Reports / Studies

1. First Star, A Child's Right to Counsel: A National Report Card on Legal Representation for Abused & Neglected Children, Fourth Edition (2019), available at https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/2b5285_aa4a099876dd40ee853d6861e8ba8b5b.pdf.

2. Juvenile Law Center, National Extended Foster Care Review (2018), available at https://jlc.org/resources/national-extended-foster-care-review-50-state-survey-law-and-policy.

3. Robert Kelly and Sarah Ramsey, Do Attorneys for Children on Protection Proceedings Make a Difference? A Study of the Impact of Representation Under Conditions of High Judicial Intervention, 21 Journal of Family Law 405 (1982), available at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1883568.

4. Alicia LeVezu, Defending Our Children: A Child's Access to Justice in Washington State, Access to Counsel Project at the Children and Youth Advocacy Clinic, University of Washington School of Law (Aug. 2016), summary available at https://www.law.uw.edu/news-events/news/2016/justice-by-geography/.

5. Nat'l Ass'n of Counsel for Children (NACC), Seen, Heard, and Represented: A Policymaker’s Guide to Counsel for Kids (Apr. 2023).

6. Nat'l Ass'n of Counsel for Children (NACC), Evaluation of the Guardian Ad Litem System in Nebraska (Dec. 2009).

7. National Association of Counsel for Children, Infographic: Right to Counsel for Children in Dependency Cases (2015), available at https://www.human-made.com/portfolio/the-right-to-counsel-for-children-in-dependency-cases-infographic/.

8. Texas Appleseed, Improving the Lives of Children in Long-Term Foster Care: The Role of Texas' Courts & Legal System: An Overview of Study Findings and Recommendations (Aug. 20, 2010), available at http://texaschildrenscommission.gov/media/1281/appleseedstudy.pdf.

9. Alicia LeVezu, Defending Our Children: A Child's Access to Justice in Washington State, Access to Counsel Project at the Children and Youth Advocacy Clinic, University of Washington School of Law (Aug. 2016), summary of report available at https://www.law.uw.edu/news-events/news/2016/justice-by-geography/.

10. Clark Peters, Measuring the Impact of Children's Rights to Counsel: Advancing Child Due Process and Well-Being in the Juvenile Court Ecology, State Policy Advocacy and Reform Center (Feb. 2016), available at https://firstfocus.org/resources/fact-sheet/measuring-impact-childrens-rights-counsel/.

11. Vivek Sankaran, Using Preventative Legal Advocacy to Keep Children from Entering Foster Care, Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 40, no. 3(2014): 1036-47, available at https://repository.law.umich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.ecosia.org/&httpsredir=1&article=1946&context=articles.

    • Detroit Center for Family Advocacy, Promoting Safe and Stable Families, available at https://artscimedia.case.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2014/02/14194055/CFAReport.pdf.

12. Supreme Court Of Texas, Permanent Judicial Commission For Children, Youth & Families, Assessment of Appointed Representation in Texas Child-Protection Proceedings (Jan. 2011).

13. Susan Snyder, Promises Kept, Promises Broken: An Analysis of Children's Right to Counsel in Dependency Proceedings in Pennsylvania, Juvenile Law Center (2001), available at http://www.jlc.org/resources/publications/promises-kept-promises-broken.

14. Washington State Office of Civil Legal Aid, Practices Relating to the Appointment of Counsel for Adolescents in Juvenile Court Dependency Proceedings in Washington State (Dec. 1, 2008).

15. Washington State Office of Public Defense, Costs of Defense and Children's Representation in Dependency and Termination Cases (Dec. 1999), available at http://www.opd.wa.gov/documents/0043-1999_CostofDepenencyRepresentation.pdf.

16. Washington State Office of Public Defense, Dependency and Termination Defense Pilot Project: Interim Evaluation (Jan. 2001), available at http://www.opd.wa.gov/documents/0044-2001_PRP_Evaluation.pdf, summary at https://www.law.uw.edu/news/2016/justice-by-geography/.

17. Washington State Center for Court Research, Dependent Children in Washington State: Case Timeliness and Outcomes: 2015 Annual Report (2015).

18. Andrew Zinn & Jack Slowriver, Expediting Permanency: Legal Representation for Foster Children in Palm Beach County, Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago (2008), available at https://www.issuelab.org/resources/1070/1070.pdf.