Program Details
2025-12-09 12:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2025-12-09 12:00:00
3h CLE Credits
Intermediate
3
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ESTThis session examines the unique vulnerabilities of youth in detention facilities and how institutional failures create environments where abuse flourishes. Attorneys will learn to identify viable claims, overcome governmental immunity, prove deliberate indifference under Section 1983, and leverage PREA standards and criminal evidence to build compelling civil cases against juvenile justice facilities.
Kristen Gibbons FedenCarly SanchezGuy D’Andrea 1:10 pm - 2:10 pm ESTThis session covers the complex landscape of representing abuse survivors in foster care systems, including navigating statutes of limitations, parental rights issues, and immunity defenses. Participants will learn survivor-centered interviewing techniques, how to access critical juvenile case files and agency records, and strategies for representing minor clients through years of emotionally demanding litigation.
Kristen Gibbons FedenCarly SanchezGuy D’Andrea 2:20 pm - 3:20 pm ESTThis session explores power dynamics and grooming patterns in institutional settings while presenting negligent hiring, retention, and ratification theories of liability. Attorneys will discover the strategic benefits of deposing their own clients first, learn to identify hidden damages in trauma cases, and develop techniques for valuing bullying claims that are often underestimated.
Kristen Gibbons FedenCarly SanchezGuy D’AndreaNationally recognized trial attorney and shareholder leading the firm’s practice areas in sexual abuse, human trafficking, child abuse, and civil rights litigation. Known for her powerful closing argument in the Bill Cosby trial and as one of the country’s foremost advocates in the #MeToo movement.
Partner specializing in representing current or former foster children in civil lawsuits against institutions that placed them in dangerous situations or failed to remove children from known abusers.
Nationally recognized trial attorney and shareholder leading the firm’s practice areas in sexual abuse, human trafficking, child abuse, and civil rights litigation. Known for her powerful closing argument in the Bill Cosby trial and as one of the country’s foremost advocates in the #MeToo movement.
Partner specializing in representing current or former foster children in civil lawsuits against institutions that placed them in dangerous situations or failed to remove children from known abusers.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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