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Children's Rights In The Midst Of Marriage Equality: Amicus Brief In Obergefell V. Hodges By Scholars Of The Constitutional Rights Of Children, Tanya Washington, Susannah Pollvogt, Catherine Smith, Lauren Fontana

Tanya Monique Washington

No abstract provided.

Brief Of Amici Curiae Scholars Of The Constitutional Rights Of Children In Support Of Petitioners, Tanya Washington, Susannah Pollvogt, Catherine Smith, Lauren Fontana

Tanya Monique Washington

No abstract provided.

Ban Harms Georgia Kids, Tanya Washington

Tanya Monique Washington

No abstract provided.

Throwing Black Babies Out With The Bathwater: A Child-Centered Challenge To Same-Sex Adoption Bans, Tanya Washington

Tanya Monique Washington

No abstract provided.

Once Born, Twice Orphaned: Children's Constitutional Case Against Same-Sex Adoption Bans, Tanya Washington

Tanya Monique Washington

No abstract provided.

Loving Grutter: Recognizing Race In Transracial Adoptions, Tanya Washington

Tanya Monique Washington

No abstract provided.

Suffer Not The Little Children: Prioritizing Children's Rights In Constitutional Challenges To "Same-Sex Adoption Bans", Tanya Washington

Tanya Monique Washington

No abstract provided.

Amicus Brief In United States V. Windsor By Scholars For The Recognition Of Children's Constitutional Rights, Tanya Washington, Catherine Smith, Susannah Pollvogt

Tanya Monique Washington

No abstract provided.

What About The Children? Child-Centered Challenges To Same-Sex Marriage Bans, Tanya Washington

Tanya Monique Washington

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California Egg Toss - The High Costs Of Avoiding Unenforceable Surrogacy Contracts, Jennifer Jackson

Jennifer Jackson

In an emotionally charged decision regarding surrogacy contracts, it is important to recognize the ramifications, costs, and policy. There are advantages to both “gestational carrier surrogacy” contracts and “traditional surrogacy” contracts. However, this paper focuses on the differences between these contracts using case law. Specifically, this paper will focus on the implications of California case law regarding surrogacy contracts. Cases such as Johnson v. Calvert and In Re Marriage of Moschetta provide a clear distinction between these contracts. This distinction will show that while gestational carrier surrogacy contracts are more expensive, public policy and court opinions will provide certainty and …

California Egg Toss - The High Costs Of Avoiding Unenforceable Surrogacy Contracts, Jennifer Jackson

Jennifer Jackson

In an emotionally charged decision regarding surrogacy contracts, it is important to recognize the ramifications, costs, and policy. There are advantages to both “gestational carrier surrogacy” contracts and “traditional surrogacy” contracts. However, this paper focuses on the differences between these contracts using case law. Specifically, this paper will focus on the implications of California case law regarding surrogacy contracts. Cases such as Johnson v. Calvert and In Re Marriage of Moschetta provide a clear distinction between these contracts. This distinction will show that while gestational carrier surrogacy contracts are more expensive, public policy and court opinions will provide certainty and …

Moderator, Youth In Prison: The Reality Of The System, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

On April 30, 2013, Professor Sherman served as the moderator for the Youth in Prison: The Reality of the System at Boston College. The panel discussed the realities of the prison system and efforts being implemented to create positive change.

Partcipant, Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Inter-Site Conference, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

Professor Sherman participated in two workshops, Reducing Disparities at the Intersection of Gender, Race and Ethnicity and Eliminating the Use of Detention for Commercially Sexually Exploited Children, at the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Inter-site Conference held in Atlanta, Georgia.

Speaker, Workshop Organizer, Moderator And Presenter, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

Professor Sherman has served as a Speaker, Workshop Organizer, Moderator, and Presenter for a range of workshops on topics related to detention reform and girls at the Annie E. Casey Foundation Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Annual Conferences since 2000.

Panelist, Stop The Pipeline To Prison: Create Educational Opportunities, Jobs And Wealth, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

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Advisory Board Member, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

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Visiting Lecturer, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

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Testimony, Institute Of Medicine Workshops: Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of Children/Sex Trafficking, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.

Moderator And Speaker, The Legal Lives Of Girls, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.

Symposium Speaker, Overpoliced And Underprotected: Women, Race And Criminalization, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

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Member, Board Of Directors, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

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Technical Assistance Provider, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

Authored Detention Reform and Girls: Challenges and Solutions: JDAI Pathway #13 (2005) and Making Detention Reform Work for Girls: JDAI Practice Guide #5 (2012), provide technical assistance to JDAI sites nationally to reduce detention for girls and improve their conditions of confinement, assess jurisdictions’ use of detention for girls, regularly organize and present JDAI workshops.

Member, National Advisory Committee On Violence Against Women, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

Appointed by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to advise Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services on how to improve U.S. response to violence against women with a focus on children and teens. Served as Chair of Sub-Committee on Prevention and Social Change. (Report forthcoming, 2012).

Moderator, Questions Of Social Justice, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.

Featured Speaker, The Legal Lives Of Girls, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

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Juvenile And Family Violence Issues, April Meldrum

April Carroll Meldrum

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Judging Parents, Judging Place: Termination Of Parental Rights In Rural America, Lisa R. Pruitt, Janet L. Wallace

Lisa R Pruitt

Parents are constantly judged, by fellow parents and by wider society. But the consequences of judging parents sometimes extend beyond community reputation and social status. When law and legal institutions get involved, such judgments may result in the termination of parental rights. In these legal contexts, parents’ merits as parents are typically assessed in relation to a wide array of their decisions and actions, including where they live.

Among those judged harshly in relation to geography are impoverished parents who live in rural places. Yet judgments of these parents are particularly unfair in that poor rural parents often do not …

Judging Parents, Judging Place: Poverty, Rurality And Termination Of Parental Rights, Lisa R. Pruitt, Janet L. Wallace

Lisa R Pruitt

Parents are constantly judged, by fellow parents and by wider society. But the consequences of judging parents sometimes extend beyond community reputation and social status. When law and legal institutions get involved, such judgments may result in the termination of parental rights. In these legal contexts, parents’ merits as parents are typically assessed in relation to a wide array of their decisions and actions, including where they live.

Among those judged harshly in relation to geography are impoverished parents who live in rural places. Yet judgments of these parents are particularly unfair in that poor rural parents often do not …

Award Recipient, Germaine Lawrence Women Of Excellence, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

No abstract provided.

Macarthur Foundation, Consultant, Francine Sherman

Francine T. Sherman

Consulted on ways to incorporate girls' issues into MacArthur Foundation juvenile justice grant-making