The Exemplary Projects Program of the U.S. Department of Justice's Law Enforcement Assistance Administration is a systematic method of identifying outstanding criminal justice programs throughout the country, verifying their achievements, and publicizing them widely. This brochure is part of an attempt to publicize three operations. The first is a…

The author examines the factors of school administration today that have buoyed the rise of the importance of attorneys as members of the school district "management team"; and he discusses the legal and social environment in which a school administration must function. In addition, the author discusses the impact of such environmental forces as…

This handbook for attorneys represents part of an effort to improve legal representation for criminal defendants with mental illness. The handbook was developed and reviewed by both mental health professionals and attorneys experienced in criminal and mental health law. However, it is not a comprehensive guide on mental health law or on how to…

The fundamental emphasis in filing civil suits against the public schools has switched from seeking relief or redress of an alleged wrong to establishing and creating new law. A significant number of lawsuits now filed are designed to put the judiciary in the position of creating new legal rights affecting public education. (Author)

Discusses pros and cons of various methods of compensating an attorney or law firm for legal services: Hourly fee; retainer and hourly fee; long-term or annual contract; retainer, fees, and benefits; capped fees; and expenses and reimbursements. Includes brief questionnaire to determine legal services needed and wanted by a school district. (PKP)

Team Child is designed to provide civil legal representation for very troubled delinquent youth to improve their access to needed education programs, mental health services, and family services. Better provision of these services is intended to reduce delinquency and potentially avoid the long-term incarceration of these youth. This article uses…

Service-learning opportunities are prominent on many college campuses. The process of designing and implementing service-learning experiences, especially for students of gerontology, however, has rarely been addressed. The current article briefly reviews the background and utility of service-learning in gerontology courses, describes our…

Ten years ago I wrote an article on the Children's Order, which was coming into force in Northern Ireland in October 1996. I examined the principles behind the Children's Order and considered how these principles interacted with the practice of family mediation (at that stage I was Coordinator of the Family Mediation service). Since that date…

The Youth Law Center is a public interest law office whose primary activity has been the Juvenile Justice Legal Advocacy Project. The center has developed a specific procedure for investigating and negotiating juveniles justice problems which involves resolution through negotiation without resorting to litigation. Effective advocacy requires…

To seek insight into the ethical and risk-taking orientations of advertising agency entrepreneurs, a study focused on the impact of these orientations on the entrepreneur's practices and perceptions of responsibility surrounding client legal services. Subjects, 152 entrepreneurs at 152 start-up agencies (defined as having six or fewer employees…

This article, excerpted from a study of the Massachusetts Committee on Children and Youth, explores ways to provide legal protection for drug-addicted infants, and co ncludes that there is a striking need for a central reporting system for all infants born to drug-addicted women. (CS)

PUBLISHED BY VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA (VISTA), THIS JOURNAL ISSUE CONSISTS OF FOUR ARTICLES WHICH DESCRIBE LIFE AMONG THE URBAN AND RURAL POOR. THE ARTICLES DISCUSS (1) A SLUM AREA IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, (2) GHETTO GANGS, (3) AN ORGANIZATION OF ARCHITECTS AND LAWYERS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING SLUM HOUSING CONDITIONS IN NEW YORK CITY AND TO…

One of the training materials prepared for paralegals, or legal assistants, by the National Paralegal Institute, the document presents a hypothetical case concerning a client's dispute with the public schools in removing his daughter from a special reading program because of disruptive behavior. The case, which is presented as a short story,…

A survey was conducted of the opinions of 393 randomly selected Twin Cities campus students toward student legal needs and interests. Key findings include: students have had extensive experience in their contact with legal transactions. Seventy-two percent have signed a contract, 66 percent have bought a car. Sixty-five percent stated they had at…