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Event Name: Live ECBA Lunch-n-Learn: Putting the Child First: A Practical Guide to the Best Interests of the Child
Event Date: 12/10/2026
Event Time: From 12:00 pm until 1:00 pm
Event Details:

TIME

Registration: 11:45 a.m.
Seminar: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

COST

$50 - ECBA Members (Judges & Attorneys) and their Paraprofessional Staff
$65 - Non-members

NOTE: All lunches are $10 in addition to the rates.

This course has been approved for 1 Hour Substantive CLE Credit

SPEAKER

Elle Barr, Esq. is an experienced family law attorney with more than two decades of dedication to serving children and families. She focuses her practice on working as a court-appointed Guardian ad Litem. Ms. Barr began her career as a law clerk to the Honorable Lee B. Laskin, J.S.C. in Camden County, New Jersey. She later served as a Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, Court-Appointed Law Guardian, and GAL for KidsVoice. Currently, Ms. Barr serves as a GAL in Pittsburgh, PA and as the Education Coordinator for OurFamilyWizard. In this role, she educates judges, attorneys, and family law professionals on tools that reduce conflict and increase accountability in co-parenting cases. She frequently travels across the United States to present at conferences and continuing legal education programs.

SEMINAR

Attendees will leave with practical tools, research-based resources, and strategies they can immediately use in their GAL practice to better understand the child, strengthen their investigation, and keep the child’s best interests at the heart of their work.

Reservations due to the ECBA office by December 3, 2026.

Cancellation Policy for ECBA Events/Seminars: Cancellations received on or before the last reservation deadline will be fully refunded. Cancellations received after the deadline or non-attendance will not be refunded. If you register for an event without payment in advance and don’t attend, it will be necessary for the ECBA to send you an invoice for the event.

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Event Location:
The Will J. Schaaf & Mary B. Schaaf Education Center
429 West 6th Street
Erie, PA 16507
814-459-3111

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