National Center on Law and Elder Rights (NCLER)

This is the second training in a three-part series designed to provide legal and elder rights practitioners with the basic tools and civil legal strategies needed to help older adults who have experienced abuse. The series will also provide tips for providing person-centered and trauma-informed representation. This webinar will focus on family law and orders of protection. Attendees will learn how dissolution of marriage can be part of an elder abuse case and the unique challenges these cases present. Attendees will also learn how to use orders of protection as part of elder abuse case strategy, including the interplay between civil and criminal protective orders.

Presenters: • Jessica Brock, Senior Attorney/Chief Counsel, American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging • Erica Costello, Director, American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging