar and ICYMI
- 2/14/2024: February is Youth Leadership Month
- 2/9/2024: Attorney Scholarship to TexasBarCLE's 101 and Advanced Child Protection Law Course
- 2/9/2024: New Video Series for Child Welfare Attorney Outreach
- 2/1/2024: Rescheduled: Navigating the Transition from Trial to Appellate Counsel
- 1/10/2024: Reminder, Upcoming Webinar: Navigating the Transition from Trial to Appellate Counsel
- 1/9/2024: Reminder: Scholarship Deadline to Attend the ABA Conferences
- 1/5/2024: January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month