| KIDS, GANGS & IMMIGRATION
The Bermuda Triangle of Juvenile Defense
Course Sponsors:
Center for Advanced Legal Studies and the Juvenile Justice Center (JJC),
of Suffolk University Law School
Please Note: This course has already
been held.
Date: Thursday, May 18, 2006
Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Time: 04:00 PM - 07:30 PM
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ABOUT THE CLE COURSE Today, 28% of Boston’s population are immigrants. Chances are a youth that you defend may have uncertain legal status within the U.S. and the terms of adjudication may affect that status. This workshop provides a forum for juvenile defenders to learn what they need to know about immigration law and its impact on their clients. Additionally, the workshop will explore specific gang-immigrant issues in the greater Boston area.
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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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Ann K. Lambert
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Currently serves as the legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts. After graduating from law school, she practiced as a criminal defense/civil rights offense lawyer at the then-Boston firm Silverglate, Shapiro & Gertner. She then worked for Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services. Prior to that, she was a teacher and an "articling student," (eventually being called to the Bar in Ontario), before returning to her home jurisdiction in Massachusetts and work with the ACLU. |
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Honorable Jarrett T. Barrios
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Works for Massachusetts as the Democratic State Senator representing Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Charlestown, Allston, and parts of Revere, Saugus, and Somerville. His priorities include preserving public safety, improving health care access, enhancing our public education system, and expanding access to homeownership. After graduating from Harvard University with high honors, working for the Boston City Council and on local campaigns, he obtained his law degree with honors from Georgetown University. While in law school, he wrote for The Tax Lawyer and worked in the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. Jarrett promptly returned to Cambridge, where he has practiced law at the Boston firms of Hill & Barlow and Piper Rudnick. In 1998, he began his legislative career when he was elected to the House of Representatives. In 2002, he was elected to the Massachusetts State Senate by a large majority in a contested Democratic primary election. As a State Representative, he led successful efforts to create a state low-income housing tax credit, to expand health care access in hospital emergency rooms, and to encourage volunteerism with the Red Cross during disaster relief operations. In the Senate, he is currently sponsoring legislation to protect consumers such as a Cell Phone Bill of Rights and a a bill about Personal Information Protection as well as a bill to provide a legal channel for Massachusetts residents to purchase affordable prescription drugs from Canada, to address disparities in health care, and to promote environmental justice. |
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Barbara Fedders
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Is a clinical instructor at Harvard Law School’s Criminal Justice Institute, where she teaches and supervises students representing indigent adults and youth in criminal and delinquency proceedings. Prior to coming to CJI, Ms. Fedders served for five years as a staff attorney in both the Youth Advocacy Project and Roxbury Defenders Unit of the Committee for Public Counsel Services. She has also taught in the Juvenile Rights Advocacy Project of Boston College Law School and in the Juvenile Justice and Youth Advocacy Program at Wheelock College. Ms. Fedders is a frequent lecturer and critiquer at CPCS training programs and MCLE seminars. She has authored several articles on Juvenile Justice issues and is the co-author of “The Defense Attorney’s Perspective on Youth Violence” in Securing our Children’s Future (Brookings Institution Press (2003). |
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Paromita Shah
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Is the Associate Director of the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild. She recently joined the staff in May 2005. Prior to her current post she was the Detention Project Director of Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition in Washington, DC from April 2003 to May 2005. Under this project she conducted monthly legal rights presentations in regional county jails in Virginia for immigrants detained by DHS. In addition to providing legal services to those individuals, Paromita mentored and trained attorneys for direct representation, assessed and analyzed claims for relief requested by detainees, coordinated local advocacy efforts, and participated in liaison meetings with DHS and DOJ. From December 1998 through October 2002, she previously worked as a staff attorney in the Immigration Unit at Greater Boston Legal Services. |
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Dan Kesselbrenner, IV
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Is the Director of the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild. He is a nationally recognized expert on the immigration consequences of criminal convictions. He supervises all Project work having to do with incarceration and detention issues for immigrants. Dan also represents the National Immigration Project on coalition projects such as the Defending Immigrants Partnership, funded by the Ford Foundation, Open Society Institute, and the JEHT Foundation, and the BIA Pro Bono Appeals Project. He is the co-author of Immigration Law and Crimes (West Publishing) and numerous articles on immigration law. In 1992, he served on the Clinton-Gore Department of Justice Immigrant Transition Team. He has also received the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s Jack Wasserman Award, the National Immigration Project’s Carol King Award, and Central American Refugee Center’s Achievement Award for his work advancing and defending immigrants’ rights. |
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| S C H E D U L E / A G E N D A |
| 4:00 |
IMPLICATIONS OF NEW GANG LEGISLATION: WHAT DO JUVENILE DEFENDERS NEED TO KNOW? |
- Overview of the new gang legislation
- Actual and potential impacts on youth in groups
- Practical strategies for defending youth caught up in groups and gangs
Kenneth J. King, Esq., Moderator
Juvenile Justice Center, Suffolk University Law School Honorable Jarrett T. Barrios
Massachusetts State Senate Ann K. Lambert, Esq.
ACLU of Massachusetts Barbara Fedders, Esq.
Criminal Justice Institute, Harvard Law School
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| 5:45 |
WHAT EVERY JUVENILE DEFENDER SHOULD KNOW ABOUT DEFENDING IMMIGRANT YOUTH |
- How juvenile court involvement affects immigrant youths’ legal status
- How to ascertain the status of your client
- When and how to refer such cases to immigration law specialists
Dan Kesselbrenner, Director
National Immigration Project, National Lawyers Guild Paromit Shah, Esq., Associate Director
National Immigration Project, National Lawyers Guild
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Thursday, May 18, 2006 |
| Tuition: |
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Tuition is $69.00 and includes the course book and light refreshments.
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| Walk-Ins: |
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Registrations at the door are welcome, but please register in advance to reserve a seat or call to confirm space availability.
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Written requests for cancellations received 24 hours prior to the program will be granted a refund, minus a $15 charge.
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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 & ME.
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