Events and News

  • C.J. Lyford will be discussing the legal aspects of adoption at " Adoptive Parenting: All the Basics... And More!" , on Saturday, January 30, 2010, from 10 AM to 2 PM, at Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, PA.* The class takes place on Saturday, January 23 and Saturday, January 30, 2010, and will include parenting how-to?s, resources and support. The cost is $89. For further information contact Joanne Muir Behm, at 215-641-6488 or jbehm@mc3.edu
    *340 DeKalb Pike, in Blue Bell, PA 19422

  • On October 30, 2009, C.J. Lyford was a presenter at the Fall 2009 Philadelphia Regional Immigration Conference held by the Chester County Bar Association in West Chester, Pennsylvania. C.J. spoke on the topic, "Changes in International Adoption.”

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  • C.J. Lyford and Sondra Miller-Wein have been appointed as Co-Chairpersons for the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) for the 13th Annual Celebrate American Creative Writing Contest for 5th grade students re the topic "Why I am glad that American is a Nation of Immigrants."  Entries are due on March 1, 2010.  The contest is sponsored by the American Immigration Council and AILA.   More information can be found at http://www.communityeducationcenter.org/community/essay-contest