There is no area of legal practice with higher stakes than the representation of abused or neglected children. Children often become lost in the powerful, adult-driven legal system. If you handle these cases, you know how delicate they can be - and how important it is to get the right result. Jean Koh Peters provides the expert analysis and practical guidance you need to ensure that your child-clients receive the best representation possible. She ties theory to specific, concrete advice concerning the representation of children and different facets of the lawyer-client relationship.
There is no area of legal practice with higher stakes than the representation of abused or neglected children. Children often become lost in the powerful, adult-driven legal system. If you handle these cases, you know how delicate they can be - and how important it is to get the right result. Jean Koh Peters provides the expert analysis and practical guidance you need to ensure that your child-clients receive the best representation possible. She ties theory to specific, concrete advice concerning the representation of children and different facets of the lawyer-client relationship.
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Matthew Bender and Company Inc
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978-0-327-16167-7 (9780327161677)
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Principles governing representation of children in child protective proceedings; seven questions to keep us honest; step-by-step - the model of representation; what the child client rightfully expects her lawyer to do; principles of good communication with child clients; making decisions with the child client; pursuing the goals of the representation; ten tips for the lawyer at the interdisciplinary meeting; ten skills and strategies for constructive termination. Appendix: historical research into separate systems of law for children; author's previously published materials; other standards on child representation; comparison charts; reprinted materials on child-client communication and interdisciplinary tools. (Part contents)