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Professionals have come to rely on the insightful analysis of practitioner and Professor Michael J. Dale. Now in 11 chapters, Professor Dale covers the legal and strategic considerations involved in the representation of children including those who are neglected, dependent or charged with delinquent behavior. The primary topics and issues analyzed include:
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Michael J. Dale
Professor Michael J. Dale has been a member of the faculty at Nova Southeastern University Law Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, since 1985, teaching courses in family law, juvenile law, and in the family and juvenile clinic. He also teaches litigation courses including civil procedure, conflicts of laws, evidence, trial advocacy, and international litigation. Before joining the Nova faculty, Professor Dale spent time in private law practice in Phoenix and was the executive director of the Youth Law Center in San Francisco after serving as attorney in charge of the Special Litigation Unit of the Juvenile Rights Division of the Legal Aid Society of the City of New York. He has been a practicing lawyer specializing in civil rights litigation for forty years. He is admitted to practice in Arizona, Florida, New Mexico, and New York, as well as before the United States Supreme Court and numerous federal appellate and district courts.
Professor Dale teaches in National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) programs in both public and in-house settings. He also focuses on NITA programs concerning children, including trainings held in Denver, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Boston, Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania, New York at Hofstra University, and Houston at the University of Houston. For the past twenty-five years, he has been program director for the NITA Florida Deposition Program. In 2009, Professor Dale received the Robert Oliphant Award from NITA for his service to the organization. An active litigator, he has been a consultant to federal and state agencies on civil rights issues and to law firms on litigation matters.
Professor Dale is the author of over seventy-five articles focusing primarily on juvenile and children's law topics. He is also the author of the two-volume text, Representing the Child Client, published by Matthew Bender Co. He speaks regularly to professional groups on children's law and litigation topics.
Table of contents
Ch 1. Litigation on Behalf of Children in Institutions: Strategic and Legal Considerations
Ch. 1A Basic Principles of Institutional Liability
Ch. 2 Legal Rights of Children in Institutions
Ch. 3 The Legal Status of Minors
Ch. 4 Representing Children in Dependency Proceedings
Ch. 5 Representing Children in Juvenile Justice Proceedings
Ch. 6 Representing Students in School-Related Matters
Ch. 7 The Child Witness
Ch. 8 Health Care for Low-Income Children
Ch. 9 Practical Considerations in Representing Children
Ch. 10 School Discipline
First published in 1987.
