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Appell, George N.

doi:10.1111/an.1984.25.2.4.2

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“…Similarly, children's attorneys may not see or understand factors contributing to or even causing other legal problems relating to housing, immigration, or other family issues. 31 This dynamic is exacerbated by the private, confidential nature of the relationship between attorney and child. 32 Attorneys will often be unfamiliar with the child's world, and the confined space of the professional relationship creates little opportunity for the attorney to learn about the child's life and experience.…”

Section: Problems Associated With Deficient Cross-cultural Lawyerimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…86 The first gathering was the Fordham Children's Law Conference at Fordham Law School in December 1995; 87 the second was the UNLV Children's Conference at the University of Las Vegas Law School in January 2006. 88 Participants at both conferences were dedicated to improving professional representation for children, 89 and the recommendations from both conferences emphasize the need for culturally competent lawyers.…”

Section: B Recognition Of Cultural Competence Training's Importancementioning

confidence: 99%

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Mandating Cultural Competence Training for Dependency Attorneys

Schutte¹

2014

Family Court Review

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Dependency attorneys who represent children in child abuse and neglect proceedings engage in cross‐cultural lawyering. Beyond the inevitable cultural differences between lawyer and child client in terms of education, development, and age, there are often differences in race, sexual orientation, language, neighborhood of residence, and countless other cultural dimensions. Cultural differences can lead to miscommunications and misunderstandings between attorney and client, which in turn hurt the quality of representation. Increasing the cultural competence of an attorney can improve the attorney's ability to work effectively with children from different cultures. Unfortunately, very few states currently require cultural competence training for attorneys who represent children. This article calls for making cultural competence training mandatory for all dependency attorneys to improve the quality of representation for children involved in the dependency system.

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Section: Problems Associated With Deficient Cross-cultural Lawyerimentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: B Recognition Of Cultural Competence Training's Importancementioning

confidence: 99%