FDAP’s Annual Seminar: In-Person on April 14, 2023!
Join us on Friday, April 14, 2023 at Preservation Park in Oakland for FDAP’s annual training seminar. See your colleagues in person, hear from great speakers, earn some MCLE credit, and reconnect with the appellate defense community. Register here.
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FDAP’s Annual Seminar: In-Person on April 14, 2023!
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FDAP Is Hiring – Staff Attorney Vacancy
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First District Panel Victories
March 21, 2023
A166035
Panel Attorney: Cristina Gabrielidis
The juvenile court’s order terminating parental rights is conditionally reversed for ICWA compliance because the Agency failed to conduct an adequate inquiry under ICWA. This was prejudicial error because the record indicated there was readily obtainable information likely to bear meaningfully upon whether the child was an Indian child.
Mat Zwerling – in memoriam
Matthew (Mat) Zwerling, co-founder of the First District Appellate Project (FDAP) and Executive Director for many years, passed away on March 24, 2022, after a long illness. We are saddened by the loss of our friend and colleague, and take this time to reflect on Mat’s life and the difference he made in the lives of so many. Mat was a mensch, a mentor, an activist, and a man of many and varied interests and talents.
Please visit our remembrance page and join us in celebrating Mat's lifePathways to an Appellate Practice
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