SiteTitle | • | Illinois: An Assessment of Access to Counsel and Quality of Representation in Delinquency Proceedings | [X] |
| | | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2007 Fall | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | 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. | | | | Date Created: | 09 13 2007 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000013605 Original UID: 7533 FIRST WORD: Illinois: | |
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