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Moderator, Questions Of Social Justice, Francine Sherman
Moderator, Questions Of Social Justice, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
No abstract provided.
Featured Speaker, The Legal Lives Of Girls, Francine Sherman
Featured Speaker, The Legal Lives Of Girls, Francine Sherman
Francine T. Sherman
No abstract provided.
Juvenile And Family Violence Issues, April Meldrum
Juvenile And Family Violence Issues, April Meldrum
April Carroll Meldrum
No abstract provided.
Co-Organizer: International Conference On The Jurisprudence Of Parenting And The Influence On Culture, Scott Fitzgibbon
Co-Organizer: International Conference On The Jurisprudence Of Parenting And The Influence On Culture, Scott Fitzgibbon
Scott T. FitzGibbon
No abstract provided.
Parenting And The Culture Of Friendship, Scott Fitzgibbon
Parenting And The Culture Of Friendship, Scott Fitzgibbon
Scott T. FitzGibbon
No abstract provided.
Panelist, “Religious Issues In Marriage And Divorce Law”, Michael Helfand
Panelist, “Religious Issues In Marriage And Divorce Law”, Michael Helfand
Michael A Helfand
No abstract provided.
Educational Justice And The Recognition Of Marriage, Scott Fitzgibbon
Educational Justice And The Recognition Of Marriage, Scott Fitzgibbon
Scott T. FitzGibbon
No abstract provided.
International Legal Developments In Review: Family Law, Robert Spector, Brad Lechman-Su
International Legal Developments In Review: Family Law, Robert Spector, Brad Lechman-Su
Robert G. Spector
No abstract provided.
Judging Parents, Judging Place: Termination Of Parental Rights In Rural America, Lisa R. Pruitt, Janet L. Wallace
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
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 …
Teaching Controversial Topics, Beth A. Burkstrand-Reid
Teaching Controversial Topics, Beth A. Burkstrand-Reid
Beth A. Burkstrand-Reid
At the 2009 Future of Family Law Education conference at the William Mitchell School of Law, the authors participated in a panel discussing strategies for teaching controversial topics, which focused on teaching reproductive rights and related gender issues. This essay collects some of the strategies discussed at the conference. First we address what constitutes a “controversial” legal topic, outlining the several different ways in which a topic might be or become controversial within the context of a particular class. Next, we discuss the importance of laying the groundwork, throughout the semester, for the anticipated—and unanticipated— discussions surrounding controversial topics and …
Judging Parents, Judging Place: Termination Of Parental Rights In Rural America, Lisa R. Pruitt, Janet L. Wallace
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 …