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A Juvenile's Right Against Compelled Self-Incrimination At Predisposition Proceedings, Renée M. Willette Jan 1994

A Juvenile's Right Against Compelled Self-Incrimination At Predisposition Proceedings, Renée M. Willette

Washington Law Review

State courts have struggled to balance the tensions between the juvenile justice system and a juvenile's constitutional rights at post-adjudicatory predisposition proceedings. Washington courts do not provide a clear standard for protecting a juvenile's rights at these proceedings. This Comment examines the punitive nature of Washington's juvenile justice system and argues that the right against self-incrimination should attach at juvenile predisposition proceedings. It also argues that a grant of use and derivative use immunity at such proceedings provides optimal protection for juvenile rights because it safeguards a juvenile's rights while fostering the treatment component of the Juvenile Justice Act.


Legal Rearch: A Revised View, J. Christopher Rideout, Jill J. Ramsfield Jan 1994

Legal Rearch: A Revised View, J. Christopher Rideout, Jill J. Ramsfield

Washington Law Review

When Professor Marjorie Dick Rombauer concluded her landmark article twenty years ago, she expressed a hope that many law schools have yet to realize. While legal research and writing programs exist in all law schools, many still have short-term and short-sighted programs. Many, if not most, law students are not rigorously trained, do not experience sustained individualized instruction, and do not explore problem-solving in an environment that simulates either law practice or rigorous legal scholarship. After their first year, most students fend for themselves in an atmosphere that tests their writing abilities in only two of several potential genres—exams and …