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1. Trying Your Juvenile Court Case For Appeal and Beyond and Recent Appellate Victories for Parents
   Information on how to prepare, file, and present a successful appeal on behalf of parents who have been accused of abusing or neglecting their children, as well as recent appellate victories for parents.
   Presenter(s): Family Defense Center
   Updated: 08/23/2012
2. Caring for Children When a Parent is Arrested: A Guide to Legal Options & Resources
   A guide to guardianship, child custody, and foster care as it applies to children whose parent is in jail.
   Author: Gail T. Smith, Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers (CLAIM)
   Updated: 05/23/2012
3. Minor Guardianship and the Illinois Probate Act
   An overview of the types of minor guardianship, focusing on the Probate Act.
   Author: Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
   Updated: 10/20/2011
4. Children's Law
   Information about paternity, guardianship, emancipation, minors requiring authoritative intervention, and child abuse, neglect and dependency
   Author: Revisions contributed by Kate Shank & Steve Pick, Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
   Updated: 09/03/2011
5. CBA Legal Aid Committee Meeting- Issues Involved in Representing Youth (Age 16-24)
   The panel will provide an overview of certain specific legal issues related to youth age 16 - 24 such as matters related to benefits, family and education, and will focus on ethical and counseling considerations in representing these youth.
   Presenter(s): The Chicago Bar Foundation
   Updated: 06/10/2011
6. 2011 Expungement Summit Volunteer Training
   This training for volunteer attorneys reviews the expungement, sealing and clemency laws and procedures for adults and juveniles with criminal records in Cook County
   Presenter(s): Circuit Clerk of Cook County
   Updated: 06/02/2011
7. Immigration Consequences for Juvenile Crimes
   Information on the consequences of juvenile crimes on immigration status
   Author: Immigrant Legal Resource Center
   Updated: 03/03/2011
8. Immigration Consequences of Juvenile Delinquency
   Information on the effects of juvenile delinquency on immigration status
   Author: Immigrant Legal Resource Center
   Updated: 12/15/2010
9. Family Defense Center Training for Pro Bono Attorneys
   Training on representing wrongfully accused parents and child care professionals in administrative hearings for neglect or abuse cases
   Presenter(s): Family Defense Center
   Updated: 12/03/2010
10. Adoption Procedures in Cook County
    This training discusses basic adoption practices in Cook County
    Presenter(s): Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
    Updated: 08/25/2010
11. Self-Help Manual for DCFS Administrative Expungement Hearings
    A guidebook explaining how to file an appeal with DCFS in an abuse or neglect case.
    Author: Family Defense Center
    Updated: 07/28/2010
12. Dealing with Children Exposed to Violence
    This training discuses how lawyers can best work with children who have been exposed to violence.
    Presenter(s): Chicago Volunteer Legal Services
    Updated: 05/11/2010
13. Homeless Minor Partial Emancipation Packet
    HotDoc interview to create: Petition and Notices necessary for partial emancipation of a homeless minor for purposes of receiving transitional housing services.
    Author: Beth Cunningham, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, and Illinois Legal Aid Online
    Updated: 03/25/2010
14. Family Law (Illinois): Child-Related Issues in Dissolution Actions 2008 Edition
    Manual on child-related issues in family law, including paternity, child custody, child abuse, child support, the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act and parental child abduction
    Author: Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education
    Updated: 06/30/2009
15. Representing Unaccompanied Minors
    This training will better equip attorneys to handle unaccompanied minor immigration cases.
    Presenter(s): National Immigrant Justice Center
    Updated: 12/18/2008
16. Youth Transitional Housing Programs
    A training covering the basics for a program interested in seeking licensing to be a YTHP.
    Presenter(s): Chicago Coalition for the Homeless Law Project
    Updated: 11/20/2008
17. Keeping Kids in School: Defending Expulsion and Suspension Cases & Education Rights of Homeless Children
    This session will address two realities that deny low-income children access to education: expulsion or other disciplinary procedures, and homelessness.
    Presenter(s): Lawyers Trust Fund of Illinois
    Updated: 11/19/2008
18. Trafficking of Women and Girls: Forced Labor, Forced Prostitution, and Hope
    Jane Tafel talks about Hagar, U.S.A.'s work in the recovery and empowerment of victims of human rights abuses. Martina Vandenberg addresses human trafficking in the United States.
    Presenter(s): Save Our Sisters; The Jenner & Block Women’s Forum; LexisNexis; PriceWaterhouseCoopers
    Updated: 10/07/2008
19. CLAIM Family Law Clinic Training
    This training covers the CLAIM Family Law Clinic and the law you need to know to volunteer at the clinic
    Presenter(s): CLAIM
    Updated: 03/03/2008
20. Pro Bono Training: How to Handle a DCFS Expungement Appeal
    A video training about the importance of DCFS expungement cases and information about the new pro bono program
    Presenter(s): Family Defense Center
    Updated: 02/06/2008
21. Criminal Records (IL): Expungement and Other Relief 2007 Edition
    Manual on expungement including the Criminal Identifcation Act, expungement versus sealing, juvenile expungement, criminal identity theft, employment and housing issues, pardon, expungement and sealing in Cook County
    Author: Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education
    Updated: 05/22/2007
22. Children's Law, HIV/AIDS, & Disability Law Training
    Explains Children's Law and DCFS cases, HIV/AIDS, and miscellaneous Disability Law issues for new attorneys and paralegals
    Presenter(s): Richard Cozzola, Michelle Gilbert and Wally Winter, Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago
    Updated: 03/16/2007
23. Juvenile Law and Practice (Illinois) 2007 Edition
    Manual on diversion and pre-court disposition, transfer of jx, delinquency cases, status offenses, neglected, abused & dependent children, termination of parental rights, GAL, federal law, medical and mental health treatment, gang issues, DOC & DCFS
    Author: Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education
    Updated: 11/02/2006
24. Juvenile Delinquency Training for Pro Bono Attorneys
    A training to prepare volunteer attorneys to represent children in juvenile delinquency cases in the Juvenile Court of Cook County
    Presenter(s): Children & Family Justice Center - Northwestern Bluhm Legal Clinic
    Updated: 06/26/2006
25. School Expulsion Hearings Training for Pro Bono Attorneys
    Video training about school expulsion hearing opportunities for volunteer attorneys
    Presenter(s): Monica Llorente and Monica Mahan, Bluhm Legal Clinic
    Updated: 11/21/2005
26. Securing Special Education Services for DCFS Wards
    Examines the special education laws and describes how proactive advocates can help to implement specialized education programs to improve the lives of DCFS wards
    Author: Laurene M. Heybach, Director of the Law Project of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless and Wallace C. Winter, Director of the Disability Law Project of LAF
    Updated: 09/13/2005
27. School Discipline for DCFS Wards Not in Special Education Programs
    Overview of school disciplinary systems in relation to DCFS wards not in special education programs
    Author: Laurene M. Heybach, Director of the Law Project of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless and Wallace C. Winter, Director of the Disability Law Project of LAF
    Updated: 09/13/2005
28. Overview of the Juvenile Court
    Overview of the role of the OPG in the Juvenille Court System
    Presenter(s): Carol Casey and Jim Griffin, Office of the Public Guardian
    Updated: 04/08/2005
29. Addressing the School Segregation of Children Experiencing Homelessness
    This article examines the segregation that homeless children in Chicago experience in education
    Author: Rene Heybach, Law Project of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
    Updated: 12/13/2004
30. Educational Rights of Homeless Children and Youth
    Video training session on educational rights of homeless children and youth
    Presenter(s): Rene Heybach & Patricia Nix-Hodes, Law Project of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
    Updated: 06/03/2004

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