Changing lives
Subtitle: lawyers fighting for children
By: Lourdes M. Rosado, editor
Contributors: American Bar Association. Children's Rights Litigation Committee
Publisher: American Bar Association
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9781627225083
Subjects: Legal assistance to children; Child welfare; Children; Legal status, laws
Description: "Stories of attorneys making a difference in the lives of our most vulnerable children."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Fighting the odds : speaking for infants and toddlers in the child welfare system / by Shari F. Shink and Diane Baird; title: Letting children be children : advocating for youth in the juvenile justice system / by Lourdes M. Rosado with Candace Mitchell; title: Finding a new home : representing children in immigration actions / by Gail Chang Bohr, Fue Lo Thao, and Maisue Xiong; title: Staying on track : protecting youth in school discipline actions / by Brent Pattison; title: Setting the record straight : child advocacy and school responses to mental health / by Rosa Hirji and Jenny Chau; title: A matter of survival : representing runaway and homeless youth / by Casey Trupin; title: Getting another chance : lawyering to prevent youth from being tried as adults / by Lourdes M. Rosado with Candace Mitchell; title: Keeping the door open : representing older youth transitioning out of foster care / by Franchesca L. Hamilton-Acker; title: Taking on the system : the power of children's lawyers and impact litigation to reform the child welfare system / by Ira Lustbader.