Law/Legal

The following resources are provided to help child advocates understand the juvenile justice system.

Publications - Other Organizations

• Summary of Provisions: Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (H.R. 3734)
• Doing Justice to Juvenile Justice: American Bar Association, Juvenile Justice Center. 1997
• Reasonable Efforts: Since the enactment of the Federal Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980, reasonable efforts has been a core concept in American child welfare and practice. Article authored by The Administration for Children and Families and reprinted from the Children's Bureau website.

Websites

• ABA Center on Children and the Law
  The American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law: Improving children's lives through advances in law, justice, knowledge, practice and public policy.
• Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
  The AALDEF is a national organization that protects and promotes the civil rights of Asian Americans.
• Child Abuse: Mandatory Reporting 
  A summary of the important features of statutes mandating persons to report child abuse and neglect. Includes references to statutes, articles and resources in all 50 states.
• Child and Family Services Reviews
  The Child and Family Services Reviews are designed to help the federal Department of Health and Human Service's Children's Bureau ensure that state welfare agencies are complying with federal child welfare requirements.
• Find Law 
  Resources for legal professionals
• Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children
  Overview, articles and regulations 
• Legal Information Institute
  Children's rights overview and resources from Cornell University Law School
• The Library of Congress
  The largest library in the world and research arm of Congress
• MegaLaw
  Search engine
• National Association of Counsel for Children
  NACC is a nonprofit professional membership organization dedicated to quality representation for children. This website provides advocacy links and upcoming events.
• National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges 
  Improving courts and system practices
• National American Indian Court Judges Association
  NAICJA is a national voluntary association of tribal court judges primarily devoted to the support of American Indian and Alaska Native justice systems.
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Deliquency Prevention
  This site offers the latest facts and figures of juvenile justice and includes many of the organization's publications, grant options and local resources.
• US Congress Home Page
• US Department of Justice Office of Tribal Justice
  The Office of Tribal Justice provides a single point of contact within the Justice Department for meeting the federal responsibilities to federally recognized Indian tribes.