?MFY Legal Services and Private Placement Adoption Law: An Introduction to the Kinship Caregiver Law Project and a Substantive Training on Private Placement Adoption Law in New York State.

To Register: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/674166480

Description of Session: In New York City, over 300,000 children are cared for by grandparents or other relatives. In many cases, these children have been with a relative caregiver from birth. In June 2006, MFY launched the Kinship Caregiver Law Project, an initiative to help bring greater permanency in the lives of children who are being raised by their grandparents or other relatives by connecting families that provide kinship care with pro bono private attorneys to represent them in custody, guardianship, and adoption matters. The goal of the project is to help stabilize families, promote children's security, and help prevent children from entering the foster care system.

MFY will present substantive training related to Private Placement Adoption Law in New York State. Please note this training does not provide CLE credit.

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resenters: Ramonita Cordero, Supervising Attorney, and Amy Roehl, Staff Attorney/Equal Justice Works Fellow, at MFY Legal Services, Inc.

This session is FREE.

Date: Tuesday, June 16th from 3pm - 4pm ET.

To Register: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/674166480

Who Should Attend: Attorneys, paralegals and law students interested in family pro bono opportunities, especially custody and guardianship opportunities.

What You Need to Participate: This session is delivered via GoToWebinar web conferencing and the phone. You can participate from your own office. Note: in order to run GoToWebinar on your computer, you will be prompted to download a small, free application when you enter the training.

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About MFY Legal Services: MFY's mission is to ensure that no poor New Yorker is denied equal access to justice because he or she cannot afford representation. MFY was founded on the principle of equal access to justice through community-based legal representation of poor New Yorkers. Working in concert with neighborhood social service providers and community advocates, we reach out to those most in need to help resolve the problems faced by large numbers of low-income New Yorkers: housing, jobs, health care, entitlements, and family violence. We provide advice and representation to over 10,000 New Yorkers each year and initiate affirmative litigation that impacts many thousands of people.

About Pro Bono Net (PBN): Pro Bono Net (www.probono.net) is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing access to justice through innovative uses of technology and increased volunteer lawyer participation. Pro Bono Net's program's include probono.net, LawHelp.org, NPADO.org and Pro Bono Manager. Pro Bono Net's web platforms have been adopted in 30 states and regions, reaching approximately two-thirds of the poverty population and lawyers in the United States.

About Pro Bono in New York: The goal of this new series is to increase the number of attorneys involved in pro bono work in New York. Each webinar will highlight a NYC-based pro bono program and/or substantive legal topic, offering a virtual orientation session to attorneys wanting to learn how to get involved. This series has been funded by the New York Community Trust.