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  • Illinois: An Assessment of Access to Counsel and Quality of Representation in Delinquency Proceedings

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  • The Children and Family Justice Center of the Bluhm Legal Clinic of Northwestern School of Law, in partnership with the National Juvenile Defender Center supported by the MacArthur Foundations Models for Change program, conducted an assessment of access to counsel in Illinois juvenile justice system. This is the report of that assessment. The goal of the Assessment is to examine the scope and quality of legal representation of accused children in juvenile courts throughout Illinois and to provide recommendations aimed at strengthening the quality of defender services for these children. The Assessment is intended to stimulate discussion of the strengths and deficiencies in Illinois juvenile indigent defense systems and to serve as a tool for change.

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Language(s): EN-English

Volume or Year: 2007
Number or Issue: Fall

Date Created: 09 13 2007
Date Last Modified: 10 19 2007

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1. Illinois: An Assessment of Access to Counsel and Quality of Representation in Delinquency Proceedings (20081022185813_jreport.pdf).
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