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Articles on Child Law

Scope statement Child Law, April 1999 Child Law Section Council: To inform all lawyers practicing in the areas of Juvenile Justice and Child Protection Law of the current and significant developments in those areas; to review, monitor and propose legislation which impacts Juvenile Justice and Child Protection Law.
Should the state’s attorney have the power to divert children from diversion? By Shane Temple Child Law, April 1999 This is an article in an ongoing cooperation between the ISBA Child Law Section, Northern Illinois University College of Law, and the students of Professor Lawrence Schlam's Child Law Seminar in publishing at least one article in each issue of the section newsletter on practical and informative current topics of interest to Child Law practitioners in Illinois.
Child to concrete cage: Solution du jour to greater violence-younger child syndrome By Frank Rago Child Law, February 1999 A recent study has found additional causative factors explaining why many children will advance no further than to a concrete cage, the solution du jour.
Drug testing in schools: A guide for Illinois school boards By Amy Merritt Child Law, February 1999 This is an article in an ongoing cooperation between the ISBA Child Law Section, Northern Illinois University College of Law, and the students of Professor Lawrence Schlam's Child Law Seminar in publishing at least one article in each issue of the section newsletter on practical and informative current topics of interest to Child Law practitioners in Ilinois.
Illinois’ new child welfare law By James R. Covington, III Child Law, February 1999 In conjunction with or at any time after the filing of a 2-13 petition, the state's attorney, the guardian ad litem, or DCFS may file a motion requesting a finding that reasonable efforts to reunify a minor with his or her parent or parents are no longer required and should cease.

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