Beginning in 2014, increasing numbers of unaccompanied immigrant children (UIC) arrived and were apprehended at the United States-Mexico border. These children were fleeing violence, poverty, environmental disasters, as well as state-sanctioned violence and political instability influenced by interventions and support from the U.S. government…

Guides college counselors who provide services to students with disabilities through pertinent legal, ethical, and clinical considerations. Counseling these students requires counselors to become sensitive to their unique issues and concerns. Of college students, 10% self-report a disability that substantially limits one or more major life…

As part of an examination of whether newspaper chains help member papers with legal problems, this paper reviews a series of courtroom and court-record access cases involving the largest newspaper chain in the United States, the Gannett Company. The paper attempts to determine the extent to which Gannett has financially and legally helped its…

Discusses ethical issues that relate to law librarianship. Topics addressed include the need to dispense understandable, timely, relevant, complete, and appropriate information; engaging in the actual practice of law; relationships between law librarians and vendors and publishers; and the code of ethics of the American Association of Law…

Outlines historical legislation affecting immigration to the United States, explains current laws and how they affect immigration, summarizes the process for obtaining citizenship, describes the experience of immigrants with the legal system, introduces the work of pro bono (free) legal services for immigrants, and presents related teaching…

Student personnel administrators increasingly face situations with complex legal implications. To incorporate legal advice into their decision-making process, these professionals need guidelines to increase the effectiveness of their consultation with attorneys. Several guidelines are given. (Author)

Colleges and universities are not required to allow students the right to counsel in campus discipline hearings. However, since this can be offered as an option to students, it is important that any decision to extend this privilege be thoroughly discussed in terms of its educational ramifications. (Author)

Several studies indicate the complexity of both the problems and the solutions to delivering needed legal services to the elderly. Leadership to bring about the necessary changes rests with the legal profession; however, minimal resources, few available programs, and lack of interest remain obstacles. (MSE)

Children who are subjected to the juvenile justice system suffer injustices and prejudices similar to those experienced by women and minorities. The main difference is that there is no political group comprised of juveniles who could advocate for a new approach to juvenile justice. This makes them the most vulnerable of all individuals who come…

The book explores the legal profession's role in protecting the rights of mentally handicapped individuals. Section 1 provides background on mental retardation and residential care, explaining that mental retardation and poverty are closely interrelated. Section 2 reviews the long accepted public policy of supplanting institutional care with…

The Information Society places new demands on the training of lawyers and the American civil justice system and tests the legal profession's capacity to adapt to change. This report investigates those demands and suggests ways to facilitate the necessary adaptation. It outlines a cohesive vision of legal education which begins with a recommended…

Reviews the past decade's literature on woman battering so as to summarize selected works that may offer the greatest assistance to activists, practitioners, and researchers. Covers theoretical viewpoints, battered women and the medical field, law enforcement, the legal system, homicide, marital rape, child custody, popular myths, and stereotypes.…

This document consists of seven fact sheets that address issues and problems associated with child care. The first one provides background information regarding the availability of child care services in private homes and centers, statistical information on working parents requiring child care services, and numbers of associations and agencies…

Discusses legal precedents on students' rights to counsel in discipline cases. Recommends that student affairs administrators not refrain from making professional judgements in educational contexts. Suggests that a critical review of procedural adjustments can enable institutions to proceed with fair disciplinary processes not defined exclusively…

National surveys reveal that citizens of all age groups, from school age to adult, are ignorant about the law and its practical use in daily life. The advocate counseling model is an integrative approach combining the elements of legal research and therapeutic counseling in order to teach and guide individuals or groups with institutional problems…