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Authors: Stacey Violante, Casey Trupin, Martha Stone, Andrea Ramos, Cyndy Erickson, Moreen Murphy, Leigh Goodmark, Mimi Laver Description: ABA President, Martha Barnett, released America's Children Still at Risk, in Chicago at the 2001 Annual Meeting. The collaborative character of this new publication raises its capacity to be highly influential in addressing a multitude of children's unmet legal and other needs. It explores many critical topics that have legal implications for children. Chapters include discussions on health issues, quality legal representation for children, family law, technology, important immigration topics, the unique needs of rural and Native American children, legal issues involved in the transition from childhood to adulthood, educational needs, income, employment and housing, juvenile justice considerations, child welfare, and the impact of violence on children. The Steering Committee's new report is a call to lawyers and child advocates everywhere, encouraging them to invest their time and provide needed legal and other vital services that will benefit our nation's children. © 2001 521 pages ISBN: 1-57073-939-0 Product Code: Regular Price: $24.99

To order your copy of America's Children Still at Risk , click on the cover above, or contact the ABA Service Center at 1-800-285-2221. Product Code: 5490297. To order a copy of How To Start Your Own School-Based Legal Clinic the Product Code is 5490333.

(For information, contact Moreen Murphy, Director of the Steering Committee on the Unmet Legal Needs of Children, 202-662-1675, or murphym@staff.abanet.org.)