Judith McMullen | June 11, 2019 | Children and the Law
AbstractIt is common knowledge in American society that persons who have criminal records will have a more difficult path to obtaining legitimate employment. Similarly, conventional wisdom acknowledges the unfortunate fact that young people, on average, are more prone...
Pauline Toboulidis | May 31, 2019 | Children and the Law
Caren Harp, a former prosecutor and public defender in Arkansas and a law professor at Liberty University, speaks about her role as Administrator of the Justice Department’s Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention in a recent LA Times interview.In the...
Elizabeth S. Scott, Richard Bonnie, Emily Buss, Clare Huntington, Solangel Maldonado, David D. Meyer and Jennifer Morinigo | May 14, 2019 | Children and the Law
This Black Letter, presented in Tentative Draft No. 2, was approved by ALI membership during the 2019 Annual Meeting, subject to the discussion at the Meeting and usual editorial prerogative. Actions taken with respect to this Draft may be ascertained by consulting...
Elizabeth S. Scott, Richard Bonnie, Emily Buss, Clare Huntington, Solangel Maldonado, David D. Meyer and Jennifer Morinigo | April 12, 2019 | Children and the Law
The following entry is excerpted from the Black Letter and Comments from Tentative Draft No. 2, Part II–Children In Schools; Chapter 8–Discipline And Order Maintenance; Topic 1–The Use Of Force In Response To Student Misbehavior; Section 8.10. Use of Force to Control...
Elizabeth S. Scott and Marsha Levick | March 13, 2019 | Children and the Law
In this episode of Reasonably Speaking, Juvenile Law Center’s Co-Founder Marsha Levick and Columbia Law Professor Elizabeth Scott discuss the vulnerability of children when they enter the justice system.Marsha and Elizabeth agree that much has improved since “adult...
Frank P. Cervone | January 16, 2019 | Children and the Law
The following is an excerpt from an article originally published in The Legal Intelligencer. If you believe the rhetoric, the U.S.-Mexico border is a repugnant and dangerous place roiling with unseemly people sneaking into our country, smuggling drugs and escaping law...
