The LLG Child Protection & Education Conference will provide a practical and comprehensive look at the key legal and policy issues currently affecting children's services and education across England and Wales.
Join LLG for our Child Protection & Education Conference, designed exclusively for lawyers and legal teams working within local government.
The conference will provide a practical update on the key legal and regulatory developments affecting children, safeguarding and education, helping delegates stay up to date with changes in legislation, case law, guidance and the wider challenges facing local authorities.
We will bring together experienced lawyers, barristers and specialists in child protection and education law to explore the legal issues currently facing local government, with a focus on practical guidance, recent developments and what these changes mean for local authority legal teams.
Topics are expected to include:
Key developments in child protection and education legislation and policy
Recent case law and its practical implications
Safeguarding and child protection
Care proceedings and public law
Threshold criteria and decision-making
Parental responsibility and disputes
Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
Education, health and care plans (EHCPs)
School admissions, exclusions and attendance
Children in care and care leavers
Corporate parenting responsibilities
Information sharing and data protection
Children’s rights, equality and human rights considerations
Education and safeguarding enforcement
Current and emerging issues affecting local authority children’s services and education teams
The programme will be developed closer to the event to ensure it reflects the latest legal, regulatory and policy developments, as well as the issues and challenges most relevant to local government at the time.
Who should attend?
This conference is aimed at lawyers and legal professionals working in local government, including:
Local authority solicitors
Senior and principal solicitors
Legal advisers
Monitoring officers
In-house local government legal teams
Lawyers specialising in child protection and children’s services
Lawyers advising on education and SEND
Lawyers working across children’s social care and education
Membership Plus
This conference is available to LLG Membership Plus members free of charge as part of their annual package.
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09:30 - 16:00
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