ABA Standards of Practice
-Lawyers who represent children
-Lawyers who represent parents
-Lawyers who represent child welfare agencies

Legal Ethics in Child Welfare Cases.
by Jennifer Renne

This culmination of an article series that appeared in the ABA Child Law Practice addresses ethical issues for lawyers representing parents, children, and child welfare agencies in child abuse/neglect and termination of parental rights proceedings.

Cost: $15.99

Handbook on Questioning Children: A Linguistic Perspective (2nd Edition).
by Anne Graffam Walker

Covers child understanding of adult questions, problems to look out for in child interviewing, and language-related reasons for inconsistencies in child testimony.

Cost: $19.95

Foundations for Success: Strengthening Your Agency Attorney Office.
by Mimi Laver and Claire Sandt (ed.)

Helps child welfare agency attorney offices focus on necessary changes in hiring practices, evaluation processes, standards of practice, and efficient use of resources to improve representation.

Cost: $14.95

Children’s Attorneys
The Kenny A Case Child Advocate Attorney Representation and Workload Study.
Governmental Services Division, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, The University of Georgia, 2007.
Appendix to report.

Parents’ Attorneys
Representing Parents in Child Welfare Cases A Basic Introduction for Attorneys.
by Diane Boyd Rauber and Lisa A. Granik.

-Parent Representation Project
-National Quality Improvement Center on Non-Resident Fathers Involved in the Child Welfare System