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Description
From 2009 to 2016 the University of Michigan Law School served as the National Quality Improvement Center on the Representation of Children in the Child Welfare System (QIC-ChildRep). This seven-year, multimillion dollar project, directed by Clinical Professor Don Duquette, conducted a national needs assessment that identified a substantial consensus on the role and duties of the child’s lawyer. The needs assessment led to the QIC-ChildRep Best Practice Model, an update and expansion of the 1996 ABA Standards for Lawyers Representing Children in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases.
Released in 2016 as a300-page softcover book, CHILDREN'S JUSTICE is the final report of the QIC-ChildRep project, guiding the reader through 13 chapters and 3 appendices:
- Chapter 1: Challenge: Improve Child Representation in America
- Chapter 2: Evolution of Child Representation
- Chapter 3: National Needs Assessment
- Chapter 4: Emerging Consensus and the QIC Best Practice Model
- Chapter 5: Six Core Skills and the QIC Best Practice Training
- Chapter 6: What the Lawyers Say About Implementing the Six Core Skills Chapter
- 7: Sample Selection and Research Methods Chapter
- 8: Profile of Lawyers Representing Children Chapter
- 9: Lawyer Activities and Their Impact Chapter
- 10: Findings of the Evaluation of the QIC-ChildRep Best Practices Model Training for Attorneys
- Chapter 11: Reflections on QIC Empirical Findings
- Chapter 12: The Flint MDT Study: A Description and Evaluation of a Multidisciplinary Team Representing Children in Child Welfare Cases
- Chapter 13: How to Improve Legal Representation of Children in America’s Child Welfare System
- Appendix A: QIC Best Practice Model of Child Representation in the Child Welfare System
- Appendix B: 1996 American Bar Association Standards of Practice for Lawyers Who Represent Children in Abuse and Neglect Cases
- Appendix C: 2011 ABA Model Act Governing Representation of Children in Abuse, Neglect and Dependency Proceedings
This product was created by the National Quality Improvement Center on the Representation of Children in the Child Welfare System at the University of Michigan Law School, Cooperative Agreement No. 90CO1047, funded by the Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Publication Date
2021
Publisher
National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC)
Keywords
child welfare, QIC-ChildRep, child representation, legal representation, child welfare cases
Disciplines
Juvenile Law | Legal Writing and Research
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Recommended Citation
Duquette, et.al, Children’s Justice: How to Improve Legal Representation of Children in the Child Welfare System, [NACC E-version, 2021]
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