Recommendations from the ABA Commission on youth at risk convening - "renewal and revolution: Recommitting the legal profession to serve children and youth, their families, and communities"

• Published in: Family court review Vol. 62; no. 4; pp. 760 - 789
• Main Author: Smith, Charisa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom Wiley 01.10.2024; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Attitudes; Autonomy; best interests; child; Child welfare; Children & youth; defense; delinquency; disability; diversion; Domestic relations courts; Ethics; foster; fund; guardian; holistic; immigration; interdisciplinary; judge; juvenile; kin; Legal assistance to children; mandated report; medical; mental; neglect; parent; prevent; problem‐solving; race; reasonable efforts; termination; training; treatment; Youth; UNITED STATES

Youth and families impacted by legal systems now resoundingly attest to the systems' lasting harm, echoed by interdisciplinary research. Lawyering thus requires a vastly renewed outlook, boldness, and honest inquiry about the limits of what the law and public systems can (and should) attempt as...