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Culturally Competent Lawyering For At Risk LGBTQ Youth Advocating Effectively in the Foster Care and Juvenile Detention Systems
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Approved for CLE credit in:
AK,AZ,CA,ME,MO,ND,NJ,NY,WV
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning ("LGBTQ") teenagers are one of the populations most at risk in the United States. In New York, LGBTQ teenagers are dramatically overrepresented (40% to 50% of the population) in foster care and among homeless youth. Further, LGBTQ teenagers are extremely vulnerable to discrimination, harassment, intimidation and violence in the juvenile detention system. Accordingly, to serve such youth effectively as legal services providers, we must identify and address their specific needs. This program will give attorneys the tools to advocate successfully for LGBTQ youth who are homeless or in out-of-home placements, and will address and discuss various dimensions of the juvenile justice problem by examining, from state, city, and national perspectives, the social services infrastructures intended to assist legal services providers in pinpointing the issues facing these youth.
This program was recorded on April 15th, 2008.
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Experienced attorneys only (non-transitional)
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Theresa Nolan
Division Director
New York City Programs Green Chimneys Children's Services
Susan Hazeldean
Project Director
Peter Cicchino Youth Project Urban Justice Center
Kimberly Forte
Staff Attorney for Adolescent Practice Team
Legal Aid Society Juvenile Rights Practice
Flor Bermudez
Youth in Out-of-Home Care Attorney
Lambda Legal
Culturally Competent Lawyering For At Risk LGBTQ Youth Advocating Effectively in the Foster Care and Juvenile Detention Systems
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