Reviews research on juror, witness, and courtroom factors that influence a child's credibility on the witness stand. Presents results of studies of juror reactions to child witnesses. Observes that the influence of children's testimony may be great, but also that corroborating evidence may significantly determine the influence of children's…

Outlines general courtroom procedures and offers systematic practical advice for the counselor testifying as an expert witness. Includes topics of counselor role in court, preparing for testimony, answering questions, and dealing with the cross-examination. (Author)

Describes a counselor's experience offering testimony in behalf of a client during litigation. Discusses preparation for despositions and testimony and the counselor's role in reducing client stress. (JAC)

Reviews significant decisions of the lower federal courts in 1984 affecting the field of immigration, nationality law, and the rights of aliens. Decisions reviewed cover these topics: asylum and withholding of deportation; waivers of inadmissibility; suspension of deportation; adjustment of status; students; visas; deferred action; aliens' rights;…

Examines fundamental conflict between goal of social work system to protect and treat child and goal of criminal justice system to fairly prosecute defendant. Reviews most recent scientific studies regarding suggestibility and credibility of children as witnesses. Analyzes legal and strategic issues surrounding videotaped testimony of children.…

Notes that state courts may provide avenues for law reform litigation. Focuses on litigation campaigns, summarizing potential roles of social workers in conceptualizing, planning, and pursuing such campaigns and in monitoring and protecting reforms achieved through such campaigns. References are made throughout to examples of social work roles in…

Examines issues affecting civil liberties of parents in dependency proceedings in juvenile courts. Discusses procedures that enlarge judicial discretion while increasing likelihood of failures of due process and false findings of child abuse. Offers recommendations for improving system of child welfare to protect parents' rights to due process and…

States that litigation over the interpretation and sufficiency of technical documentation is increasingly common as a number of suits have been filed in state and federal courts. Describes the case of "Martin versus Hacker," a recent case in which New York's highest court analyzed a technical writer's prose in the context of a lawsuit…

Reviews and analyzes recent court decisions and Federal laws and regulations regarding seniority systems as they affect groups that have been discriminated against in hiring. Finds that although individual victims of discrimination have won seniority adjustments, class remedies are more problematic. (GC)

Recognizes suicide as leading cause of death in jails, with pretrial detainees being particularly at risk. Provides clinicians serving as consultants to jails with overview of legal precedent concerning liability for jail suicides on federal appellate, federal district, and state levels. Table provides summary view of appellate-level decisions on…

Discusses risk management for colleges' cocurricular activities. Discusses tort liability, contributory negligence, and assumption of risk. Provides six concrete steps for managing risks responsibly and professionally: adopting an educational mission statement, assigning risk to others, establishing safety standards, training club advisors,…

Describes legal doctrines used to challenge single-sex organizations. Discusses the role that all-female organizations can play in meeting the special needs of girls and women and describes how the compensatory purpose doctrine can be used to defend against challenges under state equal rights amendments and public accommodation statutes. (KH)

Argues that a reevaluation of our views on the use of children as courtroom witnesses is needed because of the new attention being drawn to child abuse and recent research findings concerning cognitive development. Introduces a series of articles addressing these questions. (KH)

The author presents 11 basic techniques, procedures, and safety practices to form the nucleus of a professional standard of care for the safety of students, spectators, and recreationists in schools, sport complexes, schoolgrounds, community buildings, and parks. (MT)

Discusses legal and legislative decisions, Department of Education mandates, and other events that are relevant to race and sex desegregation throughout the nation. Briefly updates desegregation news from 36 states and the District of Columbia. (MK)