At Capital University Law School
303 E. Broad Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Offered Summer 2024
Law students from across the country come together in this intensive weeklong course dedicated to adoption law and related child protection issues.
Professors Fawn Gadel and Megan Heydlauff co-taught 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 Law
2016 CLE CREDITS
Fee: $100.00 / Day
4.5 CLE on Monday & Friday
4.67 CLE on Tuesday - Thursday
23 CLE/CEU credits for the week
(Monday & Friday include class introduction and closing information that do not count as instructional hours)
Questions?
Visit: law.capital.edu/summer/
- for course questions
- for admissions questions
(614) 236-6730