Write & Tell Live with Author Sara Block
on Domestic Violence & Child Welfare, Storytelling for Lawyers
Our first Write & Tell Live livestream author conversation featured author Sara Block and Commission Chair Maricarmen Garza. Sara is author of "Together Unbroken: Stories, Law, Practice, and Healing at the Intersection of Domestic Violence and Child Welfare." This event was cosponsored by the ABA Center on Children and the Law and ABA Commission on Homelessness & Poverty.
"Together Unbroken" explores the response of the child welfare system to families experiencing domestic violence and presents substantive analysis alongside narratives from the lives of people impacted by the intersection of domestic violence and child welfare.
Sara is Managing Director of Advocacy and Partnerships at Ascend Justice where she focuses on policy and systemic reform that impact families experiencing domestic violence. Sara is also the Academic Director for Child and Family Law Programs at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. In the Masters of Jurisprudence in Child Law program at Loyola, Sara teaches Child Welfare Law and Policy, and Juvenile Justice Law Policy.
The content of this program does not meet requirements for continuing legal education (CLE) accreditation. You will not receive CLE credit for participating.