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Elizabeth Thornton, ABA Center on Children and Law, Family Justice Initiative: Family Justice and Quality Child and Parent Representation in Dependency Court

Episode Summary

Elizabeth Thornton of the ABA Center on Children and the law joins the podcast to discus the Family Justice Initiative. Elizabeth explains how the ABA is working to improve the representation that children and parents receive in dependency and neglect court.

Episode Notes

0:00     Opening

7:30      Overview of the ABA Family Justice Initiative

13:35     Inter-Disciplinary Approach to Representation

16:00     What Colorado Should be Thinking About

19:10     What is High Quality Representation and When is Everyone Better Off?

23:25     Attributes of Demonstrations Sites in the Family Justice Initiative

29:00    Myth Busting  & FamilyJusticeIniative.Org

32:00     Three Takeaways for Taking Action

33:20     Getting to Know the Guest