At Capital University Law School
303 E. Broad Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
August 6 - 10, 2018
Law students from across the country come together in this intensive week-long course dedicated to adoption law and related child protection issues.
Professor Megan Heydlauff and Professor Hannah Botkin-Doty co-teach the class. The class format includes discussion of issues from academic and practitioner perspectives, and guest lecturers on several key topics.
TOPICS TO BE COVERED:
* History of Child Welfare and Adoption Law in the United States
* Constitutional Rights in the Family Context
* Protection of Interests
* The Adoption Process and Parties to an Adoption
* Termination of Parental Rights
* Open Adoption
* Multiethnic Placement Act and enforcement (MEPA)
* Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)
* Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC)
* International Adoption
* Adoption by Same-Sex Couples
* Assisted Reproductive Technology
* Current Issues in Adoption La
Questions?
Visit: law.capital.edu/summer/
Sali@law.capital.edu - for course questions
admissions@law.capital.edu - for admissions questions
(614) 236-6730