Legal Representation
A National Report Card on Legal Representation for Abused and Neglected Children
American Bar Association Standards of Practice for Attorneys Representing Parents in Abuse and Neglect Cases These standards promote quality representation and uniformity of practice throughout the country for parents’ attorneys in child abuse and neg ...
Book and training curriculum from ABA Center on Children and the Law, http://www.fatherhoodqic.org/ The ABA Center on Children and the Law, as part of the National Quality Improvement Center on Non-Resident Fathers and the Child Welfare System (QIC NRF ...
Child in Need of Care Proceedings: Bench Cards For Essential Judicial Functions With Reporting Forms and Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Information Provided by the Court Improvement Program Louisiana Supreme Court Revised August 2010 with Best ...
National Association of Counsel for Children The practice of child welfare law is complex and dramatically impacts the lives of thousands of children and families each year. Attorneys representing children must possess expertise in state and federal su ...
The National Quality Improvement Center on Non-Resident Fathers and the Child Welfare System, National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI), American Humane Association, and American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law welcome you to the Father Friendly ...
This practice brief offers attorneys a new tool to advocate on behalf of children by reaching out to their fathers. It provides tips on identifying and locating the fathers of children who enter the child welfare system. It also helps attorneys assess fat ...
Jennifer Renne National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues American Bar Association Faculty, Georgetown University Law Center Materials are revised versions of three chapters from Legal Ethics in Child Welfare Cases (ABA Center ...
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The ABA Center on Children and the Law is pleased to announce the release of Healthy Beginnings, Healthy Futures: A Judge’s Guide. This Guide is the result of a collaboration with the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and the Zero to T ...
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The work of the Task Force on Legal Representation in Child Protection Cases, a joint effort of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of Louisiana's state government has resulted in reforming how abused and neglected children and their indigent ...
Taskforce on Legal Representation in Child Protection Cases Recommendations Pursuant to House Concurrent Resolution No. 59 of 2004 Prepared for the 2005 Louisiana Regular Legislative Session Findings and Recommendations of the Task Force on Legal Re ...
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The Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, awarded the University of Michigan Law School a five-year, $5 million dollar grant to serve as the National Quality Improvement Center on the Representation of Children in the Child Welf ...
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Quality representation and due process for all parties in the child welfare system are essential, but not always achieved. Too often child welfare policy and case by case decisions are made without meaningful input from parents or their advocates.The Nati ...
The purpose of these standards is to improve the quality of child welfare agency representation and uniformity of practice throughout the country. Many agency attorneys who read these standards may recognize their practice in this document. The standards ...
Update on the present state of federal child welfare law Howard Davidson, Director ABA Center on Children and the Law