| Juvenile Statements:
Cosponsored with the Juvenile Justice Center
Please Note: This course has already
been held.
Date: Thursday, April 19, 2001
Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Time: 05:00 PM - 08:00 PM
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We've all been there: the police report reveals a very triable case, one that probably can't be proven, then you get to the last line -- the client confessed. Now what do you do? This program will explore the law and psychology of juvenile confessions. Learn what legal challenges are available to suppress your client's confession. Is the interested adult rule still alive and well in Massachusetts? How do you assess whether your client did in fact knowingly and understandingly waive Miranda? Was your client competent to waive Miranda? Do you need an expert to help you determine if your client made a valid waiver? What are sources of information that will help you make this determination? Can an expert offer testimony on the validity of a client's waiver? How do you work with an expert to develop and present the case that your client did not lawfully waive Miranda? Do police interrogation techniques lead to false confessions? How can you spot when your client may have been led to make a false confession? How do you present the case for a false confession?
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Kenneth J. King
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KENNETH J. KING is a clinical supervisor and practitioner in residence at Suffolk University Law School’s Juvenile Justice Center. Mr. King is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, and Northeastern University Law School. From 1980 to 1982, Ken was an Assistant Regional Counsel for the Department of Social Services (DSS) representing the Commonwealth in child welfare cases in the Juvenile and Probate Courts in Bristol County. In 1982, Ken left DSS and formed a private practice where he conducted many child-related cases until 1995 when he became the Attorney-in-Charge of the Salem Massachusetts Office of the Children and Family Law Program (CAFL), a division of the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS.) He left CPCS in December 1998 to join the Juvenile Justice Center at Suffolk University Law School. In May 2000 Ken was honored with the CPCS Blitzman Award for extraordinary commitment to protection of the rights of juveniles. From January through May 2004 he was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Turku Faculty of Law in Turku, Finland. While in Finland, King taught US Constitutional Criminal Procedure and US Criminal Trial Practice, while also lecturing on US juvenile law and procedure and researching the Finnish juvenile justice and child welfare systems. Ken’s research in Finland has resulted in one article to date, “Child Welfare in Finland: Are Families Sacrificed on the Altar of Administrative Procedure”, which was published in Defensor Legis (Sep 2004), the journal of the Finnish Bar Association. Throughout King’s practice he has concentrated on the representation of children and parents in the juvenile court as well as criminal defense at the trial and appellate levels. King has developed an expertise in issues relating to the legality of searches in schools and the interrogation of juveniles. Commonwealth v. Damian D., 434 Mass. 725 (2001) and Commonwealth v. Alfonso A., 438 Mass. 373 (2003)— two cases that Ken and his students have litigated in the Juvenile Justice Center clinic—resulted in decisions from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court that provide greater protection for juveniles in school and the interrogation room respectively. King has also authored An Overview of the Law of Searches by School Administrators which has been published in American Bar Association and Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education training bulletins. He has also prepared outlines on the law of juvenile Miranda waivers and defending probation violations in juvenile court which have been used extensively for the training of students and lawyers. |
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Joshua M. Dohan
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Director, Youth Advocacy Project, Roxbury |
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Barbara Taylor Kaban
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Deputy Director, Children's Law Center of Massachusetts, Lynn |
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Ann E. Tobey
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Youth Advocacy Project, CPCS, Roxbury |
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Thursday, April 19, 2001 |
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Tuition is $30. Course materials and refreshments are included in the tuition charge. Costs for these courses are underwritten by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
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Space is limited. Registrations at the door are welcome, but please register in advance to reserve a seat and your course materials or call to confirm availability.
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If you are unable to attend and you provide more than 24 hours notice, we will issue you a gift certificate for a future juvenile justice course.
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Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
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Approved for CLE Credit in RI, NH, VT & NY. Please call to confirm the number CAFL & CPCS Mental Health Credits for each course.
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If you have special needs addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act, please notify us as soon as possible.
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