You are invited to join over 400 social work students from across the state to learn about the legislative process, receive an update on current bills concerning various social issues, attend (live virtual) legislative hearings, and network with students across the state. Advocacy is an important component of professional social work practice. The goal of this event is to build the capacity of social work students to understand the legislative process and identify strategies to influence social policies and programs. The program agenda will include a keynote presentation, remarks from Legislators, report on bills being introduced, workshops on providing testimony the legislative process, how to analyze a bill, legislative advocacy, Social Work Careers in Legislative Advocacy, and other topics.

Earn your NASW-NC Clinical Supervision Certificate and gain 18 Continuing Education Contact Hours! Topics include supervisory styles and techniques, skills to supervise clinical social workers at various stages of clinical development, managing challenging supervisees and situations, evaluating clinician competency, cultural competency, ethics, legal and regulatory issues, and much more!

The Clinical Social Work Institute is one of NASW-NC's flagship conferences. The Clinical Social Work Institute offers 1.5-hour workshops for both advanced and beginning clinical social workers. Each attendee who participates in the entire conference webinar live will receive a transcript of attendance reflecting 13 LIVE contact hours of Continuing Education (up to 4 of which are Ethics CE). The conference will also be recorded, and for the other sessions you don’t select to attend live, you could receive up to 18 additional hours of asynchronous CE (for a total of 31 hours of Continuing Education possible, including Ethics CE).

The 2025 ethics conference "Innovation and Ethics: the future of social work in a tech-driven world" will explore the intersection of technology and social work in the modern era. Key topics of focus will include the integration of technology and AI in social work practice, clinical documentation considerations with data privacy and security, and the ethical responsibilities of social workers in navigating the digital divide. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with seasoned practitioners in these areas and learn how social workers can leverage technological advancements and maintain their commitment to ethical principles, client autonomy, and social justice. This will be a LIVE, virtual conference on Zoom webinar. Earn up to 6.5 Ethics CEs for participating.