OUTCOME DATA POINTS: LOOK FOR INCREASES IN:
Frequency and Quality of Client Contact
  • Client contact outside of the courthouse
  • Youth reports of satisfaction with frequency and quality of contact from attorney
  • Attorney shares information in court that was learned directly from the youth
  • Attorney’s advocacy is grounded in the youth’s strengths, needs, and challenges
Frequency and Quality of In-Court Advocacy
  • Oral and written motions by youth’s attorney
  • Objections made by youth’s attorney
  • Citations to state and federal law by youth’s attorney
  • Evidence/testimony introduced by youth’s attorney
  • Requests for court orders by youth’s attorney
Frequency and Quality of Out-of-Court Advocacy
  • Court is reserved for contested issues
  • Case issues are resolved by collaboration, mediation, and negotiation outside of court
  • Attorney’s advocacy is informed by independent information gathered outside of court
  • Case professionals/key players in youth’s life know the attorney
  • Attorney demonstrates holistic understanding of youth’s needs outside of legal needs (educational, medical, mental health, family)
Meaningful Integration of Client Voice into Advocacy
  • Youth preparedness for court
  • Youth attendance in court
  • Attorney presents youth’s opinion, position, and requests at court hearings
  • Youth presents own opinion, position, and requests at court hearings
  • Youth reports of satisfaction with attorney’s level of engagement