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Drinking From A Firehose: Conversation Analysis Of Consultations In A Brief Advice Clinic, Linda F. Smith

Ohio Northern University Law Review

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Cycles Of Failure: The War On Family, The War On Drugs, And The War On Schools Through Hbo’S The Wire, Zachary E. Shapiro, Elizabeth Curran, Rachel C.K. Hutchinson

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

Freamon, Bodie, and Zenobia’s statements cut straight to the heart of The Wire’s overarching theme: Individuals are trapped in a complex “cycle of harm” where social problems of inequality, crime, and violence are constantly reinforced. The Wire was a television drama that ran on HBO from 2002 through 2008, created by David Simon. The show focuses on the narcotics scene in Baltimore through the perspective of different stakeholders and residents of the city. The Wire highlights how self-perpetuating, interconnected, and broken social institutions act in concert to limit individual opportunity. These institutions squash attempts at reform by punishing good ideas …

Law School News: A Spring Break That Teaches - And Gives Back 03/11/2019, Edward Fitzpatrick

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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Family Law's Exclusions, Clare Huntington

Fordham Law Review Online

As Fordham Law School commemorates the hundredth anniversary of women in its ranks, the school is also acknowledging the ways it has excluded women. For this special Issue celebrating scholarship by the women of Fordham, I see a similar theme echoing in my work. From my first article, published soon after I graduated from law school, through my most recent work, I have identified and explored the exclusions riddling family law.

Access To Safety And Justice: Service Of Process In Domestic Violence Cases, Jane K. Stoever

Washington Law Review

Every day, in courthouses across America, numerous domestic violence protection order cases are dismissed for lack of personal service, even though law enforcement is tasked under federal law with effectuating service. Service of process presents substantial access to justice and access to safety issues for domestic violence survivors who seek legal protection, as nearly 40% of petitioners for civil protection orders are unable to achieve personal service on those against whom they seek protection. Research shows that the civil protection order remedy is the most effective legal means for intervening in and eliminating abuse, yet petitioners who fail to achieve …

Adopting Civil Damages: Wrongful Family Separation In Adoption, Malinda L. Seymore

Faculty Scholarship

The Trump Administration’s new immigration policy of family separation at the U.S./Mexico border rocked the summer of 2018. Yet family separation is the prerequisite to every legal adoption. The circumstances are different, of course. In legal adoption, the biological parents are provided with all the constitutional protections required in involuntary termination of parental rights, or they have voluntarily consented to family separation. But what happens when that family separation is wrongful, when the birth mother’s consent is not voluntary, or when the birth father’s wishes to parent are ignored? In theory, the child can be returned to the birth parents …

Table Of Contents, Seattle University Law Review

Seattle University Law Review

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Marriage Equality Comes To The Fourth Circuit, Carl Tobias

Washington and Lee Law Review

Marriage equality has come to America. Throughout 2014, several federal appellate courts and numerous district court judges across the United States invalidated state constitutional or statutory proscriptions on same-sex marriage. Therefore, it was not surprising that Eastern District of Virginia Judge Arenda Wright Allen held that Virginia’s bans were unconstitutional in February. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed her opinion that July. North Carolina, South Carolina, and West Virginia District Judges rejected these jurisdictions’ prohibitions during autumn, and the Supreme Court approved marriage equality the next year. Because marriage equality in the Fourth Circuit presents …

The "Art" Of Future Life: Rethinking Personal Injury Law For The Negligent Deprivation Of A Patient's Right To Procreation In The Age Of Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Erika N. Auger

Chicago-Kent Law Review

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Cohabitation Worldwide Today, Margaret Ryznar, Anna Stępień-Sporek

Georgia State University Law Review

Despite the increase in cohabitation around the world, legal responses to it remain limited, particularly in the last several years. Yet, there are universal issues at the end of a cohabitation, particularly related to property division. This article will survey the recent legal developments on the property consequences of cohabitation in both the United States and Poland, drawing on comparative lessons to suggest future developments in this area of law.

Champions For Justice & Public Interest Auction 2019, Roger Williams University School Of Law

School of Law Public Interest Auction

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Review Of "Jean Paton And The Struggle To Reform American Adoption", Malinda L. Seymore

Faculty Scholarship

Book Review Extract:

Wayne Carp is rightly celebrated as the official historian of American adoption reform. He continues his important work, begun with Family Matters: Secrecy and Disclosure in the History of Adoption in 1998 and continued with Adoption Politics: Bastard Nation and Ballot Initiative 58 in 2004, with a look at the life and times of Jean Paton, a reformer of the 1950s. Carp credits her with a litany of “firsts”: the first to recognize and study adult adoptees; the first to critique the “chosen child” concept; the first to create an organization devoted to adult adoptees; the first …

Stretching The First Amendment: Religious Freedom And Its Constitutional Limits Within The Adoption Sector, Tracy Smith

Pepperdine Law Review

The Constitution promises liberty to all within its reach, a liberty that includes certain specific rights that allow persons, within a lawful realm, to define and express their identity.

Putting Family First: The Need For Reform In Minnesota's Foster Care Licensing Statutes And Processes To Support Relative Placement, Joanna Woolman, Elizabeth Slama

Mitchell Hamline Law Review

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Children Placed In Kinship Care: Recommended Policy Changes To Provide Adequate Support For Kinship Families, Christina Mcclurg Riehl, Tara Shuman

Children's Legal Rights Journal

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Spotlight On: The Inter-American Children's Institute, Adriana Domingo

Children's Legal Rights Journal

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Judicial Education, Private Violence, And Community Action: A Case Study In Legal Participatory Action Research, Kristin (Brandser) Kalsem

Faculty Articles and Other Publications

In this Article, I present a case study of a legal PAR project involving judicial training on best practices in domestic violence cases. This judicial education project started over coffee and waffles, involved an award-winning documentary film Private Violence, and resulted in the training of more than 375 judges on best practices developed from two years of collaborative research conducted by a community action group. In 2014, I coauthored an article titled It's Critical: Legal Participatory Action Research with my colleague Emily Houh. In this piece, we introduced legal scholars to the field of PAR, including its origins, complementary relationship …

Table Of Contents, Children's Legal Rights Journal

Children's Legal Rights Journal

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From Paternalism To Process: Reflections From The Bench On 40 Years Of American Child Advocacy, Erik S. Pitchal

Children's Legal Rights Journal

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The History And Influence Of The National Association Of Counsel For Children - An Alternate Perspective, Martin Guggenheim

Children's Legal Rights Journal

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In Spite Of The Odds: Achieving Educational Stability For Maryland's African American Foster Youth, Marja K. Plater

Children's Legal Rights Journal

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Ending "Solitary Confinement" Of Youth In California, Sue Burrell, Ji Seon Song

Children's Legal Rights Journal

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Table Of Contents, Children's Legal Rights Journal

Children's Legal Rights Journal

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The Transformation Of A Shy Girl: From Adolescent Protester To Piano Technician, Nurse And Child Advocate, Mary Anderson Richards

Children's Legal Rights Journal

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Improving Protection And Services For Trafficking Victims In The United States: Recommendations Based On The United Kingdom's Modern Slavery Act 2015, Yusuf Abdulkareem

Children's Legal Rights Journal

Human trafficking is a form of modern slavery that occurs both internationally and within national borders. It is a multibillion-dollar criminal industry, and millions of men, women, and children have been victims of this heinous and unconscionable crime.2 Fortunately, the problem of human trafficking has finally started to receive the attention it deserves. Over the past two decades, a plethora of anti-trafficking laws have been passed at both international and domestic levels. The United States specifically has been a leader in the promulgation of anti-trafficking laws that have served as models for other nations of the world. These federal laws, …

Recurring Cardinal Sins: How The Holy See And Canon Law Have Perpetuated Child Sexual Abuse By Clergy Members, Gabriela Hidalgo

Children's Legal Rights Journal

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In The Courts: Extending Sentencing Protections For Young Offenders, Sarah Sewell

Children's Legal Rights Journal

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Legislative Update: Massachusetts Raises Minimum Age Of Criminal Responsibility, Brianna Hill

Children's Legal Rights Journal

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Review: I Am Jane Doe, Gabriela Hidalgo

Children's Legal Rights Journal

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Around The World: Children's Lack Of Access To Fundamental Rights In Nepal And The Effects The Nepalese Legal System Has On Poverty, Health, Education, Child Labor, Child Trafficking, And Child Marriage, Lily Ealey

Children's Legal Rights Journal

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