This year's conference was a sold out success.
We thank all the participants who made the day so mememorable.
Please click here for an audio link to this year's conference proceedings.
Please click here for remarks delivered by Ann Reese.
Please click here for the Schedule of Events.
The Center for Adoption Policy's Annual Conference will be held at New York Law School on March 5, 2010. This is our seventh conference. The conference will be on the subject of Permanency for Children: national and international policies that promote the preservation and reunification of families and the creation of permanent families for unparented children. We will be working with Professor Carlin Meyer and the Center for Children and Families as well as the Safe Passages Program.
Friday, March 6, 2009
New York Law School
47 Worth Street in Tribeca
New York City
The Center for Adoption Policy,
The Child Advocacy Program of Harvard Law School, and
The Justice Action Center at New York Law School
present:
International Adoption, the United States and the Reality of the Hague System
This conference will address all aspects of international adoption to and from the United States, one year after the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption became effective in the United States.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
9:30 a.m. - 9:40 a.m.
Welcome
Diane B. Kunz, Executive Director, Center for Adoption Policy
Elizabeth Bartholet, Professor, Harvard Law School; Director, Child Advocacy Program, Harvard Law School
9:40 - 11:20 a.m.
Panel I: The United States as a Hague Member: What Are We Doing, What Do We Need To Do?
- Moderator, Joan Hollinger, University of California, Berkeley
- William J. Bistransky, State Department, Office of Children's Issues
- Anna Mary Coburn, State Department
- Miki Stebbing, State Department
- Richard Klarberg, Council on Accreditation
11:30 - 1:10 p.m.
Panel II: The Hague: Impact on and Implications for Sending Countries
- Moderator: Kathryn Bradley, Duke University School of Law
- Paolo Barrozzo, Boston College Law School
- Cheryl Appell, American Academy of Adoption Attorneys
- Stephanie Mitchell, MAPS Adoption Agency
- Cici Zhang, Hawaii International Child Adoption Agency
1:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.
Lunch and Keynote Speaker: Human Rights and International Adoption
Ambassador Jerome J. Shestack, Former President, American Bar Association; Director, American Bar Association Human Rights Center; Senior Partner, WolfBlock
Click here to download the Keynote Address.
2:30 p.m. - 4:10 p.m.
Panel III: Ensuring the Future: A New Way Forward for International Adoption
- Moderator and Speaker, Elizabeth Bartholet, Harvard University School of Law
- Dr. Jane Aronson, Worldwide Orphans Foundation
- Tom Difilipo, Joint Council for International Children's Services
- Kathleen Strottman, Congressional Coalition for Adoption Institute
4:10 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Audience Discussion
REGISTRATION
Registration is available at www.nyls.edu/adoption. There is no conference registration fee for people who attend without earning CLE credit.
CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION
This CLE program has been approved for both transitional and non-transitional attorneys for a maximum of 4 continuing legal education credits in professional practice. The price of attendance with CLE is $99.
New York Law School offers financial assistance to attorneys who wish to attend CLE courses but who find it difficult to attend due to cost considerations. For more information, please visit the law school's continuing legal education tuition assistance page.
Waiting in America: Foster Care to Adoption, CAP's annual conference, held on April 25, 2008, presented a wealth of information concerning this vital topic in adoption. We are pleased to begin posting a series of papers and slides growing out of this meeting.
Websites for Those Interested in Adopting From Foster Care:
The United States, the Hague Convention and the Future of International Adoption
Fourth Annual CAP Adoption Law Conference, co-sponsored with the Justice Action Center at New York Law School.
Held on May 18, 2007 at New York Law School.
Science, Technology and Adoption
Third Annual CAP Adoption Law Conference, co-sponsored with the Justice Action Center at New York Law School and the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
Held at New York Law School, May 18, 2006.
Gay and Lesbian Adoption: Past, Present, and Future
Second Annual CAP Adoption Law Conference, co-sponsored with the Justice Action Center at New York Law School and the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute .
Held at New York Law School, May 20, 2005.
Summary of Conference
Intercountry Adoption: The European Union and Transnational Law
First Annual CAP Conference on Adoption Law, Co-sponsored with
the Justice Action Center at New York Law School and Diplomatic History (The Journal of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations) .
Held on May 21, 2004 at New York Law School.
Conference Brochure
Summary of Conference Proceedings
Selected Conference Papers presented:
