If you live in D.C. and have an interest in “family law” (i.e., divorce, custody, and child support litigation), you might want to come to the “Family Law Reform Conference” at the Alexandria Westin: brochure. I personally don’t like the word “reform” when people are talking about changing laws (the person receiving $200,000 per year in child support in Wisconsin would not characterize a Minnesota-style cap at $22,5000 per year for a single child to be a “reform”). However, there are some of the world’s leading experts on a variety of important issues, e.g., the comparative merits of sole versus shared parenting, the economics of what parents spend to support children, etc.
I’ll be there for the whole conference and would be happy to invite readers of this weblog to breakfast on Saturday or Sunday.