The American Bar Association Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence, in collaboration with The Hague Domestic Violence Project, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley, and with support from the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women, is pleased to announce the webinar series: Fleeing For Safety: Representing Battered Respondents in International Child Abduction Cases Under the Hague Convention.

This three-part webinar is designed to prepare practicing attorneys to best represent battered respondents in when there is a petition for return of the children under the Hague Convention. Sessions will focus on the experiences of battered mothers and their children in international child abduction cases, how to represent a respondent mother against a Hague Convention petition for return, why child exposure to domestic violence should qualify as an exception and how to preserve the record for appeal.

Wed, March 25, 2015 (1:00-3:00 pm EST)
“The Effect of Domestic Violence on Children and Parents and the Experience of Battered Respondents and Children in Hague Cases”

Wed, April 29, 2015 (1:00-3:00 pm EST)
“The Respondent's Defense: Exceptions to Return”

Wed, May 27, 2015 (1:00-3:00 pm EST)
“Questioning the Prima Facie Case”

Register here.
There are no registration fees for this training.
This webinar is limited to 200 participants.
Priority will be given to attorneys.
CLE approval has been obtained.

REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE ON MARCH 20, 2015.

If you need assistance with completing this registration or have any questions, please contact Catherine Fernández at catherine.fernandez@americanbar.org.