(4) CONTRACTING
AND
GRANT
MAKING
AU-
THORITY.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Director shall 
enter into contracts with, or award grants to, 
nonprofit agencies with relevant expertise in the 
delivery of immigration-related legal services to 
children in order to carry out the responsibil-
ities of this Act, including providing legal ori-
entation, screening cases for referral, recruiting, 
training, and overseeing pro bono attorneys. 
(B) SUBCONTRACTING.—Nonprofit agen-
cies may enter into subcontracts with, or award 
grants to, private voluntary agencies with rel-
evant expertise in the delivery of immigration-
related legal services to children in order to 
carry out this subsection. 
(C) CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING GRANTS 
AND CONTRACTS.—In awarding grants and en-
tering into contracts with agencies under this 
paragraph, the Director shall take into consid-
eration the capacity of the agencies in question 
to properly administer the services covered by 
such grants or contracts without an undue con-
flict of interest.
(5) MODEL GUIDELINES ON LEGAL REPRESEN-
TATION OF CHILDREN.—
(A) DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDELINES.—The 
Executive Office for Immigration Review, in 
consultation with voluntary agencies and na-
tional experts, shall develop model guidelines 
for the legal representation of alien children in 
immigration proceedings. Such guidelines shall 
be based on the children’s asylum guidelines, 
the American Bar Association Model Rules of 
Professional Conduct, and other relevant do-
mestic or international sources. 
(B) 
PURPOSE
OF
GUIDELINES.—The 
guidelines developed under subparagraph (A) 
shall be designed to help protect each child 
from any individual suspected of involvement in 
any criminal, harmful, or exploitative activity 
associated with the smuggling or trafficking of 
children, while ensuring the fairness of the re-
moval proceeding in which the child is involved. 
(C) 
IMPLEMENTATION.—The 
Executive 
Office for Immigration Review shall adopt the 
guidelines developed under subparagraph (A) 
and submit the guidelines for adoption by na-
tional, State, and local bar associations.
(b) DUTIES.—Counsel shall—
(1) represent the unaccompanied alien child in 
all proceedings and matters relating to the immigra-
tion status of the child or other actions involving the 
Directorate; 
(2) appear in person for all individual merits 
hearings before the Executive Office for Immigration 
Review and interviews involving the Directorate; and 
(3) owe the same duties of undivided loyalty, 
confidentiality, and competent representation to the 
child as is due an adult client. 
(c) ACCESS TO CHILD.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Counsel shall have reason-
able access to the unaccompanied alien child, includ-
ing access while the child is being held in detention, 
in the care of a foster family, or in any other setting 
that has been determined by the Office. 
(2) RESTRICTION
ON
TRANSFERS.—Absent 
compelling and unusual circumstances, no child who 
is represented by counsel shall be transferred from 
the child’s placement to another placement unless 
advance notice of at least 24 hours is made to coun-
sel of such transfer. 
(d) NOTICE
TO COUNSEL DURING IMMIGRATION 
PROCEEDINGS.—