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Multimedia
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LGBT Youth at Risk
This program on LGBT Youth at Risk took place during the 2011 Section of Litigation Fall Leadership Meeting. To see how you can make a difference on this issue, check out the materials from this meeting on the Programs & Materials page.
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The Projects of the Committee
The following one-minute videos describe different projects of the Children's Rights Litigation Committee and the ways that you can get involved in the work.
Children's Rights Litigation Committee Leader Casey Trupin discusses the committee's leadership on the national movement for a right to counsel for children in abuse and neglect cases and opportunities to get involved.
Children's Rights Litigation Committee Leader Franchesca Hamilton-Acker describes opportunities for involvement in the work of the committee.
Children's Rights Litigation Committee Leader Rosa Hirji discusses the committee's work on education issues, including the work to change the school-to-prison pipeline into a cradle-to-college pipeline.
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Trying Children as Adults: Are We Doing it Right?
Watch as an Emmy-award-winning journalist moderates a lively discussion with two judges, the chief assistant state attorney for operations for the Miami-Dade County State Attorney’s Office; the chief assistant public defender for Miami-Dade County; a forensic clinical psychologist from Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, Illinois; and a victim’s rights advocate. This interactive discussion took place in Miami, Florida, on April 15, 2011, in conjunction with the Section of Litigation’s Annual CLE Conference.
Training Manual
Counseling Children and Youth in Times of Crisis: Tips to Achieve Success and Avoid Pitfalls
This guide from the Section of Litigation’s Children’s Rights Litigation Committee provides a multidisciplinary and practical approach to counseling child clients. This booklet contains tips on how to assess the developmental level of a client, build rapport with a client, use different strategies to effectively counsel a client, and minimize the impact of common challenges to counseling child clients.
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What Lawyers Need to Know About Representing LGBTQ Youth
This program was offered at Cardozo Law School in April, 2010. Our expert panel focuses on providing lawyers with advocacy tools to successfully represent Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Questioning (LGBTQ) youth in a variety of settings.
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Interviewing the Child Client
We're excited to announce that our training video, "Interviewing the Child Client: Approaches and Techniques for a Successful Interview," is now available online in its entirety! We hope it can be used for both individual viewing and for use at training sessions.
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Plenary Sessions from Raising our Hands Summit
On October 23, 2009, 200 lawyers gathered at Raising our Hands: Creating a National Strategy for a Child’s Right to Counsel and Education. To view the dynamic plenary sessions from the summit, click on the below links:
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The School to Prison Pipeline: Is it a Human Rights violation?
At the summit on October 23, 2009, the Children’s Rights Litigation Committee sponsored an unprecedented event: a Socratic Dialogue—a forum that encompassed a round table discussion on the School-to-Prison Pipeline. The dialogue used fundamental human rights principles to incite critical thinking about the ethics and policies surrounding education, school pushout, the criminalization of student behaviors, and the need to enshrine education as a human right.
Circuit Conflicts in Antitrust Litigation
This practical guide surveys current conflicts among the Circuit Courts of Appeal in antitrust litigation.
A Century of Legal Ethics: Trial Lawyers and the ABA Canons of Professional Ethics
The ABA Canons of Ethics was adopted in 1908 and created ethical standards for lawyers.
