2026 City, Family, & Juvenile Judges Seminar

The 2026 City, Family, and Juvenile Judges Seminar will be held August 13th-14th in New Orleans. This seminar is open to all Louisiana judges, hearing officers, and judicial administrators, and will provide tailored content for registrants with specialized and general jurisdiction. Agenda will be posted here at a later date. Programming Highlights: -AI Generated Pleadings and Evidence: Judicial Responses and Best Practices -Drug Testing Basics & Understanding Positive Medical Marijuana Results -Diagnosing Autism, Accessing Treatment, and Identifying Resources -Developmental Child Sensitive Visitation Guidelines in Domestic, CINC & Other Cases -Family Law Hot Topics -City Court Hot Topics -Office of Juvenile Justice Updates including the SAVRY Risk/Needs Assessment -Department of Children and Family Services Legislative Updates -Valuing Legal Permanency in CINC Cases -and much more! This conference provides specialized programming for judges with relevant jurisdiction, and includes presentations from a number of state agencies (DCFS, OJJ, LDH,) and meetings of the Louisiana City Judges Association and Louisiana Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.