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A Hazy Shade Of Winter: The Chilling Issues Surrounding Hazing In School Sports And The Litigation That Follows, Nicholas Bittner 2016 Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law

A Hazy Shade Of Winter: The Chilling Issues Surrounding Hazing In School Sports And The Litigation That Follows, Nicholas Bittner

Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal (1994 - )

No abstract provided.


Talk Don’T Touch? Considerations For Children’S Attorneys On The Physical Touch Of Clients, Andrea L. Dennis 2016 The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law

Talk Don’T Touch? Considerations For Children’S Attorneys On The Physical Touch Of Clients, Andrea L. Dennis

Catholic University Law Review

Forming a positive attorney-client relationship with a child is a complex process that involves many considerations. Although it offers guidance on effectively communicating and creating a safe environment, the legal system has neglected to form appropriate standards governing physical touch of juvenile clients. There are numerous benefits to physical touch of clients. However, a lack of guidance on the appropriate ways to use physical touch creates the risk negative effects will result from the touch. Drawing from the standards of other child-focused professions, this Article provides guidelines for attorneys contemplating using physical touch to develop a positive rapport with child …


Utilizing Prosecutorial Discretion To Reduce The Number Of Juveniles With Disabilities In The Juvenile Justice System, Mary Willis 2016 Brigham Young University Law School

Utilizing Prosecutorial Discretion To Reduce The Number Of Juveniles With Disabilities In The Juvenile Justice System, Mary Willis

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

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Hairr V. First Judicial Dist. Ct., 132 Nev. Adv. Op. 16 (Mar. 10, 2016), Douglas H. Smith 2016 Nevada Law Journal

Hairr V. First Judicial Dist. Ct., 132 Nev. Adv. Op. 16 (Mar. 10, 2016), Douglas H. Smith

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The Supreme Court denied petitioners’ application for a writ of mandamus for abuse of the district court’s discretion. If granted, this writ would have compelled the district court to grant the petitioners’ application to intervene under Rule 24 of the Nevada Rule of Civil Procedure as defendants in a constitutional challenge to a program that awards grants to children who are educated by entities other than public schools. The State is presumed to adequately represent the interests of those who support the bill. Since they did not demonstrate a conflict of interest with the State’s position or present an argument …


Sticks And Stones May Break My Bones, But Words Will Always Hurt Me: Why California Should Expand The Admissibility Of Prior Acts Of Child Abuse, Lindsay Gochnour 2016 Pepperdine University

Sticks And Stones May Break My Bones, But Words Will Always Hurt Me: Why California Should Expand The Admissibility Of Prior Acts Of Child Abuse, Lindsay Gochnour

Pepperdine Law Review

This Comment seeks to explore the effect that the admissibility of prior bad acts evidence would have on child maltreatment cases and the benefits that would be afforded to child abuse victims if they were provided the same legal protections as victims of other crimes. This Comment argues that expanding the California Evidence Code to allow the admission of prior acts of psychological and emotional child maltreatment would make great progress for the protection of child abuse victims and the prosecution of their (often losing) cases.


“One Of The Worst:” The School-To-Prison Pipeline In Richmond, Virginia, Cassie Powell 2016 University of Richmond

“One Of The Worst:” The School-To-Prison Pipeline In Richmond, Virginia, Cassie Powell

Law Student Publications

Virginia tops the nation in the rate of referrals of students to law enforcement, at three times the national average. Students with disabilities and children of color are far more likely to be referred. Some Richmond area school districts and local government leaders are taking steps to counteract this trend.


Restorative Practices: Righting The Wrongs Of Exclusionary School Discipline, Marilyn Armour 2016 Institute for Restorative Justice and Restorative Dialogue

Restorative Practices: Righting The Wrongs Of Exclusionary School Discipline, Marilyn Armour

University of Richmond Law Review

The purpose of this article is to explain the pressing need for school-based restorative justice as a philosophy and mechanism to alter increasingly negative school climates, redress educators' retributive orientation to student behavior, and redirect the school-to-prison pipeline. Part I discusses the manifestations ofthe current crisis in education. Although zero tolerance was intended to increase school safety, recent studies attest to the severe iatrogenic consequences including high rates of in-school and out-of-school suspensions, ever-increasing racial disparities in the use of punishment, the misuse of harsh disciplinary procedures with traumatized youth, and growing evidence of educator dropout that parallels the failure …


Over-Disciplining Students, Racial Bias, And The School-To-Prison Pipeline, Jason P. Nance 2016 University of Florida Levin College of Law

Over-Disciplining Students, Racial Bias, And The School-To-Prison Pipeline, Jason P. Nance

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.


Salvaging "Safe Spaces": Toward Model Standards For Lgbtq Youth-Serving Professionals Encountering Law Enforcement, Brendan M. Conner 2016 William & Mary Law School

Salvaging "Safe Spaces": Toward Model Standards For Lgbtq Youth-Serving Professionals Encountering Law Enforcement, Brendan M. Conner

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


The Peril Of Paroline: How The Supreme Court Made It More Difficult For Victims Of Child Pornography, Janet Lawrence 2016 Brigham Young University Law School

The Peril Of Paroline: How The Supreme Court Made It More Difficult For Victims Of Child Pornography, Janet Lawrence

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Beginning Of The End: Using Ohio’S Plan To Eliminate Juvenile Solitary Confinement As A Model For Statutory Elimination Of Juvenile Solitary Confinement, Elizabeth M. Rademacher 2016 William & Mary Law School

The Beginning Of The End: Using Ohio’S Plan To Eliminate Juvenile Solitary Confinement As A Model For Statutory Elimination Of Juvenile Solitary Confinement, Elizabeth M. Rademacher

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


The American Bar Association Joint Task Force On Reversing The School-To-Prison Pipeline Preliminary Report, Sarah E. Redfield, Jason P. Nance 2016 University of New Hampshire

The American Bar Association Joint Task Force On Reversing The School-To-Prison Pipeline Preliminary Report, Sarah E. Redfield, Jason P. Nance

UF Law Faculty Publications

In 2014, the American Bar Association (ABA) Coalition on Racial and Ethnic Justice (COREJ) turned its attention to the continuing failures in the education system where certain groups of students — for example, students of color, with disabilities, or LGBTQ — are disproportionately over- or incorrectly categorized in special education, are disciplined more harshly, including referral to law enforcement for minimal misbehavior, achieve at lower levels, and eventually drop or are pushed out of school, often into juvenile justice facilities and prisons — a pattern now commonly referred to as the School-to-Prison Pipeline. While this problem certainly is not new, …


Protecting Juveniles In Adult Facilities From Sexual Abuse: Best Practices For Implementing The Youthful Inmate Standard, Brenda V. Smith 2016 American University Washington College of Law

Protecting Juveniles In Adult Facilities From Sexual Abuse: Best Practices For Implementing The Youthful Inmate Standard, Brenda V. Smith

Research Reports & White Papers

Housing youth who are prosecuted and convicted as adults in adult facilities is challenging and creates significant dilemmas for correctional agencies. In particular, should such “youthful inmates” be treated as part of the regular adult population or should these youth be housed in facilities still under the purview of the adult corrections agency but in facilities designated for youth? More narrowly, should youthful inmates who remain in an adult facility be held in separate housing blocks? Or, should youthful inmates in adult correctional facilities be housed in protective custody or solitary confinement for their protection? How should agencies provide required …


In Loco Aequitatis: The Dangers Of 'Safe Harbor' Laws For Youth In The Sex Trades, Brendan M. Conner 2016 William & Mary Law School

In Loco Aequitatis: The Dangers Of 'Safe Harbor' Laws For Youth In The Sex Trades, Brendan M. Conner

Faculty Publications

This Article provides the first critical analysis of safe harbor laws, which rely on custodial arrests to prosecute or divert youth arrested for or charged with prostitution related offenses under criminal or juvenile codes to court supervision under state child welfare, foster care, or dependency statutes. This subject is a matter of intense debate nationwide, and on May 29, 2015 the President signed legislation that would give preferential consideration for federal grants to states that have enacted a law that "discourages the charging or prosecution" of a trafficked minor and encourages court-ordered treatment and institutionalization. Nearly universally lauded, the sound …


Investigating The Role Of Race And Culture In The U.S. Juvenile Justice System, Brenda McKinney 2016 Loyola University Chicago, School of Law

Investigating The Role Of Race And Culture In The U.S. Juvenile Justice System, Brenda Mckinney

Children's Legal Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Around The World: Testimony Aids For Children In Canada, Matthew Gilbert 2016 Loyola University Chicago, School of Law

Around The World: Testimony Aids For Children In Canada, Matthew Gilbert

Children's Legal Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Youthful Offenders And The Eighth Amendment Right To Rehabilitation: Limitations On The Punishment Of Juveniles, Martin R. Gardner 2016 University of Nebraska College of Law

Youthful Offenders And The Eighth Amendment Right To Rehabilitation: Limitations On The Punishment Of Juveniles, Martin R. Gardner

Nebraska College of Law: Faculty Publications

To understand the potential scope of the Court's implicit conclusion that the punishment of adolescents is unconstitutional unless a meaningful opportunity for rehabilitation is afforded, it is necessary to carefully distinguish and clarify the distinction between the conflicting concepts of punishment and rehabilitation. I therefore begin Part I by analyzing this distinction. Since the logic of the Court's decisions impacts the punishment of adolescents in both the juvenile and criminal justice contexts, I contrast the two systems in Part II by tracing the development of the juvenile court movement from its original rehabilitative origins towards an increasingly punitive model, dispensing …


Spotlight On: Project Nia - Building Peaceful Communities, Emily Blumenstein 2016 Loyola University Chicago, School of Law

Spotlight On: Project Nia - Building Peaceful Communities, Emily Blumenstein

Children's Legal Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Guardian Ad Litem, Legal Clinic Program 2016 Florida A&M University College of Law

Guardian Ad Litem, Legal Clinic Program

Course Descriptions and Information

GUARDIAN AD LITEM (GAL): This clinic focuses on legal advocacy on behalf of children, while providing students with a strong foundation in lawyering skills and values. This clinic addresses constitutional, statutory, and common laws impacting children, the legal interests of parents, and the government and the law’s evolving conception of children’s rights.


Guardian Ad Litem Clinic, Legal Clinic Program 2016 Florida A&M University College of Law

Guardian Ad Litem Clinic, Legal Clinic Program

Clinical Programs Brochures

The Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) clinic represents the “best interests” of children involved in dependency proceedings in the Juvenile Justice system in the State of Florida. We are designed to give students an overview and working knowledge of all aspects of representing children in dependency proceedings. The GAL Clinic addresses constitutional, statutory, and common laws impacting children, including the legal interests of parents and the government and the law’s evolving conception of children’s rights.


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