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How Reasonable Are Reasonable Efforts For The Children Of Incarcerated Parents?, Courtney Serrato Dec 2016

How Reasonable Are Reasonable Efforts For The Children Of Incarcerated Parents?, Courtney Serrato

Golden Gate University Law Review

This article will discuss the development of the laws concerning children with incarcerated parents. Ultimately, the goal is to encourage states like California to (1) expand the law regarding reasonable efforts even further, (2) encourage California prisons to take into consideration exceptions for children and incarcerated parents in implementing prison policies, and (3) provide other states with a model for proposing new laws that can be put into practice. The background of this article will explain the federal implementation of The Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) and the necessary changes California made to state law after the enactment of …


Paved With Good Intentions: Title Ix Campus Sexual Assault Proceedings And The Creation Of Admissible Victim Statements, Sara F. Dudley Dec 2016

Paved With Good Intentions: Title Ix Campus Sexual Assault Proceedings And The Creation Of Admissible Victim Statements, Sara F. Dudley

Golden Gate University Law Review

This Comment argues that campuses should, in the course of their Title IX proceedings, ensure that anyone who takes a potentially admissible statement from a survivor has received trauma-informed interview training. Trauma-informed interviewing acknowledges the physiological effect of trauma on survivors, the impact that it can have on their ability to recall facts and details, and the limits and possibilities of obtaining information from such witnesses. In addition, campuses should limit the number of individuals who take statements from survivors and record the victim’s statements. These improvements will create statements of higher evidentiary quality. It will also mitigate the emotional …


A New War On Drugs: Fighting State-Sponsored Overmedication Of California’S Foster Youth, Jessie Conradi Dec 2016

A New War On Drugs: Fighting State-Sponsored Overmedication Of California’S Foster Youth, Jessie Conradi

Golden Gate University Law Review

California desperately needs to amend the law pertaining to the administration of psychotropic medication to foster youth. State policy affecting foster youth impacts many lives, as California is home to fifteen percent of foster youth in the United States. While California began offering such protections, a comprehensive amendment to California’s law should address consent, case review for troublesome cases, monitoring, and a standard of review that matches the current standard used when prescribing involuntary medication to adults. Anything less than this falls short of the state’s duty to act, under the state’s parens patriae power, as the foster youth’s parent. …


Introduction, M. Margaret Mckeown Mar 2016

Introduction, M. Margaret Mckeown

Golden Gate University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Judges Of The United States Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit Mar 2016

Judges Of The United States Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit

Golden Gate University Law Review

Includes an obituary for Judge Arthur L. Alarcon.