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
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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
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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)
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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
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