Court Report Writing (Virtual Training)

This course focuses on writing detention, jurisdiction and disposition reports.

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

Understand proper writing techniques
Understand elements of writing for a legal audience vs. other styles of writing
Balance the child welfare worker’s voice with agency mandates
Understand how information provided or not provided causes continuances and contested hearings
Incorporate harm and danger statements/risk and safety analysis

Participants will learn to write effective court reports, taking into consideration temporary custody, custody warrant procedures, and facts versus evidence in report writing.

Academic Units

CEUs

0.6

Section Number

244SSA177

Instruction Method

Online class

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Section Schedule

Wed., May 21st, 2025, 9:00am to 4:00pm

Fees

Instructors

Roger Coffman

Roger Coffman, J.D., is a retired senior deputy county counsel for Placer County. He served as a deputy for 39 years in Placer, Tulare and El Dorado Counties. Coffman has 34 years of experience representing county child welfare agencies, providing court representation, general legal advice, appellate representation and on-going training to child welfare staff. He has been an instructor with the Northern Academy at UC Davis since 1989, the Bay Area Academy for approximately 15 years and an occasional instructor with the Central Academy. He has practiced in state trial and appellate courts and in the federal district courts and the Federal Court of Appeal.