Atlantas John Marshall Law Journal (JMLJ), in conjunction with National Juvenile Defender Center (NJDC) invites papers for publication in JMLJs 2015 Spring issue and presented at JMLJs 2015 Dean Robert DAgostino Symposium. The Symposium will specifically focus on Decreasing Youth Incarceration through Quality Juvenile Defense. The purpose of the Symposium is to address the overreliance on youth incarceration in the United States and to discuss how defenders can work with juvenile justice system stakeholders to reduce youth confinement.
The Editorial Board of JMLJ, with NJDC, invites you to submit papers addressing issues in the field at the local, state, national or international levels. Selected authors will deliver comments on their papers at the Annual Dean Robert DAgostino Symposium to be held in Atlanta, Georgia (tentatively scheduled for late March 2015).
Deadline: July 31, 2014 im
Topic areas may include, but are not limited to: disposition advocacy to reduce youth incarceration; right to counsel at all stages; post-disposition advocacy to secure early release from commitment facilities; the role of the defender in re-entry planning; ensuring representation for youth charged with status offenses and the need to deinstitutionalize status offenders; informing juvenile defense representation through international law and national standards related to juvenile incarceration practices; the defense role in raising racial and ethnic disparities in juvenile confinement; reducing violations of probation by limiting conditions of release at disposition; overcoming juvenile court cultures that discourage zealous defense advocacy; utilizing special education in defense arguments to decrease juvenile incarceration; and the defender role in family engagement.
The Journal will consider any proposal relating to the subject matter, broadly construed. The Journal welcomes submissions from professors, university lecturers, judges, judicial clerks, and practitioners.
Interested authors should submit an abstract no longer than 1,000 words along with a cover page including paper title(s), presenter(s), their affiliations, a current email contact, and curriculum vitae, to articleseditor[@]johnmarshall.edu no later than July 31, 2014.
Authors will be notified of decisions by August 15, 2014
Accepted offers will receive a publication contract from John Marshall Law Journal requiring submission of completed articles by October 15, 2014.
All inquiries should be directed to articleseditor[@]johnmarshall.edu or rlsilva@johnmarshall.edu.
