YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THIS NYACP PRESENTATION

Families in Transition: Cultural Competency and Issue-Spotting in LGBTQ+ Family Practice
Via Zoom

Friday, February 28, 2025
12:00PM-2:00PM

Andy Izenson, Esq. Senior Legal Director of Chosen Family Law Center
Moderator: Melissa B. Goodstein, Esq. and Catherine Canadé, Esq.

REGISTRATION

Free for NYACP Members
$75 for Non-Members 

About

As the family law landscape evolves, family conflict professionals are finding themselves serving clients who are otherwise underserved by the family and matrimonial courts and services. From polyamorous triads to cisgender parents seeking support with the needs of their transgender child, this workshop will provide cultural competency training and issue-spotting and practice tips for working with queer and transgender clients, with a particular focus on assisting transgender clients through divorce and separation. Participants will leave the workshop with a basic understanding of the unique needs of a range of queer and transgender clients through divorce and other types of family mediation, as well as practical skills, including the legal issues involved in serving those clients sensitively and competently.  

 Speaker

 Andy Izenson (they/them) is Senior Legal Director for Chosen Family Law Center, Inc. and Partner at the family law and mediation firm Diana Adams Law & Mediation, PLLC, both based in New York City. Andy works with and advocates for LGBTQIA+, polyamorous, and non-traditional families, and is the Clinical Instructor on Policy at the LGBTQ Advocacy Clinic at Harvard Law School. Andy is a thought leader on LGBTQIA+ issues, and a popular speaker who gives talks on issues including: same-sex marriage; transgender and gender non-conforming youth issues; the Supreme Court and the fate of LGBTQIA+ Americans; cultural competency and sensitivity for attorneys and other professionals serving transgender and gender non-conforming clients; and opportunities for corporate leadership with LGBTQIA+ employees.

 Chosen Family Law Center is a nonprofit organization that provides free legal services for low-income LGBTQIA+ families, asylees, & trans communities in New York, and national legislative advocacy & public education for LGBTQIA+, polyamorous, and non-nuclear families! Visit chosenfamilylawcenter.org to learn more about our work.

Attendee Information

• All Collaborative professionals are encouraged to attend this training.
• This event is a virtual event via Zoom.
• Agenda subject to change.
• 2 Areas of Professional Practice CLE Credits will be available for this program. The content of this program is appropriate for experienced attorneys, as well as newly admitted attorneys. This continuing legal education program has been approved in accordance with the requirements of the Continuing Legal Education Board.
• Financial aid is available for this program.  Please click here for more information.