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Full-Text Articles in Legal Profession
Advocating For The Constitutional Rights Of Nonresident Fathers, Vivek Sankaran
Advocating For The Constitutional Rights Of Nonresident Fathers, Vivek Sankaran
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Months after a child welaare case is petitioned, a nonresident father appears in court and requests custody of his children who are living in foster care. Little is known about the father, and immediately, the system-judge, caseworkers, and attorneys view him with suspicion and caution, inquiring about his whereabouts and his prior involvement in the children's lives. Those doubts, in turn, raise complicated questions about his legal rights to his children. As a practioner working in the child welfare system, you're likely to face this scenario. The largest percentage of child victims of abuse and neglect come from households headed …
Pressures Toward Mediocrity In The Representation Of Children, Barbara Glesner Fines
Pressures Toward Mediocrity In The Representation Of Children, Barbara Glesner Fines
Faculty Works
When children are the subject of dependency, adoption or guardianship proceedings, protecting those children requires attention to a variety of interests. Children need a voice: an advisor and an advocate whose judgment is unclouded by conflicting interests. Courts need information that the adult parties to the proceedings may not easily discover or willingly provide. The families and social services agencies need monitors and mediators. The attorney guardian ad litem (GAL) is, in many situations, called upon to meet all these needs. During the past decade, major academic conferences and professional organizations have devoted thousands of hours to developing standards of …
Ethical Issues In Collaborative Lawyering, Barbara Glesner Fines
Ethical Issues In Collaborative Lawyering, Barbara Glesner Fines
Faculty Works
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The New York City Corporation Counsel: The Best Legal Job In America, Michael A. Cardozo
The New York City Corporation Counsel: The Best Legal Job In America, Michael A. Cardozo
NYLS Law Review
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Navigating The Interstate Compact On The Placement Of Children: Advocacy Tips For Child Welfare Attorneys, Vivek Sankaran
Navigating The Interstate Compact On The Placement Of Children: Advocacy Tips For Child Welfare Attorneys, Vivek Sankaran
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Legal advocates across the country confront hundreds of cases like Samira's each year. Many of those cases end with arms raised in frustration due to what appears to be a lack of options after the receiving state either fails to complete the home study or denies a placement. That frustration is understandabkle given the absence of language in the Compact outlining any process to compe states to complete home studies or to permit judicial review of placement denials. Yet, as advocates, we must move beyond this initial state of paralysis and develop creative ways to vindicate the rights of our …
Kiddie Law Is Growing Up: Board Certification In Child Welfare Law, Donald N. Duquette
Kiddie Law Is Growing Up: Board Certification In Child Welfare Law, Donald N. Duquette
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Few areas of the law are as personally rewarding as child welfarethat is, representing children, parents, or a government agency in cases of alleged child abuse and neglect. Few areas of the law provide a greater opportunity to make a tremendous difference in the lives of individuals. Few areas of the law are as intellectually challenging, fast developing, and dynamic as child welfare. Until recently the child welfare field was demeaned as "kiddie law"-not worthy of the intellectual and advocacy talents of the best of America's lawyers. The field is steadily being transformed, however, from a sleepy, assembly-line processing of …