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Read Full Journal Issue Children’s Legal Rights Journal Loyola University Chicago School of Law Civitas ChildLaw Center Editor-in-Chief Sarah Sallen Managing Editor Articles Editor Lisa Hendrix Kevin Tomczyk Publications Editor Features Editor Ashley Jaconetti Addison Kuhn Solicitations Editor Assistant Solicitations Editor Brenda McKinney Alana O’Reilly Symposium Editor Assistant Symposium Editor Jennifer Schufreider Sean Mussey Senior Editors Annie Park Brittany Francois Christine Dadourian Nichele Marks Samantha Thoma Junior Editors Dan Baczynski Erin Keeley Caitlin Sharrow Rachel Basset Raydia Martin Christina Spieza Caitlin Cipri Ellen Porter Natasha Townes Amanda Crews Rupa Ramadurai Maria Vuolo Amy Gilbert Christina Rizen Amanda Walsh Elizabeth Gresk Thalia Roussos Erin Wenger Katherine Hinkle Melina Rozzisi Liz Youakim Sarah Jin Elizabeth Scannel Advisors Professor Diane Geraghty Faculty Advisor, Loyola University Chicago School of Law Howard Davidson Director, ABA Center on Children and the Law Kendall Marlowe Executive Director, National Association of Counsel for Children Cite as 33 CHILD. LEGAL RTS. J. __ (2013) Volume 33, Number1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Spring 2013 Undocumented Children and Families in America: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Challenges and Emerging Issues By Diane Geraghty ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Improving How Our Child Welfare System Addresses Children, Youth, and Families Affected by the U.S. Immigration Process By Howard Davidson ........................................................................................................................................................................9 Child Maltreatment and Immigration Enforcement: Considerations for Child Welfare and Legal Systems Working with Immigrant Families By Alan J. Dettlaff & Megan Finno-Velasquez ........................................................................................................................... 37 Uneven Access to Special Immigration Juvenile Status: How the Nebraska Supreme Court Became an Immigration Gatekeeper By Meghan Johnson & Yasmin Yavar ......................................................................................................................................... 63 A Path to Citizenship Through Higher Education for Undocumented Students In The United States: Examining the Implications of Martinez v. The Regents of the University of California By Diana Moreno ................................................................................................................................................................................ 92 Criminal Alien or Humanitarian Refugee?: The Social Agency of Migrant Youth By Lauren Heidbrink..................................................................................................................................................................................... 133 Interview with: An American DREAMer Shaping the Land of Opportunity By Thalia Roussos ......................................................................................................................................................................... 190 Statistically Speaking: Immigration by the Numbers By Caitlyn Sharrow ....................................................................................................................................................................... 195 Review: Exploring Half the Sky By Elizabeth Scannell ................................................................................................................................................................... 199 In the Courts: Special Immigrant Juvenile Status and the Problem of Federal Consent to State Jurisdiction By Katherine Hinkle ...................................................................................................................................................................... 202 Around the World: Illegal Immigrants and the Cost of Higher Education in the U.K. By Amanda M. Walsh ................................................................................................................................................................... 206 Education Connection: The Chilling Effects of Student Immigration Tracking Systems Violate Plyler By Dan Baczynski .......................................................................................................................................................................... 211 Legislative Update: Michigan Joins Majority of States Allowing Driver’s Licenses for Immigrants who are Lawfully Present Under DACA By Erin Wenger .............................................................................................................................................................................. 217 Spotlight on: The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights By Elizabeth Youakim .................................................................................................................................................................. 222 Degrees of Difference ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 217 About the Children’s Legal Rights Journal For over twenty- five years, the Children’s Legal Rights Journal (CLRJ) has been a leading source of information on children’s law and policy for lawyers and other child-serving professionals who are interested in legal issues affecting children and families. The CLRJ contains articles on topics such as child welfare, juvenile justice, education, immigration, domestic relations, interfamily violence, and international children rights. Each issue also contains case, legislation and news updates, as well as book reviews and descriptions of promising programs and approaches. One issue each year is devoted to articles authored in connection with a topical symposium hosted by Journal editors. In 2013, the CLRJ moved to a free, online format published by Loyola University Chicago School of Law’s Civitas ChildLaw Center, in cooperation with the ABA Center on Children and the Law and the National Association of Counsel for Children. This new format allows for more timely treatment of emerging issues in children’s law and expands access to the CLRJ’s content to a national and international audience. Under this new format, the Children’s Legal Rights Journal is published three times annually. Article Submissions The CLRJ invites submissions of unsolicited manuscripts. Manuscripts should be submitted to: Editor-in-Chief, Children’s Legal Rights Journal, 25 E. Pearson, Chicago, IL 60611. Citations in manuscripts should conform to the most recent version of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, published by the Harvard Law Review Association. All citation should be contained in footnotes. Please include your name, title and degrees at the top of the first page and your current resume. We also request an abstract of 250 words or less. Manuscripts should be submitted as MS Word files. Completed manuscripts should be submitted electronically at [email protected]. A statement transferring copyright to Loyola will be required for articles that are accepted for publication. Copyright Except expressly agreed to in writing by the Author and the Journal, both the Author and the Journal grant permission to nonprofit institutions to duplicate the Work for educational purposes, provided that (1) copies are distributed at or below cost; (2) the Author, Journal, and Work are identified by names, volume, first page number, and year of Work’s publication; and (3) proper notice of copyright is affixed to each duplication. Disclaimer The views expressed herein have not been approved by the House of Delegates or the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association, nor by Loyola University Chicago School of Law, or the National Association of Counsel for Children. Accordingly they should not be construed as representing the policy of either the American Bar Association, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, or the National Association of Counsel for Children. Back Issues For back issues and volumes of the CLRJ, please inquire of William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 2350 North Forest Road, Getzville, NY 14068 Information on Loyola’s Civitas ChildLaw Center For information on the Civitas ChildLaw Center, please visit our website at http://www.luc.edu/childlaw. Correction In the article, “Money Talks”: An Assessment of the Effects of Attorney Compensation on the Representation of Children in the Child Welfare System and How States Speak through Delivery Systems,” by Theresa D'Andrea, appearing in the Fall 2012 issue of the Children’s Legal Rights Journal, the Editor made an error in the course of the editing cycle. In the article, the following sentences appeared on page 68: The biggest drawback to this model of employing private attorneys per hearing or per hour, however, is because under this model courts may have little to no standards to follow when appointing attorneys, the result may compromise attorney independence because the model employs the same attorneys on a majority of its cases with courts. The sentence should read as follows: The biggest drawback to this model of employing private attorneys per hearing or per hour, however, is such a model may allow courts to compromise attorney independence
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