From 2009 to 2016 the University of Michigan Law School served as the National Quality Improvement Center on the Representation of Children in the Child Welfare System (QIC-ChildRep). This article provides the final recommendations of this project. These recommendations have not yet been published in the academic literature. This article first summarizes the research findings of the QIC-ChildRep project. Then it sets out QIC-ChildRep recommendations for: 1) Training and supervision of lawyers; 2) State statutes and rules governing lawyers for children; 3) State organizational structure to support child representation; 4) Strategies for recruiting lawyers in this specialty; 5) Caseload size; 6) Multidisciplinary approaches to legal represent...
The need for comprehensive reform of child welfare policies and systems has long been evident. This ...
The article begins with a due process analysis concluding that children are legally entitled to coun...
This article will attempt a new approach, one based on an analysis of the child\u27s interests in a ...
From 2009 to 2016 the University of Michigan Law School served as the National Quality Improvement C...
The following essay is adapted from Child Welfare Law and Practice: Representing Children, Parents, ...
This article will outline the background and history of the law guardian system, summarize the Task ...
This Article describes the purposes and design of our empirical study and analyzes the study\u27s fi...
There are several obstacles to training and supporting pediatric lawyers. Children are a relatively ...
The law guardian system constitutes a unique opportunity to protect the interests and rights of New ...
Every day approximately 500,000 children across the United States wake up in foster care, most in fo...
Legal advocates across the country confront hundreds of cases like Samira\u27s each year. Many of th...
A pioneer in teaching and providing hands-on practice in the intricacies of using the law and other ...
Introduction to a 2007 Symposium held to mark the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Child Advocacy Clinic
The problems associated with long-term foster care of children have escalated over the past decade a...
A national consensus is emerging that zealous legal representation of parents is crucial in ensuring...
The need for comprehensive reform of child welfare policies and systems has long been evident. This ...
The article begins with a due process analysis concluding that children are legally entitled to coun...
This article will attempt a new approach, one based on an analysis of the child\u27s interests in a ...
From 2009 to 2016 the University of Michigan Law School served as the National Quality Improvement C...
The following essay is adapted from Child Welfare Law and Practice: Representing Children, Parents, ...
This article will outline the background and history of the law guardian system, summarize the Task ...
This Article describes the purposes and design of our empirical study and analyzes the study\u27s fi...
There are several obstacles to training and supporting pediatric lawyers. Children are a relatively ...
The law guardian system constitutes a unique opportunity to protect the interests and rights of New ...
Every day approximately 500,000 children across the United States wake up in foster care, most in fo...
Legal advocates across the country confront hundreds of cases like Samira\u27s each year. Many of th...
A pioneer in teaching and providing hands-on practice in the intricacies of using the law and other ...
Introduction to a 2007 Symposium held to mark the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Child Advocacy Clinic
The problems associated with long-term foster care of children have escalated over the past decade a...
A national consensus is emerging that zealous legal representation of parents is crucial in ensuring...
The need for comprehensive reform of child welfare policies and systems has long been evident. This ...
The article begins with a due process analysis concluding that children are legally entitled to coun...
This article will attempt a new approach, one based on an analysis of the child\u27s interests in a ...