2026 CLI Early Bird Registration Ends Soon
Virtual Pre-Conference: April 14, 2026 | In-Person Conference: April 15-17, 2026
Registration is now open for the 33rd Annual Children's Law Institute Conference! Don't miss out on early bird pricing available until March 13, 2026. Click here for full conference details and to register.
Meet Our Opening Keynote: Dr. Mitchell
Dr. Monique B. Mitchell is a nationally recognized authority on the lived experience of children, teens, and young adults in foster care, representing the experiences of youth in the United States, Honduras, and Canada. Using youth-centered research, Dr. Mitchell has provided extensive training to judges, attorneys, child welfare state agency personnel, foster parents, and other child welfare partners. Dr. Mitchell is regularly invited to provide consultation on state child welfare policies and practices and serves as an Expert Witness in dependency cases. She is an expert on youth’s experiences of loss and grief in the child welfare system and is the National Director of the L.Y.G.H.T. program, a trauma-informed and evidence-based intervention for youth in foster care who are grieving death and non-death losses. Her articles and other contributions have been published in scholarly journals and textbooks, and she has partnered with national agencies such as the United States Children’s Bureau, American Bar Association, the Child Welfare League of America, the National Foster Parent Association, and numerous child welfare agencies. Read more at www.moniquebmitchell.com
