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Table of Contents

• Lesson 1 – Overview of the Juvenile Justice Process
• Lesson 2 – Role of Juvenile Defense Counsel
• Lesson 3 – Organization 101: Managing the Juvenile Caseload
• Lesson 4 – Adolescent Development
• Lesson 5 – Interviewing and Counseling the Youth Client
• Lesson 6 – Interviewing the Youth’s Collateral Contacts
• Lesson 8 – Dealing with Difference
• Lesson 9 – Arrest and Intake
• Lesson 10 – Challenging Probable Cause and Detention
• Lesson 11 – Interactions with Probation Officers, Prosecutors, Judges, and Parents
• Lesson 12 – Theory of the Case
• Lesson 13 – Investigation
• Lesson 14 – Pretrial Discovery Practice
• Lesson 15 – Competence to Stand Trial
• Lesson 16 – Guilty Pleas
• Lesson 17 – Challenging Transfer to Adult Court
• Lesson 18 – Principles of Motions Practice
• Lesson 19 – Fourth Amendment Challenges
• Lesson 20 – Challenging Juvenile Statements
• Lesson 21 – Challenging Identification Testimony
• Lesson 22 – Opening Statements
• Lesson 23 – Cross-Examination
• Lesson 24 – Direct Examination and the Defense Witness
• Lesson 25 – Use of Documents and Exhibits
• Lesson 26 – Impeachment
• Lesson 27 – Evidence and Objections
• Lesson 28 – Hearsay
• Lesson 29 – Experts
• Lesson 30 – Motion for Judgment of Acquittal/Directed Verdict
• Lesson 31 – Closing Arguments
• Lesson 32 – Challenging Juvenile Sex Cases
• Lesson 33 – Drug Cases
• Lesson 34 – Immigration Consequences
• Lesson 35 – Disposition Advocacy
• Lesson 36 – Preserving the Record and Engaging in Appellate Advocacy
• Lesson 37 – Post-Disposition Advocacy
• Lesson 38 – Multi-Systemic Advocacy: Family, School, and State Agencies
• Lesson 39 – Advocacy in Special Education Cases
• Lesson 40 – Advocacy in School Discipline Cases
• Lesson 41 – Collateral Consequences
• Lesson 42 – Raising Race

Lesson 1 – Overview of the Juvenile Justice Process

• Handout – Flow Chart
• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Terms Chart
• Supplement – Annotated Outline of Critical Stages and Key Decision Points in a Juvenile Case
• Supplement –  Juvenile Justice Terminology Handout

Lesson 2 – Role of Juvenile Defense Counsel  (Updated Oct. 2020)

• Handout – Role of Counsel Bibliography
• Handout – Summary of Key ABA Model Rules
• Handout – Forensic Exercise Fact Pattern
• Supplement – National Juvenile Defense Standards
• Supplement – Role Of Juvenile Defense Counsel in Delinquency Court
• Supplement – 10 Core Principles of Providing Quality Delinquency Representation

Lesson 3 – Organization 101: Managing the Juvenile Caseload

• Handout – Discovery Checklist
• Handout – Investigation Checklist
• Handout – Motions Checklist
• Handout – Sample Case File
• Handout – Sample Case List
• Handout – Sample Check-in / To-do List
• Handout – Sample Investigative Memo
• Handout – Sample Trial Memo
• Handout – Sample Trial Notebook
• Handout – Timeline of Effective Advocacy
• Supplement – Sample Case Outline

Lesson 4 – Adolescent Development

• Handout – Annotated Bibliography of Studies (Revised May 2018)
• Handout – Case Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise 1
• Handout – Forensic Exercise 2
• Supplement – Alternative Disposition Report
• Supplement – Sample Disposition Memorandum

Lesson 5 – Interviewing and Counseling the Youth Client

• Handout – Forensic Exercises
• Handout – Sample Client Release of Information Form
• Handout – Sample Initial Custodial Interview Form
• Handout – Sample Representation Agreement
• Supplement – Interviewing Tips Cheat Sheet
• Supplement – LaVigne Article on Language Disorders

Lesson 6 – Interviewing the Youth’s Collateral Contacts

• Handout – ABA Model Rules 1.14 & 1.6
• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise A
• Handout – Forensic Exercise B
• Handout – Sample Release of Information Form

Lesson 7 – Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression (SOGIE) (Updated Dec. 2018)

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise 1
• Handout – Forensic Exercise 2
• Handout – Forensic Exercise 3
• Handout – Forensic Exercise 3 – Facilitation Chart
• Handout – LGBTQI-GNC Terms & Definitions
• Handout – Tips for Working with LGBTQ Clients
• Supplement – Hidden injustice: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth in Juvenile Courts
• Supplement – LGBT Youth in Court
• Supplement – Sample Court Order Re: Transgender Healthcare in Detention
• Supplement – Sample Motion Re: Court’s Usage of Correct Pronouns for Transgender or Gender Non-Conforming Youth
• Supplement – Sample Court Order re Transgender Healthcare in Detention

Lesson 8 – Dealing with Difference

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise B
• Handout – Forensic Exercise C

Lesson 9 – Arrest and Intake

• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Handout – Sample Declaration of Rights
• Supplement – Shut Up Card

Lesson 10 – Challenging Probable Cause and Detention

• Handout – Forensic Exercise A (PC Hearing “On the Papers”)
• Handout – Forensic Exercise B (PC Evidentiary Hearing)
• Handout – Forensic Exercise C (Detention Problems)
• Handout – Bibliography
• Supplement – 10 Principles for Providing Effective Detention Advocacy
• Supplement – Affidavit of Dr. Marty Beyer re Shackling Harms
• Supplement – Detention Checklist
• Supplement – Juvenile Defender Self-Assessment Checklist
• Supplement – Supervisor Tool for Managing Best Practices in Detention Advocacy
• Supplement – Legal Strategies to Reduce Unnecessary Detention
• Supplement – Sample Conditions of Release Form
• Supplement – Sample Motion to Oppose Psychological Evaluation
• Supplement – Sample Motion to Reduce Detention
• Supplement – Sample Motion for Child to Appear without Restraints
• Supplement – Sample Risk Assessment Tool
• Supplement – Sample Suspect Information Report
• Supplement – Florida Juvenile Rules Amendments re Shackling
• Supplement – NJDC Commentary on Proposed New Mexico Anti-Shackling Rule (2012)
• Supplement – Sample Memo Challenging Shackling

Lesson 11 – Interactions with Probation Officers, Prosecutors, Judges, and Parents

• Handout – Forensic Exercise

Lesson 12 – Theory of the Case

• Handout – Chart A
• Handout – Chart B
• Handout – Exercise A
• Handout – Exercise B
• Supplement – Ethical Standards & Rules
• Supplement – Developing a Theory of the Case
• Supplement – Theory and Themes

Lesson 13 – Investigation

• Handout – Forensic Exercise A
• Handout – Forensic Exercise B
• Handout – Sample Witness Statement
• Supplement – Bibliography
• Supplement – Directory for Requesting Information from Cell Companies
• Supplement – Important Considerations before Requesting Cell Phone Information
• Supplement – Directory for Requesting Information from Social Media Companies
• Supplement – Important Considerations before Requesting Social Media Information
• Supplement – MySpace Sample Legal Request Cover Sheet
• Supplement – MySpace Sample Consent Form
• Supplement – Sample Cases Where Investigation Was Key
• Supplement – Sample Consent to Release Facebook Information
• Supplement – Sample Ex Parte Motion for Investigator Funds
• Supplement – Sample Investigative Checklist
• Supplement – Sample Letter to Accompany Subpoenas
• Supplement – Sample Student Confidentiality Agreement
• Supplement – Sample Witness Interview Memo

Lesson 14 – Pretrial Discovery Practice

• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Handout – Sample Discovery Log
• Handout – Summary of Key Constitutional Cases
• Supplement – Sample Discovery Letter
• Supplement – Sample Motion for Discovery Sanctions
• Supplement – Sample Motion to Dismiss for Failure to Preserve Evidence
• Supplement – Sample Motion for Pretrial Discovery
• Supplement – Sample Motion to Compel Discovery

Lesson 15 – Competence to Stand Trial

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Handout – Checklist for Clinician Selection
• Supplement – Sample Ex Parte Motion for an Expert
• Supplement – Survey of State Juvenile Competency Procedures
• Supplement – Developing Statutes for Juvenile Competence: A Guide for Lawmakers

Lesson 16 – Guilty Pleas (Updated Oct. 2020)

• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Supplement – Missouri v. Frye
• Supplement – Lafler v. Cooper
• Supplement – Washington v. A.N.J.

Lesson 17 – Challenging Transfer to Adult Court (Updated Oct. 2020)

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise

Lesson 18 – Principles of Motions Practice

• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Supplement – Motions Checklist
• Supplement – A Collection of Sample Motions

Lesson 19 – Fourth Amendment Challenges

• Handout – Annotated Bibliography (updated May 2017)
• Handout – Fourth Amendment Analysis Cheat Sheet
• Handout – Forensic Exercises (Full Lesson)
• Handout – School-Specific Forensic Exercise
• Handout – Auto-Specific Forensic Exercise

Lesson 20 – Challenging Juvenile Statements

• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Handout – Suppression Theory Chart
• Handout – Miranda Analysis Flowchart
• Supplement – Innocent but Proven Guilty
• Supplement – Key Case Principles (updated August 2019)
• Supplement – Police Induced Confessions
• Supplement – Sample Motion to Suppress Statements in the Lopez Exercise
• Supplement – Social Psychology of False Confessions
• Supplement – Summary of Reid Interrogation Techniques
• Supplement – Illinois Amicus Brief
• Supplement – IACP Reducing Risks-Effective Juvenile Interview & Interrogation (2012)
• Supplement – Amicus Brief in California v. Elias V.

Lesson 21 – Challenging Identification Testimony (Updated Oct. 2020)

• Handout – Bibliography (updated June 2017)
• Handout – Forensic Exercise Part 1
• Handout – Forensic Exercise Part 2 (updated Oct. 2020)
• Handout – Analysis of Forensic Exercise (Optional Handout)
• Supplement – DOJ & NIJ Eyewitness Evidence Guide for Law Enforcement
• Supplement – Allowing ID Experts – Jurisdiction Case Summaries
• Supplement – Sample Memo in Support of a Motion to Suppress ID
• Supplement – State Cases Modifying or Rejecting Manson v. Braithwaite
• Supplement – State v. Henderson
• Supplement – Perry v. New Hampshire
• Supplement – Wells et al.: Simultaneous vs. Sequential Lineup – Report of AJS Eyewitness ID Field Studies
• Supplement – Identifying the Culprit: Assessing Eyewitness Identification

Lesson 22 – Opening Statements (Updated Oct. 2020)

• Handout – Forensic Exercise

Lesson 23 – Cross-Examination

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Handout – Skit Scripts

Lesson 24 – Direct Examination and the Defense Witness

• Handout – Forensic Exercise

Lesson 25 – Use of Documents and Exhibits

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Supplement – Facebook Consent to Release Information Form
• Supplement – Directory for Requesting Information from Phone Companies
• Supplement – Considerations Before Subpoenaing Cell Information from Phone Companies
• Supplement – Directory for Requesting Information from Social Media Services
• Supplement – Considerations Before Subpoenaing Information from Social Media Services
• Supplement – Sample Letter of Request to Accompany Subpoena

Lesson 26 – Impeachment

• Handout – Difference between 2Cs Method and 3Cs Method of Impeachment
• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Handout – Sample Impeachments

Lesson 27 – Evidence and Objections

• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Supplement – Essential Objections
• Supplement – Sample Motion in limine to Exclude Evidence
• Supplement – What Is Hearsay?

Lesson 28 – Hearsay

• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Handout – What Is Hearsay?

Lesson 29 – Experts

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise A
• Handout – Forensic Exercise B
• Handout – Sample Voir Dire of a Prosecution Expert
• Handout – Sample Voir Dire of a Defense Expert
• Supplement – Sample Motion to Appoint an Expert

Lesson 30 – Motion for Judgment of Acquittal/Directed Verdict

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Supplement – Sample Motion for Judgement of Acquittal

Lesson 31- Closing Arguments

• Handout – Forensic Exercise A
• Handout – Forensic Exercise B
• Handout – Forensic Exercise C
• Handout – Forensic Exercise D
• Handout – Strategy Chart
• Supplement – Transcript

Lesson 32 – Challenging Juvenile Sex Cases (updated Oct. 2020)

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise (updated Oct. 2020)
• Handout – Mitigation and Disposition
• Handout – Sample Voir Dire of Youth Witness
• Supplement – Sample Motion to Voir Dire Youth Witness and Exclude Testimony

Lesson 33 – Drug Cases

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Supplement – Sample Formal Discovery Letter
• Supplement – Sample Initial Discovery Request
• Supplement – Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts
• Supplement – Bullcoming v. New Mexico

Lesson 34 – Immigration Consequences

• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Handout – Immigration Consequences of Delinquency
• Handout – Immigration Resources
• Handout – Immigration Terms
• Supplement – Dept. of Homeland Security Memo re Immigration Policy
• Supplement – Deportation System Flowchart
• Supplement – Duty of Defense Counsel
• Supplement – Factsheets on Options for Immigrant Children
• Supplement – Form 1-693
• Supplement – Immigration in the Juvenile Court System Map
• Supplement – Immigration Enforcement and the Deportation System
• Supplement – Paddilla v. Kentucky
• Supplement – Steps to Advising Noncitizen Clients under Padilla v. Kentucky
• Supplement – Youth Immigration Relief Screening Sheet

Lesson 35 – Disposition Advocacy

• Handout – Disposition Planning Chart
• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Handout – Forensic Exercise (Gun Adaptation)
• Handout – Annotated Dispostion Studies Bibliography (New 2015)
• Supplement – Sample Alternative Disposition Recommendations
• Supplement – Sample Pre-Hearing Submissions

Lesson 36 – Preserving the Record and Engaging in Appellate Advocacy

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Supplement – Sample Appellate Memo Form

Lesson 37 – Post-Disposition Advocacy

• Handout – Forensic Exercises
• Supplement – Juvenile Records Expungement Manual
• Supplement – Sample Alternative Disposition Recommendation
• Supplement – Snapshot of Juvenile Sex Offender Registration

Lesson 38 – Multi-Systemic Advocacy: Family, School, and State Agencies

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Multi-Systemic Advocacy Chart
• Handout – Forensic Exercises

Lesson 39 – Advocacy in Special Education Cases

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Handout – Key Terms

Lesson 40 – Advocacy in School Discipline Cases

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise

Lesson 41 – Collateral Consequences

• Handout – Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Handout – Checklist for Counseling Clients
• Supplement – Collatoral Consequences Chart

Lesson 42 – Raising Race

• Handout – Annotated Bibliography Race And Defenders
• Handout – Implicit Racial Bias Studies Annotated Bibliography
• Handout – Race and Adolescent Development Annotated Bibliography
• Handout – Forensic Exercise
• Handout – When you’re the only white person in the room
• Supplement – Amicus Brief Challenge Transfer Manduley v CA
• Supplement – Cross Racial ID Memorandum
• Supplement – Equal Protection Challenge Transfer Peo v Rose Trial Motion
• Supplement – Litigating Race Issues Equal Protection in KY
• Supplement – Motion to Suppress based on vagueness and race
• Supplement – NACDL Racial Disparity Report
• Supplement – Racial Ethnic Argument Excerpts IL Appellate Defender
• Supplement – Stop and Frisk Civil Complaint Floyd NY

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