For Juvenile Defense Attorneys
Handbooks and Guides
The following resource guides were written by the National Juvenile Defender Center:
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Juvenile Defender Center Resource Guide – This resource guide is produced annually for distribution at the Juvenile Defender Leadership Summit and includes a compilation of law review articles, studies, case briefs, court decisions, and other information relevant to juvenile defense published in the preceding year. (2007)
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Juvenile Defender Delinquency Notebook, 2nd Ed. - The National Juvenile Defender Center’s Juvenile Defender Delinquency Notebook is a comprehensive guide to improving client advocacy efforts and serves as a valuable training tool incorporating skills and strategies specific to handling juvenile cases. (2006)
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Juvenile Practice is Not Child’s Play - This handbook produced by the Southwest Regional Juvenile Defender Center and Texas Appleseed highlights important aspects of juvenile law and offers strategies to help juvenile defense attorneys more effectively defend their clients’ interests in Texas’s juvenile justice system. (October 2005)
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Texas Board of Legal Specialization provides information relevant to attorneys seeking to represent children in juvenile court. Their website includes more information detailing Attorney Certification Process as well as a preparation list of required knowledge, skills and abilities for the Juvenile Law Exam Specifications
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Legal Strategies to Reduce the Unnecessary Detention of Children by the National Juvenile Defender Center
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In re Gault Juvenile Indigent Defense Archives: Cases and Materials Cited in Supreme Court Petition and Filings prepared by the National Juvenile Defender Center (2007)